A viable solution to the problem created by English curriculum designers whose course selections have failed to stimulate students' interests or to develop their language arts skills is to involve students in curriculum building, offering them a structure under which they may choose courses relevant to their needs. The free choice curriculum…

This study evaluated whether effectiveness in curriculum planning groups is raised by involving a professional adult educator as a nondirective, information giving group member, or by training group chairmen in discussion leadership skills. Group effectiveness was measured by member satisfaction with the group product, satisfaction with…

This review, by the editors of "Education U.S.A.," surveys school systems across the country and lists outstanding programs relating to black studies in schools. Contents include: black studies--pros and cons; black studies and the schools--where do they stand?; black studies and the states--what have they done?; and, case studies of the fifteen…

This first volume of the Master Plan for Education in Fresno, California, summarizes the activities of a 2-year planning project (PROJECT DESIGN) funded by ESEA Title III. PROJECT DESIGN has assessed current and projected educational needs in the Fresno area, and developed a planning model based on optimum interagency cooperation that offers…

Educational systems are changing rapidly all over the world. The practice of developed countries borrowing educational practices from other developed countries is as widespread as that of underdeveloped nations borrowing from developed countries in the creation of education systems. The primary trends of educational reform in post-World War II…

This collection of selected papers covers a variety of community-junior college topics. Evaluating the instructional staff is the first one examined. Aspects such as evaluation criteria, purposes, and obstacles; the role of effective recruitment; the need for in-service training; and student and administrative participation are covered. Included…

"The purpose of this study was to analyze aspects of the High School Geography Project's curriculum building experience. It is a historical case study in curriculum development, drawing on primary sources from within the project's archives and from personal interviews with project-connected personnel. (168-item bibliography is appended.) The…

The Philadelphia Commission on Decentralization and Community Participation offers plans for reforms on the school and district level. On the school level, three options are suggested: (1) informal community participation in decision-making; (2) advisory participation in the form of an elected or appointed committee from the community; or, (3)…

Using Guilford's model, the text reviews the structure of the intellect (SOI) and its operations, contents, and products. Those operations and components are further described, including the factors of cognition, memory, evaluation, convergent-production, and divergent-production. For each factor, the figural, symbolic, and semantic dimensions are…

A compensatory education program in Denver was developed to meet the needs of culturally disadvantaged and racially isolated Negroes and Spanish Americans in two junior high schools. Emphasis was on student motivation and enrichment, involvement of the interaction between school and community, and teacher training and community programs. Specific…

To emphasize the importance of the recognition of linguistics study as an important element in the college English liberal arts curriculum within the relatively short span of ten years, this article begins with a discussion of the factors influencing this recent curricular development and the subsequent growing need for English teachers to have…

The sixth in a series of teacher education units continues a discussion of specific problems faced by teachers of disadvantaged students. Stressed in this document are the teacher's role in working with the parents of these students. Also discussed are compensatory programs and those which use a curriculum content relevant to and derived from the…

Foreign language should become an integral part of the elementary school curriculum available to all students by the year 2000. Justification for including language instruction in the core of common learning includes such considerations as (1) language learning, cultural adjustments, and intercultural understanding can best be achieved in…

The Hawaii Department of Education initiated a Programming-Planning-Budgeting System in the English Language Arts to improve student skills in reading, speaking, listening, writing, and literature appreciation. Specialists in Language Arts and Speech Education planned a program that would begin in first grade and concentrate on three target…

The Hawaii English Project, the first major developmental task of the Hawaii Curriculum Center sponsored jointly by the University of Hawaii and the Hawaii Department of Education, was set up to prepare and test an English curriculum (K-12) and to develop a plan for the curriculum's establishment throughout the state. At the center of the…