The compendium is an annotated bibliography of materials containing instructional objectives and of objectives-based materials collected from institutions, school systems, state departments of education, and commercial producers of educational materials. Organization of listings is by topic, grade range, and alphabetical order. A listing of…

After judging and evaluating four science fairs during a two week period, the author moved to put down some thoughts and suggestions. His comments fell into three major categories: 1) purposes of science fairs, 2) types of science fair projects, and 3) judging the projects. (Author/RK)

This article describes the position of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation that competitive and observer sports should be deemphasized in favor of non-competitive, participant athletic activities. (CD)

English departments are under pressure to make their course offerings relate more closely to vocational programs. Author explains why he thinks it would be a mistake to submit to these pressures. (Author/RK)

An "inquiry school" is described here as one undergoing renewal by systematically inquiring into its behavior and purposes. Both teaching and administration are open to challenge. The writer discusses several factors critical to developing simultaneous challenge and trust among all segments of a school's population. (Editor)

Views the spectrum of opinions on curriculum issues as ranging from advocacy of measurable, programed, teacher-prepared objectives to advocacy of a flexible, limited, pupil-oriented framework. Also discussed are structuring the learning environment, existentialism vs behaviorism, process vs product, and other issues. (BP)

An improved curriculum for physical education majors is described. (JD)

A general discussion of the career education needs of adults, the functions that career education performs for them, and the meshing of the concepts of career education and life-long learning. (JT)

There is a wide discrepancy between how adults and young students define the scope of social studies; it is suggested that teachers have not effectively communicated the goals of their social studies programs. (JD)

Two sets of obstacles are discussed as part of a major weakness in the methodology of a criterion-reference measurement, and it is suggested that no criterion referenced measure should be published without an explicit statement of how its items were derived from objectives, and by what means item-objective congruence was determined. (Author/STS)

The educational reform legislated and initiated in Greece in 1975-77 was extensive. The author presents the policies that developed from that reform and the objectives that were based on those policies. (Author/RK)

A curriculum is a perspective: it gives view to human knowledge, values, and skills. It imposes discipline because it presumes to create a plan or a structure for seeking and recognizing and valuing experience. (Author/IRT)

Explores two facets of school vandalism and violence: 1) responsibility as a dimension of both autonomy and maturity and 2) emerging attention to and concern for solipsism. (Author/RK)

Addresses the need to renew continually the conceptual clarity of American Catholic religious education and to patiently endure educational development without becoming too easily satisfied. (Author/RK)