Presents a few pages from a teaching journal which attempts to provide a sort of guidebook to the integration of personal and social consciousness and action on the university level. (Author/PG)

An overview over the development of the reform in curriculum taking place in Iceland, including planning procedures and the characteristic strategy of teacher participation in the construction process, is presented. (Editor/RK)

On the assumption that colleges need a theory that specifies what they should be trying to do and how they should do it, two theories are described(the 'bundle of knowledge' theory and the developmental stage theory). A third component theory is then sketched. (Editor/PG)

Evaluation of college and university teaching is considered in the context of growing demands for accountability oof educational institutions and particular roles of faculty in achieving goals for which these institutions are believed to be accountable. Three approaches to evaluation of teaching in higher education are reviewed. (Editor/PG)

Some cautionary notes about interdisciplinary programs are offered. (JH)

Author explored the conflict of the ideal and the practical in music education. (Editor/RK)

This article relates some impressions of elementary education resulting from my encounters with primary schools in West Germany, Florida, Mexico and England. (Author)

Within the field of education, the act of planning implies that the schools are more than passive pawns in the hands of socioeconomic forces. The current profound demographic changes, which will continue to reshape the nation and its schools in the coming decades, make strategic planning particulary important. Implementing a strategic plan first…

As the United States debates what it expects of college graduates and how to measure the achievement of these expectations, the goals of students frequently are overlooked. Goals are what individuals hope to achieve and accomplish. Currently most colleges collect information about the broad goals students hold for attending college as they enter,…

The meaning of instructional design is explored as it relates to four ideological aims of education: The Cultural Transmission; The Romantic; The Progressive; and The Critical. Definitions of "instructional design" and "ideology" are first presented, and the four ideologies are briefly described. A heuristic (in matrix format)…

This 1989-90 edition of the Houston Baptist University (Texas) Academic Advising Handbook presents guidelines, resources, and university information pertinent to the advising function. Section 1 contains research data concerning academic advising as well as definitions of advising, and a discussion of rules and functions of academic advisors,…

Guidelines for understanding computer-assisted instruction (CAI) pedagogical designs and evaluating CAI software for its relevance to specific teaching and learning objectives are presented in this paper. Topics discussed include applications, drawbacks, and examples of the five types of CAI software--drill and practice, tutorial, simulation,…

This publication presents the strategic plan for Oklahoma vocational-technical education that was designed to be used as a framework for developing functional plans at the state and district levels. It begins with a list of the nine strategic goals that have been developed as the starting point in systemwide strategic planning. The nine goals are…