To create imaginative, useful courses for adults, continuing education programers should remember that promotion follows programing. The keys to success are the professionalization of the programer, and a combination of inspiration, experience, commitment, and attention to detail. (SK)

Reveals the intentional and organizational face of graduate education in curriculum by exploring "procedural knowledge" and how its quality is to be judged. Examines case studies of the characteristics and programs of one graduate department of curriculum. (MLF)

The importance of including the development of prosocial behavior as an integral goal of the school curriculum is discussed and illustrated through the case of the Susquehanna School--a small, privately run elementary school in Binghamton, New York. (MP)

The author addresses phonetics curriculum development and implementation concerns in conjunction with educational instruction of deaf university students. Five areas of curriculum design and implementation necessary for learning phonetics are discussed including programed workbook materials and technological instrumentation. (SW)

Details the most important curriculum movements--which can be generally classified under the two headings of subject-centered curriculum and student-centered curriculum--their adherents, and their rationales. (Author/WD)

Discusses the barriers blocking communication between nursing education and nursing service. Notes that the gap between the two is too infrequently bridged. Recommends changes in the nursing curriculum regarding nursing care plans, discharge planning, and patient planning. (JOW)

Recommends changes in areas emphasized by word processing instructors. Suggests new emphases, skill areas, and competencies where more emphasis is needed, and traditional business education activities which could receive less attention. (CT)

Suggests ways that both individual teachers and schools can reduce the influence of teacher political bias in social studies teaching. (FL)

The author presents suggestions for vocational educators who are considering making curriculum changes. Suggestions include studying new trends, reviewing technical literature, communicating with experts, searching for occupational projections, locating existing programs, and making decisions. (CT)

Reviews data and information relating to the Certified Professional Secretary Examination and presents suggestions for activities to strengthen student abilities in areas relating to part 5 (secretarial skills and decision making) of the examination. (LRA)

A program to improve the integration of nutrition education throughout the four years at St. Louis University School of Medicine is described. Interest in nutrition by the students and the faculty led to the development of a required course given in the freshman medical school year. (MLW)

Reviews the general education curriculum today and offers suggestions for using the author's curriculum model. (Author/WD)

Catalogues past experience in haphazard curriculum planning and offers suggestions for ensuring that curriculum design occurs through logical, orderly, and comprehensive planning. (Author/WD)

Presents ideas to aid high school social studies classroom teachers as they teach students the impact of media advertising for political candidates. Students are involved in activities to decide which candidate for president they would select on the basis of several media presentations. (DB)

After a discussion of the causes and results of adolescent stress, the authors suggest possible topics which home economics teachers could address in their curricula. These include developmental and transitional life stages, stress reactions, recovery from loss and grief, death, divorce, teen pregnancy and abortion, child abuse, rape, and others.…