Describes changes in the agricultural education curriculum at the University of British Columbia that were designed to provide students with a comprehensive curriculum that is sufficiently broadly based for evolving careers in agricultural sciences while also being adequately founded in basic science for students pursuing graduate studies. (JRH)

Inclusion of technology in general education is new in Ontario and will enhance the technological literacy and capabilities of Ontario's elementary school children. It provides a fertile ground for integration as knowledge from many fields is used in the design process. (Author/JOW)

Discusses briefly the curriculum at the Robert E. Lee High School, called the International School of the Americas. Notes that, although still in flux, the curriculum offers a new model for high schools in the United States that have been caught up in the demands of an expanding international community. (RS)

Technology educators do not have the time, energy, or resources to develop state-of-the-art curriculum changes and should work with commercial vendors to produce the best curricula. (JOW)

A 3-year study of female nursing students (n=176, n=138, and n=144, respectively) was undertaken to identify their learning style. Results suggest that curricula in nursing programs should be developed so that students acquire a variety of learning styles. (JOW)

Examines Heidegger's two forms of caring as a framework for looking critically at the understanding of caring. Explores the meaning of caring from the perspective of students and a family studies teacher in the everyday life of the classroom. (Author/JOW)

The accepted model of industrial arts underestimates the continuity of vocational education and technology education and exaggerates differences between industrial arts and earlier forms of industrial education. The ideals of Dewey and others have been lost as technology education reproduces old structures of industrial arts that include…

Karian and Stahl suggest that establishing clear student outcome objectives will clarify the study of the environmental impact of technology. McCade presents resources to help educators develop a technology education curriculum with examples and an action plan. (JOW)

Discusses the Economics Education 16-19 Project in the United Kingdom. Explains that the purpose of the project is to create a flexible economics education framework for all 16-19 students. Describes project goals as a return to first principles, an attempt to secure necessary institutional changes, and enable economics teachers to access the…

Examines (in the context of how English programs have been or should be changed) the assumption that intellectual life has become structured around issues. (RS)

Principals cannot be experts in all content fields but should understand, as curriculum generalists, how the curriculum is organized and how learning activities and materials are related to instructional outcomes. Secondary principals can facilitate curriculum enactment by effectively managing school governance and by making sound decisions…

Responses from 106 of 363 industrial arts/technology education/trade and industrial teachers in North Carolina on the Stages of Concern Questionnaire found the majority positive about curriculum change but concerned about its personal effects, allocation of resources, and state requirements for implementation. (SK)

Enrollment trends suggest a decline in interest in consumer studies. New curricular approaches include movement toward a root discipline such as economics or toward professional degree programs, such as consumer affairs in business or financial counseling and planning. (JOW)

Rejecting technological, job-training views of curriculum, this article affirms the similarity of good novels to good curriculum as to diversity of voice, transcendent theme, cohesive structure, construction of meaning. Novels do not automatically broaden one's horizons; the reader's expectation for discovering relevant ideas and willingness to…

Technology is a field of study within itself, and its disciplines are that of the practitioner. Technology is the tool to describe the built environment, it provides the base for "know how," and it is the base for the designer and problem solver. (JOW)