In the United Kingdom, Project 2000 shifts nursing education from apprenticeship to formal higher education; nurse learners are now students rather than health authority employees. (SK)

Compares training of self-directed work teams in business with the potential of interdisciplinary teams in geriatrics. Possible pitfalls in conforming to the health care culture, obtaining management commitment, and dealing with the diversity and independence of health care professionals reflect the need for deep commitment to team development.…

Suggests that arts education can be used as a curriculum model for the integration of the cognitive and affective domains. Highlights include aesthetics, an interdisciplinary approach, instructional methods in art, transfer to other disciplines, and implications for instructional design. (LRW)

Discusses character education as a component of the middle school curriculum. Considers a character analysis technique that allows teachers to assess students' values and needs. Presents curriculum application strategies for implementing the program. (JPB)

Explores aspects of multicultural science and pedagogy and describes a rich and well-documented branch of indigenous science known to biologists and ecologists as traditional ecological knowledge. (Author/SAH)

Summarizes the case for a universalist approach to science education. Examines the weaknesses of universalism within the limits of human cognitive capabilities in constraining what we understand about nature, a description of reality as a flux, and the disunity of science and the role of culturally different forms and social organization of…

Examines the definition of science put forward from multicultural perspectives in contrast to the universalist perspective of science. Argues that good science explanations will always be universal, even if indigenous knowledge is incorporated as scientific knowledge. (Author/SAH)

Describes the division of universalists and multiculturalists over the question of the nature of science. Universalists maintain that science has a universal essence and western modern science is the paradigm example of such science. Multiculturalists appeal to the disunity of science thesis to undermine the view that all sciences must have a…

Reviews the new Standards for Technological Literacy, presenting the case for and against standards. Examines the experiences in science/math and the arts, suggesting that the latter offers lessons for technology education in the use of standards for curriculum development. (Contains 59 references.) (SK)

Describes George Mason University's Technology Across the Curriculum (TAC) program. Discusses the program in brief, programmatic concerns, identifying technology goals, building the program, program support, assessment, and success factors (ongoing versus sporadic support, course rather than faculty development, technology for learning rather than…

Discusses curriculum reform in medical education to ensure that women's health issues receive adequate attention. There has been remarkable progress in this area, but the reforms have not yet been translated into equitable care for women patients. (SLD)

Describes the collaborative efforts of the National Career Development Association, National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee, and Career Development Training Institute at Oakland University, which resulted in the emergence and recognition of the important role of career development facilitators (CDFs). Summarizes the development of…

Presents the foundational issues (attitude, infrastructure, resources) on which integrated business school programs should be established and examines the influence they have on the success or failure of integration efforts. Includes a "readiness test" to facilitate future integration efforts. (Contains 10 references.) (JOW)

Notes that connecting the teachers' stories and experiences presented in this themed issue are such themes as using real life issues as the curriculum, risk taking, student ownership, and community building. Discusses how these teachers believe in the importance of making curriculum relevant and meaningful to the lives of the children by…

Describes the "Community Defined Health" (trademark) process developed by the Center for Health Professions, Saginaw, Michigan, to capture caring, citizen engagement, and the quality of relationships and assure that these intangible assets become as valuable as institutionally defined health indicators in curricula for the health…