This booklet gives a list of general principles and suggestions for meeting the problems arising from requests from developing countries for assistance in improving their programs of mathematics education at all levels. Topics covered are major components for collaboration; conferences, seminars, and courses; consultants and short-time visitors;…

Since November 1971 the Penn Women's Studies Planners at the University of Pennsylvania have surveyed women's studies programs at universities across the country, investigated resources within the University, and explored the needs and expectations that students would bring to courses about women. Based on this research, the Planners have…

The ad hoc Committee on Women Studies at the University of Washington recommends that a program of women's studies be instituted to permit rigorous academic study in the area. The program would be composed of: (1) an introductory core course; (2) four upper-division courses; (3) a significant amount of study (approximately 35 credits) in a single…

Social studies curricula should be based on a provincial-universal principle of maintaining a continuous interaction between the local community and the world community. It is suggested here that those who are already doing this can contribute by offering suggestions to others trying to implement the world principle in their classrooms. Those who…

This document presents long-range goals for teacher education programs and charts representing the implementation of these goals. The charts are divided into three sections: Long-Range Goals (Examples), Teacher Behavior (Examples), and Preservice Tasks (Examples). (MJM)

The purposes of this paper are a) to present tentative statements based upon a synthesis of the research in the area of interdisciplinary education, b) to present some implications for professional behavior based upon these tentative statements, and c) to present some testable questions which need to be researched in order to solidify or modify…

To describe the attitudes of Arizona educators toward sex education, a questionnaire survey was made of all practicing teachers and administrators in the state's public school systems. Data were collected on topics such as subject content and who should teach sex education. Based on the findings of the survey, it is implied that the lack of…

Several aspects of the curriculum problem are considered here. The first, Scope of Population Study, attempts to provide a general delimitation of the field by identifying overlapping and related areas of study. A second aspect, Goals of Population Study, identifies three general goals: 1) development of an understanding of the significance of…

This document is a compilation of the proceedings of the 23rd Annual State California Conference on Educational Research. The theme of the proceedings centered around accountability and curriculum. Each participant submitted his remarks on specially designed paper; each page was photographed and prepared without editing. The three general sessions…

This paper offers suggestions about facilities to support curriculum development, based on the principles that the motive power for such a development should come primarily from local groups of teachers accessible to one another, and that there should be effective and close collaboration between teachers and all those who are able to offer…

This study explored a number of facets of the problem of utilizing the judgment of teachers and other educational professionals in clarifying the training needs of teachers. Using lists of teaching abilities, topics in educational psychology, and statements of psychoeducational proposals regarding elements in the teaching-learning process, ratings…

The future curricula of the humanities are discussed in relation to the inclusion of science-fiction as an appropriate subject. It is believed that the curricula of the future will have the following characteristics in common: (1) Although curricula will give due recognition to the contributions of the past, it will begin in the present and will…

Reported is a summary of inservice programs held in North Carolina for implementing the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS). The workshops were five days in length and dealt with the philosophy of the program, instructional methodology, lesson content, use of materials and organisms, and use of the program for environmental education and…

This chapter of "The Best of the Best of ERIC" contains 16 annotations of documents and journal articles on curriculum planning and evaluation, all of which are indexed in the ERIC system. Materials on curriculum development and objectives, community involvement in curriculum planning, and other topics are annotated. (DS)

Information on the development of a welding program and curriculum is presented to assist instructors and administrators in the implementation of a training program. The American Welding Society is recommended as an authoritative source for assistance. (EC)