Discusses under the general headings of need, mechanism, difficulties, nature, effects, and evaluation the recently introduced curricular changes in British medical schools, noting that the differences between the medical curriculum and other university courses created difficulties in effecting change. (Author/JD)

The author argues for more democratic and cooperative curriculum planning in English junior schools, involving all teachers in this collective task. (Editor/SJL)

Evanston's new civic education units all deal with examples of inhumanity. Primary source documents, simulations, and discussions are used to open up the students' minds about human rights and responsibilities. (Author/MLF)

Discusses the use of educational impact statements and presents a functional process model for change facilitation. A specific example of the adaptation of this process is provided, going through the steps of: preplanning, strategy selection, implementation, and adoption, evaluation, research, and modification, monitoring, and follow-up. (RAO)

Traces the development of job analysis techniques and discusses several recent job analysis approaches. Examines functional job analysis, task banks, entry-level training, and task inventories. (CT)

Reports curriculum concerns of Israeli secondary school teachers. The study indicates that subject matter decisions have high priority and that teachers express ambivalence in attitudes about their role in curriculum implementation. (KC)

Environmental education has not succeeded in advancing beyond where it was ten years ago in developing an environmental education program for the schools of America. In view of developments in such areas as energy, more action is needed. (RE)

The development of health education in the schools from 1600 to 1980 is traced. (JD)

An inventor, who is also a patent lawyer, has developed a step-by-step process to teach students to invent solutions to problems. (MLF)

Intended for teachers of severely emotionally disturbed children, the article reviews the various components of case histories and clinical observations, focusing on how to read the material and ferret out the important issues that will help in planning classroom strategies. A case history of an autistic boy is presented to illustrate the process.…

Explains how nontraditional postsecondary education can provide ideas to help traditional curriculum theory developers when they are required to develop and implement theories for novel situations. Information is presented on case studies of curriculum development theories and on evaluation models. (Author/DB)

Senior and middle-rank librarians in academic, public, state, school, and special libraries participated in this study to identify curriculum areas of prime concern in library education. Results indicate that philosophy and social context of libraries, library skills, administration, personal and interpersonal relations, and specialization are the…

When teachers prepare their own curriculum outlines, crucial issues come to the surface, promoting examination of what teachers believe about themselves, about children, and about teaching. (Author/MLF)

Describes the role of journalism educator Chilton Bush in developing the curriculum and educational philosophy of the journalism department at Stanford. (KS)

A call for a curricular renaissance wherein certain strategies will encourage good curriculum development. (Editor)