A teacher of visually handicapped students at the upper elementary level describes a lesson plan from a creative science program which involves students in a model experiment about plant growth. (CL)

Explores three curricular theoretic concerns: investigating the theoretic in "the practical" of curriculum development, reconceptualizing the concept of curriculum implementation, and reformulating a curriculum evaluation paradigm. (Author/RK)

Steps in curriculum design for secondary home economics are outlined with reference to a conceptual framework applied to two home economics areas, so that the student will learn to integrate concepts from the various areas and be able to apply them to the whole field. (MF)

A summary is given of the six phases of a curriculum project, which involves the planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of a comprehensive health education curriculum for Maryland, now in its final phase of successful operation. (SK)

Approaching curriculum theory from an historical-hermeneutic approach, the author draws analogies from theology in urging: (1) no new orthodoxies; (2) a syncretic approach to curriculum theory; (3) community and dialectical interaction between theorists and practitioners; and (4) a sense of humor. (MJB)

Curriculum is regarded as an identifiable field of study. (MM)

The kinds of programs that can be developed and specifically designed to assist all professionals in the identification of human competencies and qualities that have direct relationship to the improvement and effectiveness of curriculum and instruction were discussed. (Author/RK)

Broad evaluative criteria outlining informed judgment of several groups. (DAG)

In a story set in the future, the author presents guidelines for persons wanting to implement change in education. (IRT)

Highlights historical materials considered valuable for guiding the American elementary curriculum on geography and instruction in it. References discussed are grouped in periods beginning with 1880-99, and progressing through 1900-19, 1920-39, 1940-59, 1960-79, and 1980 to the present. Advocates integration of geography into social studies.(RH)

Presents three premises that, despite the variety of tasks and responsibilities laid on technical writers, are central to the technical writing profession and which should be at the foundation of any technical writing curriculum. (HTH)

The nature of autonomy and the relevance of education to its development is explored through a discussion of three theories--progressive, liberal-rational, and social class--of the curriculum. Reasons are advanced for preference for a "collaborative" over a "negotiated" curriculum. Defends the liberal-rational theory.…

If economies of scale are important in secondary education, a greater degree of resource specialization and curriculum comprehensiveness should occur in larger secondary schools. Using New York State schools data, this study shows that scale economy sources are exhausted at relatively small enrollment levels, allowing only trivial gains in…

Teacher planning procedures employing percentage-based measurement summaries and subsequent implementation of the results of planning with and without error analysis resulted in moderate increases in correct mathematics computation of learning disabled 10-13 year olds. No significant differences were found for presence or absence of error…

Describes a curriculum review of the Department of Speech Communication at North Carolina State University, including the strategy the department used and the results of the process--a new curriculum package. (MS)