A nursing professor at the University of Kansas discusses the integrated and logistic curriculum approaches and tells how the school of nursing correlated its curriculum to include both approaches. (MF)

The author encourages educators to examine the significance and content of recently developed leisure studies programs in order to make them more responsive to social needs. (GW)

The value of curricular theory lies not in its specificity but in the questions it generates. (MM)

The importance of sex education for mentally handicapped persons is stressed and 18 specific recommendations are made for establishing adequate programs. (GW)

Charles Suhor, deputy executive director of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), responds to Allan Glatthorn's charge that the NCTE is reluctant to offer specific recommendations about curricular content. (TE)

Summarizes a recent Center for Research on Elementary and Middle Schools (CREMS) literature review on effective kindergarten and preschool programs. Over the past 20 years, kindergarten enrollment has expanded, the students are older, and the days are getting longer. Preschool enrollment has also grown tremendously. Effective programs are briefly…

Aspects of curriculum affecting the success of mainstreaming handicapped students are considered. The concepts of explicity, hidden, and absent curricula are discussed relative to curricular adaptations. A "Curriculum Adaptation Guide" is presented to assist in the selection and adaptation of curricular elements. (Author/DB)

This article describes the Israel Curriculum Centre and gives a brief history of its role in Israeli society. The goals of the centre include: publishing syllabuses for all subjects, developing instructional materials that correspond to the syllabuses, and diffusing and implementing instructional products based on the syllabuses. (RB)

One approach to curriculum revision for disabled students involves five steps: determining curriculum aims, determining curriculum goals, assessing program and resources, developing the curriculum, and implementing and evaluating the curriculum. (CL)

Respite care curriculum content, training approaches, and evaluation strategies are reviewed and evaluated. The need for social and ecological validity in both the content and process of instruction is discussed, as are key elements for training activities. Specific attention is drawn to the need for individualized training and curriculum…

Provides marketing and distributive education (MDE) teachers with a framework for integrating specific economic concepts within seven common MDE units of instruction. Suggests appropriate teaching activities as well as some current and future economic issues that should be considered in MDE curriculum development activities. (JOW)

This book comprehensively reviews teaching-learning models that can be used in the development and implementation of a curriculum for gifted students. The second edition reflects the many changes that have occurred in gifted education. The field of gifted education has seen new program models developed, more research accomplished, and new…

The connection between creativity and education was studied through interviews conducted by 2 interviewers with 53 creative individuals in northern California, selected because they had visibly recognized success in their fields and they were at least 35 years old. Both researchers developed a matrix of themes. There were 10 major themes that ran…

This second edition of a book on integrating the curriculum calls the driving force behind integrated curricula the "four winds of change": theorists, educators, parents, and students who demand a curriculum that will apply research on how the brain works, address standards, support lifelong learning, center on the student, and offer meaningful…

Author offers some thoughts on curriculum revision. (RK)