This article describes a health education curriculum, "Hale and Hardy's Helpful Health Hints," developed for students enrolled in Head Start programs. (JMK)

To meet the needs of the target market and provide excellence in education, curriculum revision must be ongoing. (JOW)

Explores the financial aspects of several curricular sacred cows including curriculum composition, student interaction, curricular design, course structure, and delivery of instruction. (JOW)

A technical skills curriculum in a school for behavior disordered adolescents features direct instruction of over 300 tool skills in 10 skill areas. Students are assessed, target skills identified, and feedback given after each session. The system's advantages include increased student motivation and more precise design of Individualized Education…

Business schools are facing the challenge of internationalizing their curriculum to meet the emerging needs of the business community. They must improve the qualifications of their faculty in the area of international business education. (JOW)

Article discusses the interaction of everyday affairs at school with his attempts at instituting a language policy. (RK)

Focuses on what is right with the school curriculum. Three major developments were identified: (1) attempts to identify curriculum more precisely; (2) broader involvement of those having inputs; and (3) sharing developments through professional organizations--state, national, and international. (Author/RK)

How students learn to solve the problems of developing instructional television materials through practical experience. (JY)

This collection is intended to help planners, administrators, and student service professionals gain a better understanding of the changes emerging in student services as it demonstrates how innovative leaders are responding to these challenges. Part 1, "Creating the Student-Centered Experience," contains: (1) "Innovation in Student…

This monograph describes calls for educational reform and reviews many of the most significant curricular outcomes and innovations. The focus is on documenting changes institutions have made in response to calls for reform. The chapters are: (1) "Introduction"; (2) "Curriculum Reforms in the Professions: Responding to Calls for…

This book is designed to foster awareness, examination, and deliberation about the curricula planned for and carried out in classrooms and schools. The framework of inquiry elucidates the concept of curriculum as culture; highlights patterns of curricular thinking that have influenced the development of the concept of cultures of curriculum; gives…

This workbook introduces curriculum mapping, a process used by schools and districts to reform and improve curricula. The school's or district's elementary and middle level science curriculum can be mapped out by indicating what topics are taught at what grade levels. This workbook is part of the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory's…

"Innovative Approaches to Teaching Technical Communication" offers a variety of activities, projects, and approaches to energize pedagogy in technical communication and to provide a constructive critique of current practice. A practical collection, the approaches recommended here are readily adaptable to a range of technological and institutional…

In project SEEK (Seventh Grade Eclectic Exploration of Knowledge), learning experiences contribute to student growth in eight areas of career education. Mohawk Junior-Senior High School, Columbus, Ohio, seventh graders learn through a well-planned, well-articulated social studies program which accommodates spontaneity and creativity. (AG)