Evidence suggests that while the new approaches to Religious Education in primary schools achieved greater pupil interest and participation they also led to less factual knowledge being remembered. (Author/JB)

The authors raise questions about the validity of the trend toward teacher-direction of curriculum development and the need for centrally co-ordinated systematic planning. (Editor)

This article argues that educational systems tend to legitimate existing political hierarchies and elite control. (Author)

Report on a panel of educators discussing the needs of students in the area of writing mechanics. (GB)

Gives 8 observations about the concept, use, misuse, and goals of English curriculum. (GB)

Compares three papers on curricula analysis, two of which have appeared in CTN summer, 1968 edition. (DE)

A review of Issues in American Education: Commentary on the Current Scene (Oxford Univ. Press, 1970) by Arthur M. Krall (Ed.) (DS)

Reports the findings of evaluations of the trial versions of the course, concentrating on the aspects that appear to have significance for biology teaching in a wider context." (AL)

A discussion of achievement tests' influence on curricular objectives and of their role in new curriculum evaluation. (AA)

The secondary school has often served a prepackaged curriculum that ignores the experiences and needs of the students. (RA)