A schema is presented for analyzing curriculum plans and materials related to values and moral education. The plan reviews six aspects of the materials: antecedent conditions, rationale and objectives, descriptive characteristics, pupil activities, teaching strategies, and diagnosis and evaluation needs, procedures, and data. (Author/AV)

A one-hour presentation given to veterinary medical students at Texas A&M University during their first week of professional school is summarized. It helps the students place some of their subjects and disciplines in perspective, emphasizing the overall morphologic organizational scheme of the higher vertebrate body. (LBH)

Proposes that the purpose of social studies is to promote good citizenship. States that teachers need to address the concept of citizenship education, with specific knowledge, skills, and beliefs. Contends that once this concept has been presented, specific types of learning activities such as "webbing" will assist students in…

Reviews books by S. Modgil and R. Willey on racial inequality and multicultural education. Suggests tentative changes in the analytic framework in which multicultural issues are placed. Concludes by saying the books ignore the real problems of racial inequality and fail to answer the urgent issues at hand. (BR)

Discusses the shift of Australia's School Based Curriculum Development (SBCD) from state departments of education to the local school itself. Outlines the aspects of the curriculum development process and the importance of the principal in influencing both the organization of the school and satisfaction with curriculum planning. (BR)

A procedure derived from classical test theory analyzes course grades and report results to assess third-year clerkships at a midwestern medical school. The procedure is sensitive to a large range of characteristics of the courses and is a promising supplement to student course evaluations in studying curriculum change. (SLD)

States that implementation of the Getty proposals for discipline-based art education would be bad for art education, for schools, and especially for students. Develops several arguments critical of the proposals and critiques the "flawed notions of art, intelligence, and art education" which underlie them. (GEA)

The medical school is responsible for ensuring that its graduating doctors can apply scientific principles to health problems. That responsibility requires (1) selection of content; (2) presentation of content in appropriate ways; and (3) examination of students. Discussed are procedures for ensuring desired outcomes. (Author/RH)

Ninety-one children participated in a study which evaluated a critical television-viewing skills curriculum. Students were given a comprehensive test of reality versus fantasy portrayals, special effects, and commercials. Methodology and results are presented and analyzed. (JL)

Analyzed and classified were Individualized Science Instruction System (ISIS) minicourse performance objectives and criterion-referenced test items according to Bloom's cognitive "Taxonomy" to determine levels of cognition emphasized. The findings indicate that ISIS minicourse test objectives are written primarily at the knowledge and…

Examines four approaches to global education: the traditional approach, the world-centered approach, the world-order approach, and the single-issue approach. States that global education needs to be reexamined for similarities that could be synthesized into one curriculum. Argues for refinement of the current definition of global education. (GEA)

Emphasizes that the heart of a graduate sociology curriculum should be research training, including practicums and internships. The curriculum should include coverage of basic areas with specialities based on faculty expertise and other strengths of the university. The selection of worthwhile research problems and how to communicate results are…

Maintains that graduate training in sociology is an uneasy compromise between teaching new sociologists practical knowledge and doing what a department's various constituencies demand. Suggests that faculty should develop a continuing dialogue with students and incorporate them, formally and informally, in their work. (Author/DH)

Curriculum analysis illuminates the intrinsic educational value of a curriculum, reveals its hidden or implicit underlying paradigm, sheds light on its strengths and weaknesses, and facilitates users' curricular and instructional decision makings. Functional (purpose, methods, audience, performer) and historical differences from curriculum…

The author found that most Masters of Public Administration programs require that students complete a single course in the budgeting and financial management area. She states that this course typically gives significant coverage to about a third of the financial management skills that practitioners surveyed deemed essential. (Author/CT)