Tyler addresses the larger issues facing educators today. He comments on the purpose of education and provides a historical perspective on the current controversies concerning American public school curricula. He also discusses basic education and general education and offers his own personal definition of what it means to be an educated person.…

The author suggests the possibility that teachers, students, parents, and school systems do not like the changes in the industrial arts curriculum and prefer the traditional curriculum to "technology" education. (CT)

Three comprehensive health education programs in Michigan were studied to examine curricular content, student outcomes, and cost-effectiveness. Programs differed in areas of teacher training time, materials, cost, and length of implementation time. Results are presented. (Author/DF)

As emergency medicine became a specialty, it was realized that traditional training of physicians in urgent, emergent, and acute care problems was deficient. Surveys and studies demonstrate that the emergency medicine curricula in American medical schools remains at a minimum. (MLW)

Evaluation of medical school graduates by their residency supervisors can provide information for judging the adequacy of the medical school preparation for the residency. Thirteen areas of residents' performances considered of major importance for evaluating undergraduate medical training were identified. (MLW)

The author argues that the successful completion of one secondary credit of shorthand or business communications instruction should be considered the equivalent of one secondary credit of English study and should thus count as the fulfillment of one credit of the English graduation requirement. (CT)

This 1984 study examines what university administrators are currently scheduling and plan to incorporate in future accounting computer curriculum. Educational administrators expect to maintain or increase computer requirement emphasis in the accounting curriculum. The most frequently stated impediment was lack of computer equipment. (CT)

This article offers criteria to help establish curriculum balance in physical education. Exemplary programs are offered that illustrate balanced physical education curricula. (DF)

Describes a program of curriculum review and development carried out in a semirural school district in Pennsylvania. (FL)

A common feature of contemporary curriculum design is the transposition of the curriculum's objectives with its content and methods. A general method for avoiding this and some related forms of conceptual confusion is outlined, with history curriculum given as a specific example of its aplication. (Author/MSE)

Four stages of formative evaluation and questions concerning the process of the Individualized Science program are discussed. (DEP)

Offers a composite picture of the typical junior high school speech programs in two Ohio suburban school systems. (MH)

Three forms of evaluation are required to fully evaluate comprehensive school guidance programs. First, the program must be reviewed using program standards, evidence, and documentation to establish that a written guidance program exists in a school district and that the written program matches the implemented program. Second, guidance program…

In the face of pervasive violence in American schools and society, many schools have begun to consider making violence prevention and conflict resolution part of their curricula. Faced with such a culture of violence, curricula that teach students the attitudes and skills they need to avoid violence seem to provide a sound strategy for violence…

The roster of developmental programs available to students in community colleges is expanding, though remedial education itself does remain a marginal aspect of higher education. The programs are usually under-funded, segregated from "regular" offerings, and taught by part-timers. This report suggests that the colleges are sending signals that…