Guidelines are provided to assist teachers of grade 3 French immersion pupils in developing a concentrated English language arts program which will enable pupils to attain competency in the essential basic skills. The introduction of English language arts into the early French immersion program represents the pupils' first encounter with formal…

Article presented two conceptual frameworks for analyzing the instructional episode. First, the curricular model and then a personality model were analyzed as part of an effort to demonstrate the value of even limited structures in analyzing the complexities of the teaching-learning process. (Author/RK)

This paper critically reviews methods of pupil assessment at the beginning, during and at the end of the second cycle of secondary education. It notes a trend towards more global assessment based on a mixture of external and internal, periodic and terminal, subjective and objective tests. (Editor)

This course plan consists of six topical mini-courses dealing with the American character, people, political tradition, and economy; America as a world power; and war and peace in America. A sample curriculum and reading list is provided for one of the modules, including behavioral objectives, learning strategies, and a summary of results. (NHM)

As part of a feature series on the common curriculum, author suggested some difficulties involved in organizing a timetable which provided real choice for all students. (Editor/RK)

There are three general ways of approaching the arts in the curriculum: the study of the historical foundations of the art forms; the study of the art experience and the artist as creator; and the critical study of the art form itself. (Author/IRT)

Article described the efforts of the Mount Pleasant School in Birmingham to make all children citizens of the new multi-cultural society which Britain is becoming and to give them an understanding of their own cultural background and an appreciation of that of others. (Author/RK)

Author looks at two small informal schools based on local communities. (Editor/RK)

Presented is one individual's perception of the need for a scientifically literate population. A conceptual frame of reference for his position is described and some applications for curriculum development and science teaching are presented. (PEB)

This paper discusses curriculum reform in Italy. Teachers should offer a global approach to education while teaching civic education to students. Referred to as "making culture," civic education should contain content that satisfies the criteria of validity, significance, interest, and student learning. Schools should create new…

Different groups have different ideas about how schools should be restructured. Although decision-making and control are increasingly shared with other groups, the principal remains most accountable. Innovative leadership styles, such as the inhouse critic and the master generalist, address issues of curriculum totality, function, and goals.…

A secondary social studies model curriculum guide for Alaska is presented. The body of the guide lists topics/concepts, learning outcomes/objectives, and sample learning activities in a 3 column format. The first column, topics/concepts, describes the content area, defining the subject broadly and listing subconcepts or associated vocabulary. The…

By not considering the meaning of art, schools easily find a superficial niche for the arts in the curriculum. Thus, art education is usually viewed as a diversion designed for recreation or as a "carrot" to attract students to the larger curriculum. Its peripheral position is revealed by the miniscule amount of time allotted it, the lack of goals…

Author discussed the deportment and attitudes of the girls at the York Way open class, attached to the Starcross School, and the influence the school has on influencing the girls from becoming truants. (RK)