The National Statement for Languages Education in Australian Schools provides an overarching framework for State, Territory and Australian Government activities. It affirms the place of languages education in the school curriculum, and describes the purpose and nature of learning languages. This National Plan for Languages Education in Australian…

Various perspectives on the inclusion of death education in health education curricula are offered. Discussed are: (1) positive and negative attitudes toward death; (2) teacher competence, qualifications, and skills; (3) religious beliefs about death; (4) Kubler-Ross's Five Stages of Dying; and (5) political implications of teaching about death.…

Illustrates applicability of scientific scrutiny to secondary education by demonstrating how to relate to "natural" language instruction to student attainments, how variations in grading practices affect student performance, how knowledge gained in recitation is related to that gained in silent study, how to determine whether education…

A community-based approach to global education is outlined. Three techniques for applying the approach are described: (1) using community organizations and individuals involved in international activities as instructional resources; (2) exploring local/global linkages to demonstrate student ties to the world; and (3) integrating global lessons…

Women, it is suggested, must have a curriculum with images of achievement and aspiration comparable to those of white middle class males. Two goals of women's studies are discussed: to develop a body of scholarship and a new curriculum about women and to transform the "mainstream" curriculum. (MLW)

A survey to determine the content, structure, objectives, and organization of death curricula in American medical schools is presented. Topics discussed include curriculum development, funding, faculty and patient roles, learning resources, and curriculum research. (Author/JMD)

Comparing the secondary physics courses developed by West Germany's Institute for Science Education (IPN) with similar British curriculum projects, the author argues that the differences in style, content, and reception of these curriculums are related to the social locations of the British teachers and the German academics who devised them.…

Described is part of the O.P.E. laboratory computer-based biology program designed for undergraduate medical and biology students. Described is an embryology dialogue in which the student proceeds through three stages in the knowledge and understanding of the concept of competence. (Author/DS)

This article discusses the value of the notional-functional approach to language teaching and considers some sociolinguistic, psycholinguistic, and linguistic features of the notional-functional syllabus. (CFM)

The Dayton Science Project emerged in 1990 through the Dayton (Ohio) Public Schools superintendent's efforts to redesign the district's K-12 science curriculum via a university-school partnership. Participants learned that partners need each other, shared understanding is crucial, decisions foster conflict, partner meeting should occur in neutral…

Argues that involving children in curriculum planning develops communication, literacy, and social study skills. Describes four areas to address in the joint planning process: (1) what interests the children; (2) how to get the information; (3) what materials are needed; and (4) what materials the children and teacher will bring. (SD)

If technology is to have more than a modest impact on curriculum design, educators must embrace a new paradigm integrating technology in the classroom. Describes LoTi (levels of technology implementation), an instrument to measure the degree to which computers are used to support concept-based or process-based instruction, consequential learning,…

Takes a historical look at technology in the language classroom, from the perspectives of students, teachers, administrators, researchers, and curriculum and materials designers. Emphasizes that the successful use of technology depends upon teachers' capability to incorporate it effectively in their programs and on the development of imaginative…

States that the difficult Asian languages such as modern standard Chinese, Japanese and Korean, should not be taught in primary or lower secondary schools to non-background speakers of those languages, that is, those whose mother tongue is related to the language being learned. Maintains that time should be spent in primary and secondary schools…

Considers whether college foreign language programs are truly victims of outside forces or have neglected taking responsibility for their fate. Explores the internal status of the language and literature curricula, public perceptions of them, how institutions have tried to "solve" language department problems by restructuring them, and how…