Proposes clustering content areas of a middle school curriculum under humanities, technology, and personal study. An interdisciplinary team planning approach could eliminate the schism between academic and other subjects. (MLF)

A University of North Texas project used a team approach to develop a curriculum integrating academic subjects into vocational curricula. Ten teachers cooperated on integrated junior high/middle school lesson plans and classroom support activities. (JOW)

Outlined is the status of science-technology-society (STS) education as an academic field of study in the United States. Its success as an academic field and unresolved questions regarding the future of STS are discussed. (KR)

Historically, career-technical teachers have focused primarily on the development of technical knowledge and skills, leaving the core academics to the teachers of math, science, language arts and other disciplines. Teachers as a whole have tended to teach their subject matter in a vacuum, as separate areas to be addressed with a narrow focus. This…

This is a report of a symposium held at Southern Illinois University to raise and study issues about liberal education in colleges and universities. The rationale underlying this particular topic centered around the feeling that the conventional approaches, formats, and content of liberal education are inappropriate to the educational needs of…

The article discusses a practical approach to academic program planning and evaluation based on student needs and social utility. The proposed approach focuses on fundamental characteristics of the academic program planning and evaluation process which are desirable and which insure that educational designers do not lose sight of the more…

Results revealed that it is possible to make generalizations about characteristics of curricular changers and persisters within science and humanities curriculums, but it is difficult to generalize about changers and persisters across academic fields. (Author/EK)

Discusses the changes in the International Technology Education Association and outlines its strategic plan. Emphasizes four goals: (1) position technology as a basis for academic study; (2) provide leadership; (3) support teachers; and (4) enhance participation of minorities and women. (JOW)

Explains how to integrate applied academics (communications, mathematics, computer applications) into accounting so that students can see the bridge develop between subjects as well as with the real world. (Author)

The author presents the historical development of the department of student personnel work at the University of Minnesota, as well as his own contributions to the field. (HLM)

Offers six organizational principles for restructuring liberal education focusing on educational coherence and commonality, institutional commitment, alternative models, undergraduate educational needs, and political responsiveness. (DMM)

Curriculum integration (CI) is an educational strategy aimed primarily at students who take significant numbers of both academic and vocational courses either as part of a formal program or on their own. Its goal is to enhance the learning of these students by breaking down the traditional barrier that exists in most schools between the two…

Discusses the importance of the good noninnovative'' high school in the educational system. (Author/DN)

Defines the concept of comprehensive high school, reviews the inadequacies of the present system of academic and vocational high schools, and discusses changing high school programs to satisfy student needs. (JM)