This paper reports on the findings of an international case study in which researchers examined two mathematics departments (Canada/UK) in which the sustained use of technology was strategically established in a mathematics degree program. This case study forms part of a larger research initiative which involved an extensive literature review…

Examines the relationship between community college faculty members' departmental affiliation and their curricular choices. States that data were collected from a random sample of community college instructors at the State of Washington's community and technical colleges during the 1999-2000 academic year. Reports that faculty teaching in…

Meant primarily as a brief synthesis for consultants and supervisors in state departments of education, this statement represents an overview of the prevailing instructional scene. It notes the current swing to the right in educational approaches, looks at the emerging trends in federal concerns, examines the current thinking concerning teaching…

The english teacher should explore the values--both artistic and humane--present in a variety of literatures, even the worth of nonliterary modes of expression, in order to preserve the tradition seen in Shakespeare and Keats, Dickens and Homer. (Author/RK)

Specialists in curriculum, instruction, and assessment typically work with colleagues in their own field. It is argued that such isolationism is educationally harmful, especially during today's era of heightened accountability for educators. To diminish excessive specialization by curriculum, instruction, and assessment personnel, amelioration…

Developed to assist all South Carolina school personnel responsible for planning, implementing, or supervising a middle school to achieve goals and objectives compatible with State Board of Education policies and standards, this guide is designed to be adapted to local needs. State standards for minimum programs related to middle schools are…

This study profiles four diverse states (Alabama, Maryland, Nebraska, and Washington) where successful programs have been developed and implemented to provide Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) instruction to elementary and secondary school students. The report identifies common factors and strategies for…

This bulletin contains abstracts of the addresses delivered at a two-day conference of State and county rural-school supervisors in the Southeastern States, called by the United States Commissioner of Education, at Peabody College for Teachers, Nashville, Tennessee, December 14 and 15, 1925. Abstracts were prepared from notes or manuscripts…