Reviews the successes and failures of the science curriculum reform activities in England and Wales during the last 20 years and examines the underlying causes. In this review the author draws extensively on findings from researchers into curriculum implementation, conducted in Britain and elsewhere. (Author/HM)

Presents a set of criteria and procedures for the evaluation of the school curriculum from the perspective of lifelong education. The author also describes the relations between some parts of Swedish curricula and the principles of lifelong learning. (Author/HM)

Presents the nine teaching units in the history of science, by Klopfer, which can be used for instruction at the ninth and tenth grades. Each of these units, which are designed as case studies, consists of a student booklet and a teacher's guide. (HM)

Discusses how the concept of information is fundamental to many branches of science, technology, and mathematics and how a systematic use of the information concept can help to bridge the gap between different subjects in school. (HM)

Presents the author's personal impression of his one-year participation (1976-77) in the science education program at the University of California at Berkeley. The German author's suggestions for the adaptation of such program in West Germany or Europe are also discussed. (HM)

Describes a study of the teaching behavior of student-teachers of science disciplines during the one-term teaching practice of the English "Post-Graduate Certificate in Education" course. Results suggest that in several behavioral dimensions students and teachers achieve a close match. (HM)

Presents a study which deals with cognitive preferences in agriculture of 943 Israeli middle-school (seventh and eighth grade) students and their teachers using a special cognitive preference inventory which was developed on the basis of the agricultural topics studies in Israeli schools. (HM)

Presents a study which was conducted, for the entire Federal Republic of Germany, on the use of living organisms in biological instruction. Teachers' expenditure of time and material and their views on the value of using living organisms in biology teaching were also investigated. (HM)

Discusses features of the meeting which was convened at the University of Bielefeld in West Germany in September 1978 on the cooperation between science teachers and mathematics teachers. (HM)

Describes the establishment of the Microbiological Resources Centers (MIRCENS) by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and UNESCO. The goals of the MIRCENS and the role of regional and interregional centers are also described. (HM)

Presents resolution adopted by the Conference on Society and the Study of Science, Mathematics and Technology (SMT) which was held in Strasburg in November 1978. A list of measures recommended to the European Ministers of Education and some explanatory notes are also presented. (HM)

Presents a brief report of a survey study, organized by the Council of Europe in cooperation with the Institute for Science Education at the University of Kiel (IPN), to identify the number, content and standards of master's and doctoral theses in Europe during the period 1971-1976. (HM)

Presents a historical review of physical geography and its role in the school context. The physical geography lesson units (Soil and Water) of the Raumwissenschaftliches Curriculum-Forschungsprojeckt (RCF-Project) of West Germany are also described. (HM)

Discusses the deficiencies of presenting the theme of energy in the current West German school textbooks. The article emphasizes the structural importance of entropy for the understanding of energy and suggests how the physics teacher can contribute to the development of an appropriate attitude toward the energy crisis. (HM)

The article outlines and explicates a number of principles derived from developmental psychology in relation to their applicability in science education. It is shown that these principles are at variance with those derived from the classical schema of the scientific method. (Author/MA)