Discusses whether teachers possess skill, training, contacts, time and desire to play the role prescribed in a new curriculum. The policymakers' expectation of teachers regarding curriculum adjustment to local conditions (the classroom, school, and community) is explored. (KC)

To produce a curriculum guide that is practical calls for an awareness of the working context of the practitioner and an ability to translate that intuitive awareness into an explicit description which captures the essence of what teaching is. Health education project materials are used to illustrate the translating demands. (RM)

Examines the relevance of curriculum research to the needs of British educational policymakers. Five curriculum research reports were evaluated regarding their authoritativeness, novelty, research background, persuasiveness, and physical format. The author concludes that packaging of research results to increase their desirability makes them…