This article describes the "user-focused" evaluation of the new "Life Sciences and Agriculture" curriculum under current development by the Israeli Ministry of Education for rural and agricultural high schools. The four-step process involves: (1) clarifying curriculum objectives; (2) defining three classes of performance; (3) clarifying…

Unstructured interviews were conducted with 6 male and 10 female experienced Israeli teachers to develop a method to access teachers' views concerning a secondary school agrobiological curriculum, "Sciences of Life and Agriculture." The methodology appeared successful in obtaining teachers' subjective views of the curriculum. (TJH)

The purpose of this study was to develop a method for obtaining accurate information about the main concerns of Israeli teachers after 15 years of teaching BSCS-related biology. Three tasks were performed: identifying teacher concerns, ascertaining how common these concerns were, and assessing teacher opinions on these issues. (Author/BW)

A case study of the intervention of external researchers in a process of self-evaluation by a large comprehensive school in Israel is presented. The study shows how the patterns of evaluation provided the necessary types of empirical results and shows how the outcomes were integrated into a final report. (SLD)