Presenting proceedings and materials covered at an Asian curriculum workshop involving 15 participants from 7 countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, India, and Sri Lanka), this document includes: a discussion of criteria for curriculum analysis re: health education and nutrition instruction for grades 6-10; a description of field visits by workshop participants to innovative projects; and a discussion re: the coordination of curriculum and rural transformation. Included in the section on criteria are discussions re: goals, aims, and objectives; content; teaching strategies; resources; evaluation; and criteria development, feasibility, relevancy, comprehensiveness, and use. The section on national criteria addresses: content (health/nutrition); employable skills; rural transformation; teaching strategies and resources; and evaluation. Presenting guidelines for possible innovative curriculum development, five field visits are discussed in terms of participant observations and comments. The discussion of curriculum and rural transformation focuses on: rural transformation definitions; agency coordination; the development of data gathering instruments to identify community needs; and both broad and specific areas to be considered in curriculum development for regional, rural transformation. (JC)