Writing is a skill that spans many competencies. The Council on Social Work's Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards promotes a holistic view of competence informed by knowledge, values, skills, and cognitive and affective processes. This teaching note contributes to the scholarship of teaching and learning by describing a professional…

This updated third edition of "Curriculum Planning and Instructional Design for Gifted Learners": (1) Is a guide to designing curriculum for the gifted at any level of learning and in any subject area; (2) Addresses the need to differentiate at all levels in the design process; (3) Shows how to customize curriculum for advanced learners;…

It is proposed that action research, as distinguished from traditional research, has a role in graduate management education. It is suggested that the former is more appropriate for developing managerial competencies. Differences between master's-level and doctoral-level action research projects are noted, and related issues for curriculum design…

To complement traditional learning activities in a masters-level research methodology course, social work students worked on a formal research project which involved: designing the study, constructing measures, selecting a sampling strategy, collecting data, reducing and analyzing data, and finally interpreting and communicating the results. The…

A Master of Arts in Technical and Expository Writing program has been implemented in the English department at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Designed to make future teachers and technical writers into better writers, the program gives them a larger view of the writing process in which they are participating. Three required courses…

Thirteen classroom teachers took a graduate course, "Writing with Computers: Teaching the Academically Able," during an intensive 3-week session. The teachers were all seeking certification and/or masters degrees in gifted education. Only seven of them had used computers in their classrooms and most of the seven stressed that they did…

An examination of the comparability of existing pharmacy home study courses and coursework required for the master's degrees in pharmacy administration and hospital pharmacy and the doctor of pharmacy degree revealed that about 70 percent of those studied covered material similar to some covered in 16 of the 75 degree courses. (MSE)

Contends that the Commission on Graduate Education in Economics report addresses issues related to doctoral programs but does not provide information on master's degree programs. Reports on a study of 123 colleges offering master's degrees in economics. Finds a surprising lack of variation among the programs. (CFR)

Interviews with six experts in international business and a survey of 48 international business practitioners indicate that practitioners would like college business students to graduate with more specific skills and characteristics related to actual job experience. The findings provide insights for educators for curriculum development and…

The generalist-specialist continuum is not as useful an organizing concept for social work education as its supporters believe. Bachelor's and master's programs should be conceived as independent entities, with the bachelor's curriculum focusing on training case managers in public service agencies and the Master's program preparing graduates for…

Institutions across the United States are striving to meet the diverse needs of students in master's programs in teaching English-as-a-Second-Language. Areas of specialization include teaching in college and university programs, teaching adult education, English for special purposes, overseas English teaching, teacher training, and doctoral…

Provides a summary of research and graduate study activities at 227 U.S. and Canadian engineering colleges. Included is information on the number of faculty and students; degree requirements; degree granted; research areas; and research expenditures of each institution. Presents indices by fields of graduate study and areas of research. (YP)

Discusses the restructuring of the graduate program to accommodate emerging fields in engineering. Notes half of the graduate degrees Cornell grants each year are M.Eng. degrees. Offers 12 specialties: aerospace, agriculture, chemical, civil, electrical, mechanical and nuclear engineering; computer science, engineering physics; geological…

Describes a master's program in human resource development that uses experiential learning, transfer of learning, and team learning theories to maximize students' transfer of their formal training to the workplace. Activities include individual and group analysis papers and a team project. Students have found the group and experiential practice…

Reviews the origins and development of the field of public history. Asserts that historians should introduce students to public history to acquaint them with the occupational fields that are available. (CFR)