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Peer reviewedDavis, Ben – Teachers College Record, 1988
New optical information storage technologies such as the interactive video disc make possible change in how students will learn in classrooms of the future. Similar historical developments whose influences were wide ranging are discussed. Ongoing studies of interactive video applications at Massachusetts Institute of Technology are described. (JL)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, Futures (of Society), Higher Education
Download full textPostel, Sandra – 1984
This book traces centuries of human use and abuse of forest ecosystems by discussing past decades of intense burning, grazing, and timber cutting that added to the natural acidification of the soil. Air pollutants and acids generated by industrial activities worldwide are also considered. Many forests in Europe and North America now receive as…
Descriptors: Air Pollution, Ecology, Environmental Education, Environmental Influences
Peer reviewedAdams, David L.; And Others – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1986
Describes a college-level course designed to increase students' scientific, technological, and ethical literacy. The course has no prerequisites and satisfies either a science or humanities elective. Course content and teaching methodology are included. (JN)
Descriptors: College Science, Course Descriptions, Ethics, Higher Education
National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA. Directorate for Education and Human Resources. – 1997
The purpose of the National Science Foundation's Course and Curriculum Development (CCD) program is to improve the quality of undergraduate courses and curricula in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (SME&T). The program also seeks to encourage a greater number of talented faculty to devote creative energy to improving undergraduate…
Descriptors: Awards, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Higher Education
Peer reviewedScience Teacher, 1983
National Science Teachers Association has cited 50 science education programs as national exemplars in the 1982 Search for Excellence in Science Education. Programs are listed under these headings: elementary science, biology, physical science, science/technology/society, and inquiry. (Author/JN)
Descriptors: Biology, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Inquiry
Ritterbush, Philip C. – 1980
The aims of the 1970 Environmental Education Act are examined and the resultant developments of this legislation are reviewed. Detailed are various methods for fulfilling the aims of environmental education. (SB)
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Ecology, Energy, Environment
Steiner, H. G., Ed.; Christiansen, Bent, Ed. – 1978
This volume is largely based upon the preparation for and proceedings of the Third International Congress on Mathematical Education (ICME) held in Karlsruhe, Federal Republic of Germany, in August 1976. The volume deals with 13 broad themes of general educational interest for mathematics teachers and educators. Six of these themes divided the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Algorithms, Computers, Curriculum Development
