Public relations practice in Thailand has developed from a primarily persuasive, one-way communication in the 1930s toward a two-way communication in the 1990s, with practitioners making increased use of management and research skills. Public relations education in Thailand began in 1965 at Chulalongkorn University. Currently, public relations…

A negotiation course in law schools offers an opportunity to examine negotiation institutions, giving law students a chance not only to participate in the bargaining arenas but also to help design and reform them. Such a course would examine the large world of litigation rather than the small realm of adjudication. (MSE)

Producing a viable graduate program in curriculum requires identification of the audience for the program and determining new areas for professional participation. The program must be flexible enough to meet the individual needs of its participants and must make them capable not only of coping with change but also of using various methodologies to…

This paper summarizes research to ascertain the need for university-based courses in adventure therapy in Australia. Three main sources of data were examined: questionnaires; a literature review; and anecdotal data such as unstructured interviews, personal conversations, and e-mail. Questionnaires were completed by 25 persons: 19 Australians and 6…

A fall 1990 mail survey of 1,000 Indiana public administrators (500 state, 500 local) was carried out by the Center for Governmental Services at Indiana State University. The survey sought to identify the aggregate and individual views of these incumbent public administrators concerning issues of import to the teaching of public administration at…

A research curriculum designed to bridge the gap between clinical practice and social work research training is described. Data on student perspections of research utility and on agency use of research are discussed. (MSE)

A project was undertaken to examine sources of variety in developmental survey courses found under the headings of developmental psychology and human development. Specifically, the project sought to determine how development-related content and pedagogy were customized to adapt to such academic contexts as psychology major courses and service for…

Ethnic minority content as a substantive curriculum area in social work education is discussed. A curriculum model is proposed utilizing the concepts of socialization, pluralism, and sociocultural dissonance with a focus on the presentation of seminal ideas for the development of more definitive models appropriate for other educational situations.…

In a study to determine appropriate research course content, differences between undergraduate and graduate social work students' achievement in an introductory research course were examined. The best predictors of achievement were undergraduate grade point average, interest in the class, and for graduate students, prior experience in research.…

An approach to structuring and teaching health communication to health practitioners is presented in this paper. Following an introduction to the need for instruction in health communication, a general course description is provided, the course's purposes are discussed, and course goals are listed. The remainder of the paper contains descriptions…

A curriculum project to help dental students identify, reason about, and resolve ethical problems applied moral development theory to professional education, an approach not previously used. The project involved testing student attitudes and abilities and developing learning activities to promote the desired abilities. (Author/MSE)

International adult education can be defined as training and development of insights and values for the purpose of professional action. The frame of reference for international adult education is international understanding. Adult educators can help their students understand why they need to become literate as they examine literacy efforts in…

Six separate studies were conducted using judgments from academic and practitioner experts to determine the knowledge structure of the Certified Financial Planner Professional Education Program (i.e., the organization of discipline topics and the relationships among them). The program consists of six sequential financial planning knowledge…

This paper discusses the development, delivery, and evaluation of university undergraduate courses in ethnic psychology, which is defined as research and literature about four major racial/ethnic minority groups, Asian American/Pacific Islanders, Black Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Native Americans. Following a brief history of the role of…

This paper offers some reflections on reconstructing the role of school law instruction in colleges of education, and specifically in administrator preparation programs. Three aspects of a school law course are discussed as they relate to the typical path of educational administrators' academic preparation. The "translational dimension" of school…