The Great Lakes Colleges Association (GLCA) conference in 1979 on the teaching of psychology at the small liberal arts college is described as a model which other colleges in regional clusters can follow in developing similar conferences. Procedures used in planning the conference and an outline of its format is presented. (Author/APM)

Argues that college introductory anthropology courses should focus on helping students to examine their values and convictions, not on preparing them for upper level courses. Suggests a teaching approach that relates an issues-and-values orientation to anthropological concepts (culture, beliefs, and values) and topics (means of production,…

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching report, "The Academic Life," finds that too often teaching is undervalued on college campuses. Teachers and teaching need to be elevated in the hierarchy of the academic profession. (MLW)

While videodisks lost the home-entertainment market to videotapes in the 1980s, they may be emerging as a valuable instructional tool for simulating real-life situations. High costs and production time and lack of standardized technology remain constraints on the medium's use. (MSE)

Discusses how museum resources can be used by teachers of college anthropology courses. In addition to loaning artifacts and exhibits and providing off-campus teaching resources, museums are ideal sites for internships and training programs. (KH)

Describes a "learning by doing" approach to sociological research designed to gather a comprehensive understanding of the Racine, Wisconsin youth gang situation, led to a nontraditional approach to research in typical research methods course. Includes information about student and faculty involvement, the process of research training,…

Some argue that instead of being taught as a discrete skill, critical thinking must be linked to the content and methods of specific academic disciplines; they urge faculty to make students explicitly aware of the language and modes of thinking of their disciplines. (MSE)

Richard J. Mahaffy, II, the only deaf student at Trinity College, and a senior who can hear are teaching a course called "Understanding Deafness." They have covered topics such as the causes of deafness, the advantages of sign language over oral communication, and the psychological implications of being deaf. (MLW)

Presents three exercises that encourage active participation in cultural anthropology classes: (1) use of a puzzle to demonstrate focal issues about culture; (2) discussion of a specific piece of fieldwork to demonstrate the relationship among fieldwork, ethics, and cultural relativity; and (3) use of study questions in ethnographic films to allow…

Explores some of the theoretical and practical issues related to interdisciplinary pedagogy and its presumptions of pleasure and decentered power in the classroom and in the curriculum. The paper discusses some of the values and goals of interdisciplinary pedagogy and exposes some of the unspoken assumptions about what intellectual and political…

This article describes the use of a microcomputer software/textbook package which provides for individualized assignments in an introductory statistics course. Advantages and limitations of these materials are summarized and student reactions to them are reported. (Author/JDH)

Describes a visual device, borrowed from matrix algebra, which helps students integrate theory, methods, and statistics in sociological research. Data are organized in a rectangular structure, with the columns of variable names representing theory, the rows representing observations whose quality is related to methodological concerns and the need…

A profile of Ralph Ketcham, CASE's Professor of the Year, is presented. Although he is a historian of American political thought, his most recent book focuses on the role of the citizen in society. (MLW)

Noting the increasing importance of internship experiences in the graduate training of students for applied careers, this article presents a comprehensive case study analysis of an internship program. It reviews such issues as student preparation, supervision, grading, and intern-sponsor matching. (JDH)

Describes three uses of folklore in teaching college-level anthropology courses: (1) collecting folklore through interviewing; (2) analyzing folklore themes; and (3) using folklore in puppetry and plays. (KH)