Technological, industrial, social, genre, and auteur emphases in film courses are discussed. So that students can see an adequate number of films, instructors can schedule multiple showings outside of ordinary classroom time or during a portion of laboratory classes, which are two or three times the ordinary class length. (RM)

Suggested units of study to guide the choice of curriculum in office occupations education are communication skills, filing, mail, reprographics, payroll, and banking. (SK)

Underlying the philosophy of industrial arts education are untenable dualisms that need to be resolved. Curriculum development should reconcile or synthesize the three sources of curriculum: individual, society, and subject matter. (SK)

Stresses the importance of teacher awareness in helping children cope with divorce. Curriculum activities which present different life-styles and situations are suggested. (Author/DB)

A model which secondary social studies teachers could apply to their content area suggests an interplay between the inductive and the deductive--where students first identify a proposition from an examination of evidence and then test the proposition to assess its power in helping students understand the complex nature of social reality.…

Describes techniques for teaching business students about the benefits of recycling in the office and ways to purchase office equipment and supplies with ecological concerns in mind. (JOW)

Reports that limited fraud education takes place in accounting due to a crowded curriculum and misunderstanding of the extent of fraud. Suggests ways to develop content on the topic and provides a list of teaching materials (textbooks, workbooks, trade books, case materials, videos, and reference materials). (Contains 16 references.) (SK)

Employees (124 whites, 36 people of color) read a diversity course description and completed a survey. A traditional title and broad focus received the most favorable responses. Men reacted more negatively than women, especially to a narrow focus and being assigned to the course for remedial purposes. The framing of diversity training thus…

Studied the courses and topics offered at schools of optometry and the total hours devoted to managed care. Responses from the 17 schools of optometry reveal significant variations in curricular coverage of managed care, although a core set of materials was found to exist that could be the basis for more standard curriculum. (SLD)

Explains the implications for business educators of globalization of business. Provides an annotated list of resources and a table of additional Web resources for teaching international business concepts. (SK)

Describes eight topics related to chemical/biological terrorism for a standalone nursing course or integration into other courses: surveillance systems; identification, communication, and response; chemical agents; biological agents; recognition of covert exposure; patient decontamination and mass triage; availability and safety of therapies; and…

Describes one of nine modules in the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium Curriculum, a train-the-trainer course to prepare nurses for palliative care. Discuses teaching strategies to achieve high-quality care and includes a list of print and web resources. (SK)

Examines college students' choices of elective courses. Computes relative contributions to student satisfaction of six course and instructor attributes. Results suggest that choice is largely a function of perceived interest in course topic, applicability of course material to future career opportunities, and time of day course is offered.…

Discusses digital content management in higher education. Highlights include learning objects that make content more modular so it can be used in other courses or by other institutions; and a system at Ohio State University for content management that includes the creation of learner profiles. (LRW)