Five cookery classes for eight children, all of whom had profound and multiple handicaps and were nonverbal, were observed and analyzed. Purpose of the observation was to describe the day-to-day events in a classroom for children with severe learning difficulties and what a teacher in this special classroom teaches. (RM)

Discusses aims, objectives, and content of a safety course for chemical engineering students. Course emphasizes awareness of hazards, basic concepts and principles of safety engineering, and the ability to recognize, assess, and remedy specific risks occurring in chemical plants. Course implementation is also discussed. (JN)

Utopian societies can actually demonstrate some essential needs for community life. In this sociology course students read utopian literature and then investigated the lessons gleaned from their study of the utopian societies through experiential learning projects, e.g., participant observation of dorm life, leadership simulations, and utopian…

Using films, readings, and textual and intertextual analysis, the course covers the cinema of India, Egypt, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Cuba, and Senegal. (PD)

Explores the content of advanced composition courses for upper class college students. Suggests that in addition to concentrating on the student's own writing, it would be valuable if such courses included materials from rhetoric research to make students aware of the history and traditions of the field. Cites recommended materials. (RBW)

Discusses criticisms relating to education for library and information work that are interpreted as centering on level of meaningfulness, relevance of content to working practice, and development of personal qualities in addition to academic abilities. Questions raised by Maurice Line in first issue of journal are considered. (22 references) (EJS)

Social psychology has separate sociological and psychological approaches that must be bridged in undergraduate courses. One possible course format is to cover a variety of theories, then their substantive applications. Two texts, detailed handouts, and demonstrations, including simulations and field problems, help students to understand and…

A twenty-week course was designed around investigating many properties of the torus. Topology, differential geometry, and topics from both real and complex analysis were included. (SD)

Describes a course in medicinal chemistry for chemistry and biology majors who have a minimum background including one year of biological sciences and chemistry through organic. (MLH)

Condenses the report made by the Commission on Public Relations Education to the Public Relations Division of the Association for Education in Journalism, recommending steps to improve college public relations curriculums. (RB)

Learning objects are digital content that can be used and reused for teaching and learning. They are modular, flexible, portable, transferable (interoperable) and accessible. Learning objects may be used to teach a particular skill or concept, or to provide stimulating thinking and learning experiences for the teacher or student. A learning…

This report presents a distinguished panel's findings on financial education in the U.S. In May 2002, the Secretaries of the Departments of Treasury and Education invited representatives from national youth education groups to consider the opportunities and challenges that arise when financial education is integrated into core curricula.…

This document is a course syllabus for "The Community Junior College." The purpose of the course is to familiarize students with the variety of institutions classified as community junior colleges. More specifically, the lectures, class discussions, and readings aim to provide students with a better understanding of (among other topics):…

The Internet is providing new opportunities in higher education for the delivery of online courses and degree programs. The advantage of using the Internet to deliver course instruction has been well documented. This paper describes how the authors modified a traditional instructional design model to redesign a graduate-level course to be…

This study examined the factors that predict whether college faculty incorporate diversity-related content into their course material and whether the decision to include this type of content is affected by personal beliefs and experiences with diversity. The sample consisted of 336 faculty members at a large midwestern, predominantly white, public…