Describes an introductory course required of all engineering students at the Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal (Canada). Discusses the design of the course, including its emphasis upon the facets of engineering careers, direct experience, and written and spoken communication. (TW)

A multidisciplinary approach is taken in a college course intended for primary and secondary school teachers, school administrators, and others such as law enforcement officers and drug treatment personnel. The course is conducted informally with lectures and demonstration-discussion workshops, and supplemented by audio cassette tapes. (LBH)

In a course entitled "Field Methods for the Study of Education," three themes dominate: professionalism, Darwinian methodology, and application. Unifying these are the notions that the proper use of theory is critical to good ethnography and the natural history/Darwinian paradigm is the central core of the anthropological, ethnological…

Describes a course in ethnographic research methods offered to selected educational researchers pursuing doctorates at the State University of New York, Albany. The course requires each student to conduct a disciplined research project and to keep a personal journal in the process. (GC)

Suggests general chemistry, organic chemistry, and biochemistry content for a two-semester, health-related, chemistry course sequence. Indicates that basic principles should be emphasized and that (when appropriate) these principles should be discussed with applications to health care. Other issues related to chemistry for health-related programs…

The Management-Oriented Systems Design Method (MASD) is used by the Institute of Information Technology (Japan) as one of its main training courses. An outline of the curriculum for this course is provided and major MASD features are discussed. (JN)

Encouraging scientific thinking through open-ended experiments, allowing students access to common chemical instrumentation, and introduction to laboratory techniques are goals of a high school science laboratory program. Course content (general, inorganic, and organic chemistry), limitations, and course evaluation are discussed. (Author/JN)

This article describes the objectives, teaching methods, and subject content of a fourteen-week group piano course for mentally retarded adults, entitled "Exploring Music through the Piano," that was presented by the author at the University of Kansas in the 1978 spring semester. (SJL)

Reports on a high school honors seminar that focuses on a single author each semester. Provides details of the semester during which Ernest Hemingway's work was studied. (JT)

Proposes that the study of the short story should have a prominent place in any high school English curriculum. Provides suggestions for such a course. (RL)

This article describes the course, sequence and instructional materials of the Advanced Placement Art History course of the Cleveland Museum of Art. The benefits of a cooperative museum/high school course are also discussed. (SJL)

Providing an overview of two North Carolina Outward Bound School (NCOBS) "High Ropes Courses," this article includes descriptions of course design, equipment, site selection, events, student preparation, instructional techniques, and emergency procedures. Journal availability: see RC 503 504. (SB)

Describes a clinical approach intended for use in introductory sociology courses. The approach centers on student-centered teaching methods such as self-disclosure, small group experiences, and workshops. (Author/DB)

Suggestions are given for dealing with "senioritis" in high school students. These include offering college-level courses at a reduced cost. A description of introducing the college freshman biology course at Syracuse University into a high school program is given, with guidelines to promote success. (Author/SA)

The approach described in this article represents a combination of teaching techniques that were successful for a high school biology teacher. The process is described as shared decision making and the student becomes an active partner in the learning process. (Author/SA)