The author has succeeded in holding students' interest in poetry by comparing and contrasting traditional poets with familiar modern, even pop'' poets. (PG)

By obliging students to be historians themselves, teachers may demonstrate that the understanding of the past goes beyond mere dates and opinion offerings. (Author/PG)

The writer believes that the history professor's major objectives should be to provide the student with leads to more leads in the study of history to introduce himself to the world of research methodology and historiography, and to teach him to teach himself. (Author)

To greater appreciate Haiku and the Japanese people and culture, this teacher inaugurated the writing of American Haiku'' into the course requirements. (Author/PG)

The author discusses the problem of making philosophy courses relevant to the needs of college students and relevance with modern problems compatable with traditional philosophy. He suggests various approaches including the application of logic to contemporary social arguments and ways of combining the study of traditional philosophers with…

A composition course for teachers emphasizes the importance of writing for a specific audience, of alternating between the concrete and the abstract, and of developing intelligent criteria for evaluating writing. (Author)

An English teacher tells how to make composition classes more interesting, make students learn more, and make oneself a better teacher. (Editor)

The accountability of faculty for teaching is discussed with reference to the comprehensive course syllabus (an agreement on course content between faculty members and between teachers and students with course objectives states behaviorally), determination of the means of measuring the agreed-upon accomplishments, and responsibility of the…