Recommends that an administrative syllabus, a course calendar, and a detailed set of student objectives are necessary ingredients of the well-organized college music course. Suggests use of a word processor to develop these documents, allowing for easy revision. Includes guidelines for creating these materials. (LS)

Describes Europe Week, a one-week preservice teacher education course conducted during the summer at the University of Nottingham (UK). Students were encouraged to increase their knowledge and understanding of Europe, consider issues of European comparative education, plan ways to integrate a European dimension across the curriculum, and…

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 discussion of educational design with emphasis on development of behaviorally stated objectives for a course. (JT)

The syllabus, part of the New York Health Occupations Education Program, is a statement of the minimum course content acceptable for State credit, requiring two and one-half hours each day of 160 teaching days in each of two academic years. The Introduction to the syllabus contains recommendations regarding selection of teachers and students,…

The ultimate goal of the research described in this paper is to develop a set of instructional objectives for driver education courses based on a comprehensive and detailed analysis of the driver's task. There are two phases--first, an analysis of the driver's tasks; second, a set of instructional objectives developed from results of the task…

As a supplement to the principal reports of the U. S. Naval Academy Self-Paced Physics (ED 062 123 - ED 062 125), the course objectives, structure, and sequence are discussed in this document to provide an overview of the program's development and operation. Following a description of goals, characteristics, content, systems approach, media…

Five observable and measurable course outcome criteria were developed for a graduate-level course in psychosocial aspects of physical disability; restructuring of the course achieved four of the five goals. The importance of setting observable goals for every rehabilitation counseling course is discussed with respect to the advantages. (Author)

Discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of offering intensive courses instead of elective courses in one-theme biology classes at the secondary-school level. (ND)

Described is a secondary level physics laboratory course designed to teach analytical thinking. Included is an analysis of a typical activity requiring the student to create and complete his own experiment. (SL)

Course objectives, student competencies, and class session schedules are outlined for two high school vocational agriculture summer courses: Livestock and Livestock Products Evaluation and Agribusiness Leadership Seminar. (MS)

Presents a design for a workshop modeled after the engineering design process. A step-by-step approach is suggested for each aspect of the design process. (SA)

Individual training programs for participants coming mainly from developing countries are discussed. (RW)

Flexible structure in a San Francisco State University shorthand course is described as a way to provide motivation for students. Topics discussed are transcription testing plan, method of evaluation, practice tests, increasing difficulty of tests, and classroom results. (TA)