This paper describes a collaboration between one faculty instructor and seven undergraduate student collaborators. Together, the team designed a new college course. The analysis provides a practical way for educational leaders to challenge the authority of knowledge--engaging students in their education and motivating faculty to freshen their…

The use of "The Adams Chronicles" series as a foundation for studying history is discussed. The programs were seen as providing an opportunity to create for the students an experience in historical study that would overcome barriers to understanding and enjoyment. (MLW)

Like all newly emerging disciplines or areas of inquiry and learning, Ethnic Studies have consistently been challenged to acquire that academic responsibility which ensures survival and growth in higher education. Since the survival of Ethnic Studies is more real than speculative, this paper will investigate the problems confronting Ethnic Studies…

Drawing from recent literature and research, this paper provides an overview of the place of statistics in the two-year college curriculum. First, sources are cited in evidence of the strong support among educators for statistics as one of the most useful topics that can be taught. Next, research findings are presented showing that statistics…

Asserts that the most basic types of understandings that students should gain from the beginning anthropology course could be grouped into two broad categories based upon two very important precepts of anthropology: overcoming anthropocentrism and combating ethnocentrism. Using this as a guide, two lists of course objectives were compiled and the…

Necessary elements for curricular guidelines developed by sections of the American Association of Dental Schools and approved by the association are outlined. Elements include course interrelationships, objectives, prerequisites, content outlines, sequencing, faculty and facility needs, bibliography, statement of authorship, and committee members.…

The key to teaching history successfully is giving students the ability to apply the process of historical analysis to any material they encounter. A special interest history course at Boston College focused on assassinations in Europe and America in the twentieth century. (MLW)

Five-tiered conceptual model of a course on the history of the Holocaust is presented. The Holocaust is outlined in historical perspective as an example of inhumanity to humans, as a unique event in world history, as social science process, and as a moral and ethical problem. (MLW)

Concludes that black studies programs should develop an octopus-like academic structure which reaches out in several directions, simultaneously: initiating and illuminating, discerning and fostering, observing and directing, collecting and disseminating; all with one goal in view, exploring the black experience within a universal perspective.…

The study of literature is seen as one of the best ways to bring students through the curriculum to recognize and grapple with the moral dimension of human life. Such a focus for a basic course is especially important when students take only one literature course. (Author/MLW)

Review of research indicates that, when asked about their perceptions of general education, college students show lack of understanding, clarity, and purpose relative to their general education courses. These findings, and an exploratory study of faculty enactment of educational goals in the classroom, suggest some considerations for college…

Describes the bachelor of arts program in applied language at the University of Brighton, England, which combines second-language learning and linguistics. The limitations of the program as it was originally conceived are examined, as well as recent improvements. Course objectives, content, and teaching methods are discussed. (17 references) (MDM)

This practicum paper discusses the development, evaluation, and revision of a student sex education syllabus at American River College (California). The syllabus is intended to provide an alternative learning format to the traditional lecture format. After a review of the literature, it was decided to use a fill-in or sentence completion format…

Nursing curricula have been revised numerous times over the years in response to changes in the health care arena, as well as societal demands and political and economic forces. One of the most dynamic shifts in nursing education in the last 25 years is the shift in focus from the medical model to an integrated approach. Faculty in university…