Faculty at a Midwestern metropolitan public university recently developed a course on bioinformatics that emphasized collaboration and inquiry. Bioinformatics, essentially the application of computational tools to biological data, is inherently interdisciplinary. Thus part of the challenge of creating this course was serving the needs and…

Recent trends in general education focus on integrating liberal studies considered intellectual, but not practical, and professional fields, which are "viewed as practical but, for that very reason, inherently illiberal." The trend toward capstone experiences in liberal studies assists the integration of general education components with…

Teaching about the Holocaust is a deeply sensitive and controversial topic in the Republic of Latvia. Due to a Soviet-imposed silence on the topic and the developing nature of democratic education in Latvia, many schools cover this history superficially, if it is covered at all. This study examines a cross-cultural curriculum development project…

Nonvocational typing courses consist of efforts in the same four goal areas (machine, production, technical information and language skills) as the vocational courses, but the ratios are different and the nonvocational course is shorter in length. (BP)

Presents ideas for the development of courses and curriculums in the mass media. (RB)

This monograph presents an overview of the Individually Guided Education (IGE) concept, indicates procedures used to develop courses at the University of Wisconsin, and provides a description of the graduate courses. In the overview, IGE is defined as a comprehensive system to produce higher education achievements through providing for differences…

To describe the attitudes of Arizona educators toward sex education, a questionnaire survey was made of all practicing teachers and administrators in the state's public school systems. Data were collected on topics such as subject content and who should teach sex education. Based on the findings of the survey, it is implied that the lack of…

Notes that business students should be able to understand computer programming but do not have to perform as computer programmers, and presents a brief topic outline of material that should be included in a computer programming course for business students. (EM)

The study reported here is part of a continuing project with the goal of determining the place of behavioral accounting in the accounting curricula. While the first two studies focused on the graduate accounting curricula and the practitioners' opinions on the subject, this study concentrates on the behavioral accounting content of undergraduate…

Argues that secondary communication courses are a likely and promising forum for peace education. Offers ideas for content development. (PD)

This paper describes the introduction of a sex education course into a private American school in Tunisia. The steps involved in the development of the project and curriculum are recorded. The impact of the project on receptive Tunisian authorities and its influence on change are discussed. (Author)

Compares inner-city and outer-city teachers in the same system according to curriculum omissions and additions, deviation from prescribed curriculum time allotments, and extent of curriculum coverage. (DR)

An instructional package should be based on a job task and include the task, competencies, instructional objective, learning experiences, and evaluation items. (DM)