Shows how to integrate a college reading course with a content area course. Presents five steps of a procedural model followed by students, which include knowing what one needs to do, making plans, doing it, evaluating the plan, and deciding how to handle the problem next time. Contains strategy sheet and concludes with recommendations. (EL)

Offers suggestions for keeping the journalism class exciting and the teacher and students enthusiastic. Suggestions include inviting people in the profession to work with students, providing opportunities for publication of journalism students' works, and having students write a news account of a historical news event. (HTH)

Reports on a survey of journalism schools and departments to evaluate their courses in current events and issues. Suggests that journalism-taught current events or contemporary world affairs courses should be sanctioned without being counted in the 25% limitation on journalism courses. (HTH)

Presented is a case study of a three-year comprehensive review and renewal of an undergraduate psychology department at a medium-sized urban university. Discussed are the antecedents or context of the review, method of review, the three stages of the renewal and revision procedure, and caveats culled from the experience. (RM)

Alberta's (Canada) new 1984 elementary art curriculum, which is described here, has as its central focus the child as artist. It is concerned with having children think and behave as artists. (RM)

Upon rejecting traditional world history curricula, which include all chronological developments from cave dweller to 20th century, a course is suggested to study significant patterns of government, economics, revolution, war, major religions, geography, scientific advancement, education, and rise and fall of civilizations. (Author/AV)

This paper proposes embedding various positive psychology themes in the context of an undergraduate course on the psychology of personal adjustment. The specific positive psychology constructs considered include those of hope, optimism, perseverance, humility, forgiveness, and spirituality. These themes are related to appropriate course content…

Suggests basic mathematical requirements on the General Certificate of Education A level in an effort to improve student inability of using mathematical skills in learning sixth form physics and subsequent advanced courses. Indicates that conformity with new styles of mathematics teaching is preferable in curriculum formulation. (CC)

The author develops a rationale for teaching about the non-West in the social studies curriculum in public schools. Suggestions are made concerning curriculum development and teaching methods. (SM)

Students in the course described are introduced early to the rudiments of historical methods, critical discrimination, and library resources. (Editor)

Discusses the problems of elective programs from course content and curriculum planning through administrative difficulties. (Author/RB)

Curricular outline of French Grundkurs'' as discussed in FL 504 292. (RS)

Describes some of the significant changes through which our culture is moving and suggests practical applications, both to curriculum content and classroom methodology, of insights which have derived from, or possibly have helped bring about, these changes. (Author)

To attain better learning environments and teaching procedures as suggested by recent research and studies related to language growth and its development, provision must be made for this new knowledge to become a part of teacher-education programs. (Author/MB)

The emotional and physical development of children entering secondary schools at age eleven affects their ability to adjust to new learning patterns. While teachers and curriculum planners must accommodate their needs, the children too must respond and communicate in order to realize their potential. (JB)