This study of pre-college psychology in Florida is presented to assist educators and researchers in their efforts to more fully describe and assess the development of pre-college psychology in general. It is divided into five sections: (1) An Introduction; (2) The 1970-71 Survey, including the questionnaire sent to Florida secondary schools, the…

The results of a 1972-73 survey of Florida secondary schools concerned with the teaching of psychology are reported and compared to a similar survey made in 1970-1971. The survey of 1973, a four-page questionnaire, was mailed to 409 schools and gathered 218 responses. A description of the results analyzes and compares data collected in the…

The ideas and theories of Immanuel Velikovsky are introduced to social studies teachers and a nine-week minicourse designed to investigate his theories is reported. The contradictions and inconsistencies that Velikovsky found between the events as recorded in original records of the ancient Middle East and the chronological timetable of this…