Explains how to design a high school social studies course which employs film study to explain major social and political themes. Addresses of major film distributors and titles of 23 suggested films are included. For journal availability, see SO 505 902. (Author/DB)

A description is given of work with geometry students in Weston, Massachusetts. They were aided in thinking like geometers, with a curriculum based on conjecturing and problem posing, using the Geometric Supposer series of computer programs. (MNS)

Describes a mass communications course that meets at media sites so that students can see first hand the business aspects of managing a publishing or broadcast concern. (HTH)

Describes an interdisciplinary approach designed to use the humanities as a source of material to exemplify chemical principles, stimulate critical thinking along scientific lines, and demonstrate to nonscience majors that chemistry is relevant to their academic experiences. A sample unit on environmental pollution, drugs, and poisons is also…

Describes a two-course graduate sequence consisting of a theory and a practicum course designed to help students become effective teachers as well as effective nurses. (TA)

Discusses the philosophy and organization of an introductory college physics course that emphasizes laboratory experiments. Also presents a brief outline of the laboratory work. (MLH)

Describes an introductory laboratory physics course covering dynamics, fields, and waves. The course involves six hourrs of laboratory work and six hours of self-study every two weeks. Understanding concepts rather than laboratory techniques is stressed. (MLH)

Describes a laboratory teaching technique in which a single topic (in this case, bipolar junction transistors) is studied over a period of weeks under the supervision of one staff member, who also designs the laboratory work. (MLH)

Using participation in weekly case discussions, the main intent of the required course described here is to prepare pharmacists in the practical aspects of drug therapy for common disorders. The course confronts the student with specific situations in a setting where they can be researched and responses prepared in advance. (LBH)

Describes the conduct of a new course in Peru designed for physics teachers at the university level with emphases upon learning of up-to-date teaching and laboratory techniques. Included is a description of local degree programs and basic philosophy underlying teacher education. (CC)

A description of a new approach to teaching an introductory communication course using video tape modules. (HB)

Describes the offering of a physics course where a mixture of teaching techniques and a wide variety of phenomena associated with light are used to attract students majoring in art, art history, psychology, photography etc. Indicates that the course is characterized by its in-depth and non-mathematical nature. (CC)

A college course in black literature set up for three different groups, all black, all white, and black and white, is described with an emphasis on attitudes. (Author/KM)

Enrollment and course characteristics, as well as instructional materials and methods, are reported for psychology courses now offered at the high school level. (KM)