Describes the wide variations in family life education taught in an estimated 50% of British Columbia secondary schools. Describes the organization, content, methodology, and evaluation of the courses, and the qualifications and characteristics of family life education teachers. (SB)

A teacher education program intended to make participants aware of teaching as a holistic process integrating specific teaching skills and general planning abilities is described and evaluated. (GW)

Describes the immersion experiences developed by one high school to involve foreign language students in speaking the target language over a period of hours or days. Experiences ranged from an afternoon of language games and a party for first-level students to a weekend involving 165 people from 13 schools. (KM)

The main characteristic of Distance Learning is that the student is taught and learns without his tutor's physical presence in the classroom. The opportunity for a direct (face to face) communication between all members of the educational group [tutor counselor (TC) and students] in Distance Learning is offered by the Tutorials/Contact Sessions…

Children enter grade 1 at an island school in Kosrae, Micronesia with a rich oral language and very little experience with print. One of the main tasks of teachers is to help children become literate. However, the literacy and assessment practices in this early grade classroom are limited and unquestioned. In determining how best to teach early…

Presented at a 1996 conference on the implications of the Human Genome Project for community and technical colleges, the 30 papers included in this monograph describe methods for incorporating genetics studies into the two-year college curriculum. Among the papers provided are: (1) "Facing the Unknown: The Ethical Challenges of…

This article, also available in Spanish, describes what happened when a bilingual kindergarten class in West Liberty, Iowa, investigated a combine. The dual-language Kindergarten program supports content area instruction in both Spanish and English. The first part of the article tells the story of the Combine Project, this class's first project…

To counteract the lack of healthful physical activities offered for visually handicapped children in San Francisco public schools, a creative movement program was implemented for eight girls and four boys, 6 to 20 years of age, who were blind or partially sighted, and ranged in intelligence from retarded to bright. (MC)

The author presents a gross-motor training program for mentally retarded children by giving instructions and examples for teaching movement exploration, creative expression, and structured activities. (Author/MC)

Article discusses music education programs for deaf children to learn to recognize vibrations of tones in different parts of the body and how music is used as an aid in teaching rather than teaching music as an end in itself. (Author/MM)

Considers St. Louis Community College's interdisciplinary efforts in terms of teaching strategies used and the programs and activities at particular campuses, including the development on an interdisciplinary studies program and an interdisciplinary core course; the use of weekend, evening, and telecourse instruction in the Program of Liberal Arts…

Describes instructional strategies used in a biology program to develop students' knowledge of biological concepts and skills needed to interrelate and apply the concepts. Discusses student progress in developing desired skills, (using pretest/posttest scores) examining these variables: major (major/nonmajor), sex (male/female), and high school…

Describes the development of a local studies project (focusing on conservation) and subsequent impressions of the three teachers involved in this middle school project. Includes comments about student activities/experiences and instructional strategies. (Author/JN)

This article suggests that teachers make use of the special student performances offered by many city opera companies. It discusses advantages and disadvantages of these programs and what the teacher might expect of them. The educational programs of 22 American opera companies are described. Part of a theme issue on opera. (SJL)