Aversion to poetry reading in adults may be directly related to the misguided teaching methods directed toward the student. Programs for teaching poetry to elementary and junior high students should focus on two areas of emphasis: how to read poetry, both aloud and silently, and how to understand poetry. (JN)

Peer education needs to be incorporated in nearly every facet of health education curriculum. Several aspects of peer education are discussed: various definitions, rationales for using it, opportunities to use peer education, and strategies. (CMJ)

Explains how to debrief students after participation in simulation and/or other educational games. Debriefing should increase students' ability to experience, identify, analyze, and generalize. (Author/DB)

Teaching physical evaluation of dental patients has become an important aspect in an undergraduate dental curriculum. The evolution, objectives, and content of a practical, in-house method of teaching clinical physical evaluation using a seminar-participation format is presented. (Author/MLW)

Discusses recent changes in objectives of second language education including development of a more comprehensive theory, a set of communicative teaching strategies, and an increasing interest in the needs of the learner in the context of English as a second language project underway in the Modern Language Center of the Ontario Institute for…

An instructional approach to pathogenic microbiology appropriate for dental medicine, which was developed by the University of Texas, is described. This approach is perceived by the students as relevant to their needs, and it increases the instructor's awareness to emphasize the oral aspects of the infectious diseases. (Author/MLW)

Curriculum methods and materials need to address the values, individual traits, and learning styles of the handicapped child with racial or ethnic differences. (SBH)

The "office of the future" is creating new competency requirements and changing existing requirements for office occupations program graduates. Central to this evolution are the new uses for electronic processing equipment. These changes provide an excellent opportunity for new business education methods. (JOW)

Summarizes a project that resulted in an experimental, multimedia, mastery learning course entitled "Writing for Industry." (MKM)

Presents a theoretical model that attempts to lessen the fragmentation of skill instruction in social studies. The model uses reasoning as a goal toward which social studies instruction can move. Curriculum implications relative to skill coordination are discussed. (Author/DB)

Freshmen education students assume that their experience-based familiarity with learning processes is sufficient, but a naive and naturalistic theory of approach to the subject of education is necessary in order to fully understand both the scope and the internal mechanisms of the field. (LH)

To remedy problems with a weekly lecture format, a course in the behavioral sciences for preclinical medical students was restructured and presented as a full-time, five-week block at the end of the first year. Morning lectures are followed by afternoon clinical sessions. Academic performance, attitude change, and feedback are evaluated. (LBH)

Another in a series of articles summarizing results of a study sponsored by the National Science Foundation, discusses the minimal impact of curriculum revision due to the extraordinary social complexity of schools and systems. (Author/MLF)

The historically sectional nature of the Presbyterian Church is examined as a case study which illustrates how study of the geography of religious groups can be applied at various academic levels. (AV)

Examines the reasons for the introduction of interdisciplinary courses in secondary school curriculum. Discusses the method necessary for effective utilization of such curriculum development and how it affects student learning. (RK)