A de-briefing technique was developed for conducting weekly interviews with college faculty to collect information on course planning and monitoring activities. Variations in interview content with the teacher's concerns and course progress are discussed and the use of the technique for faculty development and further research are outlined.…

Identifies the problems influencing the effectiveness of history instruction in community colleges. Discusses administrative factors, students' backgrounds, and teachers' competency in course organization and teaching skills. Considers elements influencing curriculum development. (WL)

Describes an undergraduate general education course offered at Harvard College during the 1950s and 1960s. Looks at the course's use of lectures, section meetings, and term papers. Emphasizes the mutual learning of the undergraduates and their graduate section leaders, course content, and adjustments to changing student attitudes and temperaments.…

Presents highlights from a paper which was delivered at a seminar concerned with science education in elementary schools. The specific focus of the seminar was the possibility of developing process skills through the teaching of science in elementary schools, the means of assessing such skills, and the implications of so doing for teacher training…

Discusses the need for organizational and educational reforms in Italian universities. The author stresses the need for coordination of research funding, curriculum revision, and improvements in university teaching methods and teacher training. (AM)

Presents an overview of recent environmental education research by summarizing a variety of representative studies related to conservation-outdoor-environmental education, environmental cognition, environmental attitudes and behaviors, approaches in formal education, and teacher effectiveness. (DC)

The use of microcomputers in classrooms of the future will focus on teaching computers which provide interactive personal teaching to the student. Microcomputers will be inexpensive and will be used by students from all social classes. (JN)

The major innovations in curriculum in the 1950s and 1960s included team teaching, individualized instruction, ethnic education, bilingual education, and consumer education. Curriculum for the future might involve communications, computers, international cooperation, and values. (JN)

Before the end of this century, it is felt that students may be receiving all of their instruction from computers, with no contact with live teachers whatsoever. However, a new system is promoted that gives teachers new freedom of direction, with computers presenting material and eliminating the petty time-consuming work. (MP)

Discusses different preinstructional and instructional variables over which teachers have some control and which may affect learning, including content choice, wait time, time on task, form of instruction, success rate, monitoring, questioning, and orientation to academics. (DC)

Recommends that simulation games be used to teach high school students in social studies courses about contemporary and controversial issues such as nuclear power. A simulation is described which involves students in deciding whether to build a nuclear power plant in the California desert. Teaching and debriefing tips are also provided. (DB)

Explains how international terrorism can be integrated into existing social studies curriculum on the high school level. Suggests that teachers design international terrorism lessons around a conceptual framework which takes the human element into consideration as well as political and social motivation of terrorists. (DB)

Addresses differences in process and content teaching in the social studies. Suggests a curriculum with a conceptual approach and outlines educational objectives in terms of knowledge, concepts, and skills. (KC)

Details rationale for broad-based school reform including examination of old guidance. General curriculum of schools must include psychological growth as direct object of classroom instruction. Effective guidance role can alter classroom teaching strategies and curriculum content. Guidance theory and practice should lead in seeking school reforms.…

National Public Radio's educational staff is experimenting with radio in the classroom by dramatizing the issues of the Afghan crisis in an audiodisc presentation mailed to teachers around the country. The article includes samples of dialogue from the tape, student opinions, and why radio is the medium used. (CT)