Presents importance and functions of and social problems related to families and the responsibility of adult education programs to strengthen family life and prepare persons for their family roles. (SB)

Home economics curriculum content lends itself to the technique of informal debate. Advantages include the development of critical thinking skills, stimulation of student interest, and flexibility. (SK)

Art is both basic and essential in a curriculum that aims to develop in all students those social, personal, and cognitive skills necessary for responsible participation in a democratic society. Thus, art as a separate discipline and as part of the general curriculum completes the school learning experience. (Author/WD)

Discusses a survey of ways to improve continuing education courses in accounting. Concludes that the course should be directed to small businesses, should teach basic accounting, and should emphasize examples and case studies. (JOW)

Analyzes approaches of teaching secondary history and philosophy of science: supplementing regular science courses; integrating history and philosophy of science with social studies; developing history and philosophy course to parallel simultaneously taught regular science course; and teaching a general history and philosophy of science course.…

Describes and evaluates a course in the psychology of human sexuality which was introduced at Georgia Southern College in 1979. Findings indicated that, despite initial objections, the course was popular with students and has experimentally demonstrated to have produced an increase in knowledge. (DB)

Looks at the current drop in interest in history and suggests: (1) beginning with current events and working backwards in time; (2) using a biographical approach; and/or (3) studying history's heroes and heroines. Discusses ways these approaches can heighten the relevance of history. (AYC)

Describes a feature writing class and an advanced magazine writing class in which students write and submit articles to magazines. (GT)

Describes a research sequence of three courses taught at the library school at Brigham Young intended to teach students to become good consumers of research literature and to carry out simple research projects. (FM)

Popular publications about the life-after-death phenomenon are summarized, and the ramifications for death education courses are discussed. (JD)

Discusses curriculum development efforts aimed at defining what curriculum is actually taught vs an intended curriculum. Curriculum mapping--used to record content, and curriculum variance--actual differences in content, are explained. (RAO)

A business teacher describes the use of Personal Publisher 2 and other features of America Online to create Web site where students can access course information and materials. (SK)

Despite growing need, geriatrics education has been slow to develop in higher education. Much of it is conducted in informal frameworks--for example, a study center of a national service organization for the elderly in Israel and a geriatrics institute in a hospital. Both formal and informal programs are needed. (SK)

Discusses the growing importance of law to business and real and perceived rationales for business law's lack of status in business education. Proposes steps to achieve the discipline's full potential. (Contains 21 references.) (SK)