Utilizing data from 81 adult learners attending 6 different professional education courses in the Faculty of Education at Brandon University, this study attempts to identify: major sources of stimuli in the instructional setting that elicit anxiety; changes of anxiety level through the entire course period; and potent factors that either bring…

Summarizes some of the approaches a feminist can use in the classroom and reports the student interest generated when women are included as subject matter in part of a regional geography course. (Author/AV)

The article describes a learning framework to help teachers make more appropriate selections of content and instructional techniques for environmental education units through examination of factual, conceptual, and contextual dimensions of awareness. (MF)

A method of evaluating an education course by discussion with students and teachers and administering specially designed questionnaires is described. (JD)

The current danger in curriculum development is the emphasis on "who decides" to the exclusion of any emphasis on "what to teach"; effective reform programs, such as the Bay Area Writing Project, emphasize course content. (JD)

The authors describe a nursing education course they developed at the University of Wisconsin School of Nursing, approved and cross-listed by the Office of Women's Studies, to explore the relationship between nursing and feminism. Course content, implementation, and evaluation are detailed. Positive response insured its continuation in both…

Developed and tested by the Health Management Project at the MIT Sloan School of Management, this course was designed to provide a more accurate understanding of the relevance and usefulness of management education to physicians and to train physicians in some basic management skills. Its content and field tests are described. (LBH)

The author cautions teachers to avoid erroneous information and myths when teaching geography courses. He gives examples of easily made factual mistakes, legends, and common misconceptions about geographical concepts and data. (AV)

Describes an in-depth unit in investigative reporting taught to high school students in a first-year journalism course. Discusses reports written by teams of students and outlines positive results of the unit. (GW)

In Italy the term "150 hours" means the study time entitlement won by metal workers during contract renewal in 1973. The article explains the "150 hours" system, its history and initial development, and projects its future in the Italian context. (Author/AV)

Argues that reporters should just report verified facts, keep the record straight, abstain from being a news controller, and settle for the most objective story possible. (FL)

Presents an assignment sequence, based on James Moffett's sequence of narrative types, designed to teach the various points of view most often used by authors. Provides instructions, including names of model texts for students to write pieces imitating such narrative techniques as interior monologue, correspondence, dramatic monologue, diary,…

Introduces three terms--synapsis, synesthesia, and synergy--applied to writing instruction as heuristic concepts. Describes classroom exercises, such as removing transitions from an essay and asking students to restore synaptic life to the paragraphs, viewing painting masterpieces to find analogous aesthetic concepts in written composition, and…

Low-level content and cheating are two problems that are serious threats to the personalized system of instruction (PSI). The use of behavioral objectives can reduce book-boundness and consequently raise the level of course content. To prevent cheating in PSI courses, rigorous checks on proctor grading must be built into courses. (RM)

Describes a continuing education course which addresses the dollar value of access to information and the mechanics of how to charge fees within an institution or as an entrepreneur. The significance of the topic, characteristics of students taking the class, and the course outline are reviewed. (MES)