Summarizes recent trends in geography education in the secondary schools of Great Britain. Data are drawn from a 1971-72 survey, an analysis of popular syllabuses, an examination of recent curriculum developments, and information obtained from teachers in inner-city and suburban schools in London. (KC)

Reviews the politics of education literature for relevance to research on how teachers make decisions about the content of instruction. Argues that such decisions are political in nature and should be the subject of political research. (Author/IRT)

Argues that remedial mathematics instruction involving only a hierarchy of instructional units fails to impart methods of mathematical inquiry and thus isolates the student from the learning process. Suggests involving the student by teaching concept development, rather than manipulative skills, and relating mathematics to students' lives. (JP)

Outlines the traditional approach of "history of the book" courses in library education, and discusses the ambivalent attitude of professionals, as well as the question of such a course's contemporary value. Argues that a research approach should be used which will benefit third-world and postindustrial nations. References are included. (Author/BK)

Reviews a study designed to determine which topics students and parents believe should be included in an introductory psychology course on the college level. Parents and students believed that anxiety and punishment should receive major emphasis and that little importance should be attached to the history of psychology, perception and attention,…

Recommends that an anchor test be used in college level psychology courses to regulate grading. An anchor test means a core of items on content which is common to all sections within a particular course. Items are distributed throughout the test and scored in comparison with how an individual class performs in relation to all other classes. (DB)

Realizing that students usually approach an introductory statistics course on the college level with a mixed set of fears, a course instructor devised a course introduction which emphasized that statistics were no more than tools to make sense out of research data and could be used by students much in the way that other tools were used. (DB)

The article presents a three module training course to help parents of handicapped children participate effectively in individualized education program (IEP) meetings. (CL)

Discusses a variety of issues concerning the introductory course in computer methods in the business curriculum. Among the topics discussed are the nature of the students, the choice of programming language, the choice of online or batch environments, and the approach to instruction taken. (Author/IRT)

Workshop activities designed for the professional development of institutional researchers are described. It is suggested that a properly structured training session incorporates theory and experience and presents it in a format appropriate for the busy professional. (Author/SF)

A supplementary course for Malaysian physical educators culminates in a jungle camping experience. (LH)

Survey results are reported on a study of school nurses' opinions on desirable refresher courses to improve their professional competency. (JD)

Uses the form of dialogue to explore the possibility of asking students to write dialogues and paradoxes instead of one-sided persuasive essays. (DD)

The rapid growth of death education is accompanied by the need for the delineation of course objectives, teaching strategies, and assessment techniques. (JMF)

Discusses problems encountered in developing and teaching a course on Stuart and Tudor Drama, some of the teaching methods employed, and ideas for improving the effectiveness of the course. (JMF)