Structured Controversy, an instructional technique based on cooperative group learning, stimulates student involvement in issues concerning technology and society. The technique involves selecting a discussion topic; preparing instructional materials; preparing students for the discussion; the structured controversy itself; and wrap-up and…

Description of librarianship course taken by trainee teachers at Kenya Science Teachers College highlights concept of course; library resource centers in primary teacher training colleges; the syllabus (aims--to present overview of information services, prepare trainees as teacher/librarians--and objectives and course content); teaching methods;…

The authors present a paradigm describing how teachers and students experience the process of curricular change. Their analysis suggests that teachers may move through a sequence of stages and try a variety of strategies in order to represent women and minorities, and thus a fuller range of human experience, in their courses. (CT)

Education about nuclear arms should be balanced. Most of the supplementary materials dealing with nuclear war that are available to teachers are published by anti-war groups. Basic problems with these materials are discussed and information which can be used to present the other side of the story is provided. (RM)

Four possible futures for social studies education are presented: (1) the inertia of the past will prevail; (2) education will move, slowly but surely, toward agreed-upon ideal states; (3) the new social studies is not dead but only sleeping; and (4) a revolution requires a strong catalyst; computers may be it. (RM)

Art teachers should create individualized learning programs for their students. Such art programs can assure personalized programs for disabled students and elevate the development of basic skills in art, artistic expression, and art appreciation. (Author/RM)

Change in the way social issues are addressed depends on our recognizing the value of using issues to improve thinking and decision-making skills and to develop historicalmindedness and a global perspective rather than learning the content of particular topics or the "right" answer about an issue. (Author/DCS)

Describes a laboratory experience for a general biology or physiology course designed to increase awareness and promote principles of exercise prescription. The fitness evaluation methods utilized, use of the microcomputer to manipulate data from diagnostic tests, development of individualized exercise prescriptions by each student, and…

Four social studies teachers are interviewed to find out what they think about current social studies issues. Topics discussed include what teachers, administrators, the public, professional organizations, and colleges can do to improve instruction; the most important course content; teachers' vulnerability to political pressure; and major…

Objectives and content of the social studies curriculum from 1900 to 1916 at the Hampton Institute, a trade school for Blacks in Hampton, Virginia, are described, and the extent to which these goals and content were reflected in recommendations published in 1916 by the Committee on Social Studies are examined. (RM)

By focusing on the pleasure to be gained through art and limiting, insofar as possible, the pain inherent in growth in any discipline, we have unwittingly fostered the notion that anyone can teach art and that student art need not strive toward any standard. This demeans art and art teaching. (IS)

Because of the rapid introduction of computers into the Israeli education system, teachers resent the new technology or are unrealistically enthusiastic. Therefore, a split curriculum which enables teachers to follow a more logical path of adoption was developed. A brief description of the syllabus used (including course goals) is described. (JN)

In June 1998, news of a horrific murder outraged the nation and the world. Three white men chained James Byrd, Jr., a black man, to the back of a truck and dragged him to his death just outside Jasper, Texas. The crime took place at a time when many people believed that "America was moving beyond race." The crime shattered that notion. Or did it?…

Nine years after the National Science Education Standards' release, just how well do science teachers in grades 5 to 8 actually use them to plan content, define improved teaching, and assess real learning? Find out the answers to these key questions in this groundbreaking collection of 15 essays by teachers, researchers, and professors whose…

This study was conducted at College of the Canyons (COC), California, in spring 2002 by the Office of Institutional Development and Technology, along with Communications Studies instructor Victoria Leonard. Eighty-three class sections were surveyed to determine the degree to which students agreed or disagreed that their course syllabus clearly…