The primary objective of the high school music literature course is simply stated: the course was directed toward the enhancement of students' understanding of the literature of music. It attempted to accomplish this through a set of specific objectives -- development of skills, abilities or knowledges which are all qualified by the term…

"The Community Junior College" is a graduate education course designed to give an understanding of the junior college program and to provide insights into some of its problems. The junior college's role and position in the total educational system is emphasized. Six units cover historical development, foundations, structure, program, personnel,…

This monograph presents an overview of the Individually Guided Education (IGE) concept, indicates procedures used to develop courses at the University of Wisconsin, and provides a description of the graduate courses. In the overview, IGE is defined as a comprehensive system to produce higher education achievements through providing for differences…

This manual is a programmed developmental sequence to be used in providing inservice and preservice training for professional educators--teachers, supervisors, and administrators--in the techniques of interaction analysis. It is designed to implement a 30-40 hour program, which would ideally be enacted in three sessions over a span of several…

The 2-year training program outlined in this guide includes the following courses: School and Community, Instructional Media, Communication Skills, Curriculum Methods, Child Development, Language Arts Skills for Children, Community Development, Teaching/Learning Methods, Mathematics Skills for Children, Tests and Measurements, Human Service…

This quarterly index provides subject access to individual articles and reviews which appeared from July to September 1970 in 100 alternative periodicals. Since the last issue of the index, 30 new periodicals have been added. These additions reflect some of the areas which the index has not covered sufficiently in the past: gay liberation, womens'…

A Basic Management Course for Effective Supervision is presented. It contains the following sessions: (1) What is a Supervisor? (2) Principles and Functions of Management, (3) The Supervisor at Work, and (4) Leadership on the Job. (CK)

To describe the attitudes of Arizona educators toward sex education, a questionnaire survey was made of all practicing teachers and administrators in the state's public school systems. Data were collected on topics such as subject content and who should teach sex education. Based on the findings of the survey, it is implied that the lack of…

Discusses the nature of changes and developments in education and curriculum. A charge has been made that change has been largely confined to refinement and modernization of methodology, while fundamental changes in the underlying nature, structure, and purpose of education have been conspicuously absent. (Author)

Various instructional techniques that could be used by teachers to bring students into meaningful contact with course content are presented, as well as a list of questions and situations to be considered in deciding which technique to use to make content relevant to student needs and interests. (RAO)

Describes a five-week course developed at Marie Curie High School in Chicago to help teenagers understand older people and the aging process. Consultants, guest speakers, movies, and some community projects and experiences were included. (MF)

Notes that business students should be able to understand computer programming but do not have to perform as computer programmers, and presents a brief topic outline of material that should be included in a computer programming course for business students. (EM)

Discusses the suitability of functional syllabuses as a basis for general course design, and means whereby functionally oriented materials may be integrated within existing language programs. (Author/AM)