This 9-week course outline (a weekly list of readings) is designed to acquaint students with the chief stories, characters, events, and passages from the Bible which are commonly referred to, alluded to, or used as themes, symbols, or motifs in Western literature. Using "The Bible, Selections from the King James Version for Study as Literature" as…

Increasingly higher education is confronted with the task of educating a population of students whose entry aptitudes and skills have grown more heterogeneous. Perhaps nowhere is this diversity of abilities more apparent, and at the same time more difficult to deal with, than in courses in introductory calculus. This paper outlines an experimental…

This book is intended to serve as a starting point for the beginning mass media instructor. It is divided into five parts: (1) "Background on Mass Media Influence" will give the teacher grounds for inclusion of mass media study in the classroom; (2) "Subject Matter" gives capsule information on the subject area for the teacher; (3) "Sample…

This is a 1971 reprint of the 1966 syllabus designed to encourage the utilization of such basic concepts as the conservation of energy, the conservation of momentum, and the conservation of charge in related areas rather than in isolation. It is presented in such a way as to show the importance of these ideas as unifying concepts which can be…

This guide is intended for those people who are concerned with the planning of computer courses for the training of teachers. It gives suggestions for the content of such courses and indicates methods by which the concepts of computer science can be explained to students. Included are the study of the computer itself and some indications of the…

Variations on Black Themes, an introductory course in the study of black literature, permits students to make cursory examination of representative works of many black writers for the purpose of identifying major writers and recurring themes. The course content includes: introduction to some works of major Black American authors; identification of…

This curriculum guide for the teaching of English at the eighth, ninth, and tenth grade levels is presented in two sections. The first section, "Junior Secondary English Language," includes: "General Statement"; "Specific Suggestions"; "Relation of Language and Literature"; "Outline of Courses--English…

The English language program presented embodies the research of English language scientists since the beginning of the century and has been designed to increase the student's ability to use the language. This curriculum guide for the teaching of English at the eleventh-grade level is presented in the following manner: "The Language Programme…

This curriculum guide for the teaching of English at the twelfth-grade level is presented in two sections. The first section, "Language," includes: "Introductory Statement,""Course Outline,""Composition/Language Chart,""Oral English," and "Dictionary." The second section,…

A course which teaches the student to plan an independent reading or research project is presented. The object of the course is to teach the student to demonstrate his knowledge by a written, oral, or media presentation or a combination of a written, oral, and/or media presentation. The course centers on research techniques and student procedures.…

A course designed to groom editors for the newspaper is presented. Editing copy, copyreading and proofreading, principles of headlining, responsibility of the press, libel and slander laws, and problems of censorship are covered. Course objectives include the following: (1) The student will recognize and correct all newspaper items that do not…

This monograph offers a realistic discussion of the minicourse movement, as well as practical step-by-step guidance for teachers in the planning and implementation of minicourse curricula. Two minicourse models are presented (America's Maritime Heritage and Sports Literature), which include complete teacher resource lists and detailed instructions…

Content and related learning activities of a four-part adult education class in the metric system are described. (LH)

In this fourth report from The Family Coordinator's Family Life Education Panel, panelists report on interviews with 44 secondary school teachers concerning the nature and the extent of parent education in their schools. (Author)