Outlines a course designed to give students understanding of global communication, intercultural communication patterns, and strategies for international business. The course includes cognitive, affective, and experiential elements in which students examine culturally learned cognitions, ethnocentrism, written and oral communication,…

Argues that technical communicators must be prepared to communicate via multiple media, including video. Describes a technical scriptwriting course that develops skills useful in several media. Discusses pedagogical strategies, three major assignments, reading assignments, client assignments, production diary assignment, and new technology. (SR)

To overcome agent resistance to issues-based programming, an extension service used a stakeholder task force to identify critical issues. A survey was constructed and conducted with a sample population to verify the importance of the issues for program development. (SK)

Presents priorities and strategies considered when developing a course on women and science at an Australian university. Suggests that the course will fill a gap in the history of science course offerings and address the contributions of Australian women scientists. Compares the experiences of two physicists: Joan Freeman and Rachel Makinson. (DK)

A gerontology course on moral and ethical issues in aging must choose between advocacy or scientific objectivity, relative orientation or absolute standards, theoretical intellectual versus applied/personal orientation, and age-specific or age-irrelevant viewpoint. (SK)

Offers instructional activities (lectures, case studies, journal article reviews, interviews, group projects) that can be used to help students in the acquisition and transfer of basic business course content. These techniques allow students to apply course content while developing a higher level of interest in course material. (JOW)

Argues for the incorporation of classical liberal theory into undergraduate sociology theory courses. Urges that liberalism be contextualized in relationship to its intellectual predecessors. Suggests that understanding classical liberalism enhances understanding of Durkheim, Marx, and Weber. Recommends works that can be used as reading…

According to 59 responses from 214 technology teacher education programs, most courses are very technical; many used textbooks (often dated) designed primarily for industrial education; and 44% of courses were offered to technology, vocational, and training majors combined, a potential dilution of focus. (SK)

A survey of 498 nursing faculty showed that knowledge and beliefs about pain and the content of nursing curriculum on the topic were less than optimal. Particularly lacking areas included pain relief, pharmacological interventions, and differentiation of acute from chronic pain. (SK)

In a course titled Computerized Consumer Responses and Information Systems, Purdue University students operate a consumer hotline for their school. They must promote its existence, answer calls, develop reports, produce training manuals, and set parameters for the computer system. (SK)

Presents a master syllabus describing a communication course designed to (1) maintain a hands-on internship experience for students; (2) provide a method for integrating theoretical principles into "real-world" settings; and (3) offer an avenue for faculty supervisors to receive credit for time spent teaching and administering…

Reviews and summarizes the literature and reports the results of a survey of 42 business schools regarding what they have done to incorporate information about the nature of acquired immune deficiency syndrome and the rights of its victims into the curriculum to prepare managers to deal with it effectively. (JOW)

Proposes a course in business communication that includes international or global perspectives in its philosophy, content, and assignments. Includes a syllabus, a scheme describing how the course is taught, a communication audit plan, a capstone project, and a sample reading list. (SR)

Proposes a three-course sequence of research courses for master's degree programs in journalism, to better prepare journalism graduate students to understand quantitative research. (SR)

Finds that traditional aspects of writing, such as outlining, revising, and audience analysis, rated highest in a ranking by technical communicators of 67 possible topics of an undergraduate course. Notes that other fundamentals, such as style and mechanics, were close behind. (SR)