Content analysis of 64 college clothing-and-textiles programs found only four courses required by at least 50%: basic construction, costume history, textiles, and social/cultural/psychological aspects of clothing. These courses may constitute a core curriculum for the program area. (SK)

According to survey responses form 114 accredited business schools, 83 offer two undergraduate statistics courses, and 79 offer a graduate statistics course. Commonly taught undergraduate topics are descriptive statistics, probability distribution, hypothesis, testing, and multivariate techniques. (SK)

Presents annotations of 10 novels for children (published in 1996 or 1997) that are strongly written and explore tough social and political issues through realistic or historical fiction lenses. (RS)

Describes the development and content of a course on sexuality in aging for a gerontology master's program. Topics include physical health, AIDS, gay/lesbian issues, widows/widowers, marriage, ethnic issues, menopause, and impotence. Provides a 33-item bibliography. (SK)

Offers an overview of key concepts within hypertext research, discussing its relevance to the theories and practices of journalism. Surveys recent books and articles on new technologies in journalism. Describes a university reporting and writing course that responds to the fundamental challenges of hypertext to contemporary journalism. Examines…

Describes several teaching exercises combining art and ecology that have been used in advanced ecology courses and may be adaptable to art criticism. Considers the nature of art, the ecological content of art, and the artistic form of ecological models. Contains 40 references. (DDR)

A modified Delphi panel of telecommunications educators developed a list of specific content topics for a business telecommunications course. Major content areas were recommended: local and wide area networks, media, hardware, e-mail, emerging technologies, network topologies, data signals, conceptual foundations, and social and ethical issues.…

Interviews with a small sample of British teachers indicated the following: too little time spent teaching about the Holocaust; the Holocaust used largely as context for understanding World War II; teachers lacking perception of it as unique; and lack of clarity about the cognitive and affective goals of such instruction. (SK)

A study elicited the opinions of 14 agricultural communication practitioners in Florida concerning knowledge and skills that should be taught to agricultural communication students. Results revealed the need for broad-based instruction and the fact that communication skills are more important than subject-area knowledge. (Author)

There is a pervasive but implicit emphasis on a liberal feminist political agenda in the field of psychology of women, but authors need to make their political perspectives explicit and to find ways to incorporate other feminist viewpoints, such as socialist and radical feminist perspectives, in order to strengthen the discipline. (SLD)

Describes a fundamental revision of an undergraduate psychiatric-mental health nursing program that was undertaken to maintain its humanistic focus while rising to the marketplace challenges that confront nurses in constantly changing environments. Includes a chart of core content, psychiatric mental health content, and competencies. (Author/JOW)

A literature review identified 17 articles describing 12 nursing education programs that address cultural sensitivity, primarily in the United States. The majority are concerned with increasing knowledge and awareness of others' values and beliefs; several are focused on attitude change and reflection. Minimal evidence of achievement of course…

Describes Science Technology and Society (STS) simulations that teach students about human experiences involving controversial issues. When students are taught using controversial and authentic issues, science instruction becomes current and engaging. (SAH)

Reports on the stated preferences of first-year high school students (n=499) about a range of science topics. Analyses of responses indicate that some topics were selected equally by boys and girls while other topics were selected predominantly by girls and other topics by boys. Discusses curriculum implications of the findings. (Author/JRH)

Using a postmodern framework, two home economics curriculum documents in Canada were analyzed, revealing the continued influence of modernist values that fragment knowledge and exclude different ways of knowing and being. The documents reflect confusion about the purposes and values of home economics education. (SK)