Describes the membership, responsibilities, problems, and group dynamics involved in the team approach to the design and development of courses for Britain's Open University. The team selects content and creates teaching materials using various media (correspondence texts, television and radio programs, summer school, home experiment kits,…

Typical timetable diagrams of curriculum for primary through secondary level educable mentally handicapped students in Scotland are analyzed. (CL)

Discussed are the theoretical bases of a university social ecology program expressed in biology, sociology, and psychology. It emphasizes man as a biological organism interacting in a cultural-physical environment. Since the program is multidisciplinary and community-oriented the organization is by problem area such as man-environment interactions…

Summarizes conference proceedings, including: (1) background information; (2) a survey of child care training programs; (3) six speeches relating program design, student selection, professional issues, evaluation, and child advocacy to the structure and delivery of child care training; and (4) key conference findings and implications for the…

At the German Department of the University of South Carolina, courses of literature in translation and general cultural courses were open to all students of the university to offset low foreign language enrollments. The content, design and evaluation of these courses is presented. Films were extensively used as a medium of instruction. (TL)

Points out new directions of translation courses since the abolishment of foreign language requirements in many U.S. colleges. Describes the objectives, teaching methods, materials, problems and evaluation of an experimental course entitled "The Art of Translation." (TL)

In this paper, the key aspects of formal operational thinking and the three kinds of knowledge identified by Piaget are discussed. Eight principles for nontraditional approaches to teaching and student evaluation are outlined. (Author/WI)

The urban studies learning model described in this article was found to increase students' self-esteem, imbue a more flexible and open perspective, contribute to the capacity for self-direction, produce increases on the feeling reactivity, spontaneity, and acceptance of aggression scales, and expand interpersonal competence. (Author/WI)

The staff of Adams High School (a private educational facility in New York City for adolescents with learning disabilities) describes its population as "students with a learning disability". Discusses the school's educational program, the principles upon which it is based, and the contributions of the school psychologist, the teaching…

Problems and solutions related to a determination of faculty resources for a health professions education college consisting of two allopathic medical schools, an osteopathic medical school, a dental school, a graduate school of biomedical sciences, and a school of allied health professions are discussed. Curriculum descriptions and construction…

The Institute for Personal and Career Development of Central Michigan University offers external degree programs for adult learners using nontraditional study. The competency-based programs described include credit given for the educational background and relevant career-life experiences of registered nurses in Michigan. (Author/LBH)

An advanced training program for graduate students in health education who wish to become school-community health coordinators is described. (JD)

In recent years, California public schools have been inundated by a flood of non-English speaking students. This influx has forced California schools to look more closely at how best to provide meaningful instruction in English as a Second Language so the non-English speaker may quickly integrate into the American mainstream. Gives techniques for…

An attempt is made to provide an interpretive framework for the findings of recent research on teaching at primary school level. A model of teaching/learning processes is outlined prior to an investigation of the empirical linkages between the element of the model. Implications of the model for teaching skills are also explored. (Editor/RK)

At Montclair State College, New Jersey, the Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children is designing a curriculum in philosophy for children from grades K-12, as well as conducting experimental research to show that the study of philosophy can make a qualitative difference in children's reasoning, reading comprehension and…