The author calls for continuity in the artistic and literary thinking of pupils from first grade until graduation. Students should not lose artistic appreciation in the scientific analysis of literary works. (AV)

The use of microcounseling as a business education technique designed to develop effective interpersonal communication skills is described. It is compared to microteaching and two formats are outlined, the individual session (one student with one trainer) and the group session. (TA)

When students sought group experiences for clinical practice, they found they had to use their leadership skills at the initial contact with the agency, thus learning about group dynamics before even leading a group. (Editor/TA)

Five pedagogical techniques were used to teach a university senior level business policy course: Traditional lecture, business cases, business simulation, analyzing previous quarters' simulation, and reading and discussing "Business Week." Evaluation results suggest that cases and/or the business game should be used to achieve most of the course…

Describes general suggestions and techniques used at Bay Path Junior College (Longmeadow, Massachusetts) to make the business communication course exciting and meaningful yet still capitalize on student involvement. (TA)

By fostering systematic analysis of decisionmaking and employability skills, cooperative work experience becomes a goal-directed experience related to student employability and personal planning; as such, cooperative programs represent a prime delivery system for career education. (TA)

The integrated baccalureate program in nursing at the University of Cincinnati (Ohio) gives students exposure to the problems and rewards of conducting their own study, helping them to recognize the relevance of scientific inquiry to practice and the need to incorporate it into their role. (TA)

Using the Lazarus model, the author presents a reappraisal strategy to help students cope with inadequate, stressful social interactions. Identification of the unsatisfactory situation, generation of alternative interpretations and behaviors, cognitive rehearsal, and new response implementation are described. (Author/HLM)

This article describes the goals and methods of training facilitators of consciousness-raising groups in an undergraduate sex roles course. (Author)

Preservice elementary teachers who were taught science process skills in a series of hands-on laboratory activities scored significantly higher on a paper-and-pencil instrument on science process skills than did a control group. (MLH)

Describes Virginia's Agricultural Education Service programs in horticulture, intended to provide mentally handicapped students with knowledge and job skills. (TA)

The experiential approach brings the trainees into a systematic training process that emphasizes their personal experiencing. Simulation materials bring the learning process exposure to many varied aspects of the counseling situation and enable counselor trainees to learn one counseling skill at a time and receive immediate feedback on their…