This large mixed methods study investigated the effects of the introductory second language acquisition (SLA) course on the beliefs of pre-service teachers (n = 381) enrolled over a three-year period at a state university in California. Pre- to post-course paired sample t-tests that were run on 23 beliefs statements from a widely used survey…

This article presents the authors' critique of lessons proposed by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21). The authors initiate a discussion about content that they hope will play out in schoolhouses and statehouses across the country. They take on a different task: they present a handful of lesson ideas from P21 that could enhance studies…

This classroom note describes the lessons I learned from the use of formal debates during the two semesters I taught "Paul and Early Christianity" to undergraduates at a liberal arts college in Ohio. The purpose of the course was primarily to give students the exegetical skills to understand Paul in his own context. The secondary purpose…

A critical look at the content we select for teaching and the criteria for that selection may help us to establish a theoretical framework for studying the quality of teaching and learning. The discussion of such criteria is central to the German and Nordic didaktik tradition. The criteria for content selection reveal how educational content is…

An English professor used science fiction to introduce his students to a range of questions about alternative sexualities. While a course proposal for a science fiction class being taught as a "diversity offering" with an emphasis on gender and sexual orientation was working its way through the bureaucracy at Pennsylvania State…

Questions the value of including death education in compulsory high school courses. The topic impinges on personal religious beliefs and may create anxiety among teenagers if they are required to participate in field trips and attitude surveys. (AV)

The author is concerned with the need to develop a sensitive audience in the schools and with the insufficiency of survey courses in accomplishing this end. (Editor)

a Manpower Development and Training Program to train zookeepers is described. (DB)

Behavioral science strategies for planning effective management development programs are outlined. The curriculum outline for a company management course is included. (LY)

A method for judging the performance of students is discussed. (CK)

The various points of view from which American history is approached are discussed. (CK)