An experimental six week, noncredit course entitled Witchcraft, Black Magic, and Modern Occultisms" proved to be a smashing success. (AN)

General systems theory can be applied to problems in the teaching of speech communication courses. The author describes general systems theory as it is applied to the designing, conducting and evaluation of speech communication courses. (Author/MS)

The success of a project ot help students participate in the performing arts is heralded. (CK)

Technological, industrial, social, genre, and auteur emphases in film courses are discussed. So that students can see an adequate number of films, instructors can schedule multiple showings outside of ordinary classroom time or during a portion of laboratory classes, which are two or three times the ordinary class length. (RM)

Suggested units of study to guide the choice of curriculum in office occupations education are communication skills, filing, mail, reprographics, payroll, and banking. (SK)

Underlying the philosophy of industrial arts education are untenable dualisms that need to be resolved. Curriculum development should reconcile or synthesize the three sources of curriculum: individual, society, and subject matter. (SK)

Stresses the importance of teacher awareness in helping children cope with divorce. Curriculum activities which present different life-styles and situations are suggested. (Author/DB)

A model which secondary social studies teachers could apply to their content area suggests an interplay between the inductive and the deductive--where students first identify a proposition from an examination of evidence and then test the proposition to assess its power in helping students understand the complex nature of social reality.…

Describes techniques for teaching business students about the benefits of recycling in the office and ways to purchase office equipment and supplies with ecological concerns in mind. (JOW)

Reports that limited fraud education takes place in accounting due to a crowded curriculum and misunderstanding of the extent of fraud. Suggests ways to develop content on the topic and provides a list of teaching materials (textbooks, workbooks, trade books, case materials, videos, and reference materials). (Contains 16 references.) (SK)

Employees (124 whites, 36 people of color) read a diversity course description and completed a survey. A traditional title and broad focus received the most favorable responses. Men reacted more negatively than women, especially to a narrow focus and being assigned to the course for remedial purposes. The framing of diversity training thus…