Reports on 18-question survey of 90 French teachers on teaching civilization. Its purpose was to sample the state of the art and generate a sense of direction. It covered repondents' definition of civilization, aspects they emphasize, methods, materials, familiarity with resources, and the place of civilization in language courses. (AMH)

Describes a technique which requires beginning students in an interpersonal communication course to analyze and evaluate the advice given on interpersonal relations as stated in the lyrics of popular songs. (PD)

Points out that university teachers and students in New Zealand are realizing that systematic courses in communication skills have considerable value to students while they are undergraduates and later. (PD)

Argues that headteachers in English secondary schools should be trained by specially devised training programs. The role of the headteacher and the content and form of the training programs are discussed. (RM)

Challenges the idea that ESP courses should be based strictly on instructional materials taken from the relevant professional context. Accordingly recommends a multidisciplinary themes approach as illustrated in the detailed description of the methods and materials used in a course offered by the University of Aston (Birmingham). Societe Nouvelle…

Presents major issues involved in the controversy over whether sex education should be offered in public high schools. Topics discussed include the campaign against adolescent pregnancy, realistic sex education, relationship of sex education to public health programs, government role in developing and funding sex education, and various approaches…

A survey of 72 pharmacy schools shows 22 percent of the schools had no geriatric coursework, 35 percent offered only courses in which the geriatric content averaged under 12 percent of course content, and 43 percent offered courses that focused primarily on geriatrics, most including a major clinical component. (Author/MSE)

Conventional classroom controls are not working well for teachers today. The answer: low-profile controls, which focus student attention directly on lesson content without unnecessary distractions. (Author)

Describes the organization and the benefit of using the team-teaching approach in a technical writing course for chemical engineering students. (RL)

Discusses eight issues analyzed at a conference of 55 social studies leaders at Stanford University in 1979. Issues include effective scope and sequence of curriculum; basis for selection of content; achievement tests; methods for assuring implementation of new courses, approaches, and materials; and improvement of the status of social studies.…

In developing a syllabus for a cooperative education program, 12 areas should be considered: basic information about cooperative education, course description, related class description, parent-student information, application form, training memorandum, parent orientation, preparation for interviews, letter of introduction, job attitudes, student…

Traces the reasons for a de-emphasis on grammar instruction in the English curriculum to the social upheavals of the 1960s. Suggests that grammar instruction should be an integral, necessary part of writing instruction. (RL)

Discusses the reaction of evolutionists to the creationist's efforts to pass legislation which would mandate the teaching of the biblical account of creation. (DS)

Following a brief introduction to the origin and nature of a course in polymer rheology and melt processing, discusses course objectives, detailed content, teaching strategies, and observations/experiences from its first offering. (SK)

Examines the results of the National Survey of Economic Education 1981 and suggests how its data may form a basis for future research. More economics is being taught by better trained teachers using better material than any time in the past. Teachers want more training and materials. (AM)