This guide for a quinmester course in folklore provides performance objectives, teaching strategies, learning activities, and lists of resources for both students and teachers. The course materials include the fable, parable, fairy tale, American tall tale, and the ballad, as well as some American mythology. (DB)

A course presenting the fundamentals of music through ear training, analysis, reading and writing music is given. Objectives include: ear training, reading and analysis, and writing. Course content includes: (1) Review of previous levels if need exists to facilitate placement and determine strengths and weaknesses, (2) Development of aural…

A course concerning the development of increased performance skills individually and in ensemble, with emphasis on stylistic characteristics of the music studied, is the focus of this handbook. The following topics are presented in outline form: Course Description; Course Enrollment Guidelines; Course of Study Objectives--Musicianship,…

This paper identifies a problem concerning the practice of adult education, and describes one person's response to that problem. The problem is the lack of systematic evaluation of instruction in the field of adult education, and, more particularly, the absence of sufficient evaluation literature that is both useful and practical to those who earn…

The State of Washington has embarked on a pilot project that meets the requirements of the revised 1972 Affirmative Action Act (which stipulates that employers must develop career counseling and remedial training programs for employees) by initiating a career development project for women through its Civil Service Commission. (Author/BP)

Responses from 936 schools to a nationwide survey of all basic nursing education programs revealed that while faculty believe history of nursing content to be valuable, they do not believe that students find it interesting. Better texts, teachers and audiovisuals are recommended to change the situation. (Author/MS)

Extension Services in Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, has developed and evaluated a continuing education course for non-practicing professional pharmacists entitled "A Review of Selected New Drugs of 1972 and 1973." An audio cassette tape enabled participants, 88.3 percent of whom were women, to up-date their knowledge. (LH)

Describes a technical writing course that meets the needs of students in English and the sciences. (RB)

Innovative use of film constituted the core of an experimental, team taught, interdisciplinary course designed to assist first-generation college students undecided as to major course of study to gain personal awareness of the interconnectedness of self and society. Course content, staffing, and evaluation are outlined. (JT)

This paper provides a brief survey of the uses of videotape recording (VTR) in the field of foreign language education. Points in favor of VTR are: 1) it reproduces the totality of the speech act, and 2) it is ideal for individualized instruction. (TL)

A discussion of how the interaction of design and content of curricular materials determine their possible applications. A review of functions and models is presented for interactive curriculum development for computer based instructional systems. (HB)

Summarizes a survey of Florida secondary schools on various aspects of their population education, including objectives, departments teaching this subject, topics and concepts included, and types of instructional resources desired by the teachers. (MLH)

A humanistic approach to teaching fluid mechanics is described which minimizes lecturing, increases professor-student interaction, uses group and individual problem solving sessions, and allows for student response. (BB)