Reactions of occupational education teachers and administrators participating in the Illinois Vocational Association inservice workshop/graduate course conducted by Northern Illinois University indicated this delivery system to be a valuable experience of inservice professional development. (EA)

The article describes a two and a half day course entitled "Manager Development" which focused on the development of learning goals. (BP)

This report describes an undergraduate course in digital subsystems. The course is divided into two major parts. Part I is entitled Electronic Circuits and Functional Units. The material in this part of the course proceeds from simple understandings of circuits to the progressively more complex functional units. Early emphasis is placed on basic…

The purpose of the program presented in this document is to develop understanding of social problems, particularly the problems of the poor. Included are the syllabus and other materials for a course in Social Problems as it is taught in the Department of Sociology and Social Work at Anderson College, Anderson, Indiana. This program has been made…

For student radio broadcasters to acquire a third class operators permit, they must pass Element 9 of the Federal Communications Commission exam. A course was designed to help these amateurs acquire such technical competencies as meter reading, metric conversions, and familiarity with directional antennas. This course description includes a list…

This curriculum guide for the high schools in Community Unit School District 300, Dundee, Illinois, provides a description of the available programs, grading procedures, requirements for graduation, a semester to quarter conversion sheet, and course descriptions organized by department. (MLF)

Intended as a reference for students in film and television, this guide for 1975-76 contains pertinent information on media courses in over 80 Canadian colleges and universities. The schools are arranged according to provinces and a complete description of individual course offerings is given. A listing of filmography monographs, and brief…

A modular design approach for agricultural education has been developed. As part of its development, over 200 modules were produced and tested, and are described in this volume. The modules are categorized as modules of instruction in agricultural production, in agricultural supplies and services, in agricultural mechanics, in ornamental…

This document is divided into 10 sections. Section one explains that a master's program was recently instituted at Southern Connecticut State College for training teachers to teach adults. Section two reviews the need and potential for adult education programs and, therefore, for programs to train adult educators. Section three identifies…

In response to new regulations for the preparation of teachers, the University of Calgary developed and implemented a new core curriculum, which had as its theme "communication in the school." The course outline was based on two assumptions: (a) that underlying almost everything a teacher does in a classroom or open area is the need to…

The author of this paper proposes a method for teaching composition at the high school level with the objective of getting students to write as easily as they talk. Students are encouraged to write rapidly for the first half hour of class with no audience in mind and without worrying about grammar, spelling, punctuation, or coherence. Students…

This compilation of marine science institutions, academic degrees, curricula, teaching and research facilities and teaching faculties, is based on information supplied by the institutions in response to questionnaires sent by the Committee on Marine Research, Education and Facilities. Programs are categorized in five main sections: Marine Science,…

The materials and methods described in this report constitute an integrated system which allows a professional educator with a minimum of data processing experience to teach a course in computer technology. The course is divided into three teaching modules--(1) general background and programing, (2) techniques and applications, and (3) advanced…

A self-instructional system is presented designed to teach high school students fundamental concepts of electricity and how they are applied in daily life. In six lessons, the student attends to a self-paced slide and tape presentation and makes written responses in the workbooks. A supplementary application problem, requiring the assembly of some…

Article described a method by which three teacher interns, preparing to be English teachers, combined their backgrounds and interests in philosophy, history, and communications to formulate a twelfth grade elective course. (Author/RK)