A review of the support materials for courses in educational technology developed by the National Council for Educational Technology. (Author)

A description of a media-based interdisciplinary course at Dallas Baptist College. (HB)

Describes a course designed to strengthen a student's background in organic chemistry, demonstrate the interfacing of chemistry and biology, expose undergraduates to graduate research, provide familiarity with instrumentation, and provide a novel field experience. (Author/GS)

Discusses how to deal with "The Lord of the Rings" by J. R. R. Tolkien as a centerpiece for a course in science-fiction and fantasy literature. (RB)

An ongoing program designed to meet the educational needs of coronary care nurses in the Seattle area is described; course content for each quarterly session varies according to student requests. Two-week core sessions (ten hours of lecture-discussion) are followed by interim inservice education sessions at the pilot hospitals. (AJ)

To teach first-year medical students to communicate with patients more effectively, a course was designed and evaluated that uses developments in communication technics. The students' goals include identification of doctor-patient interactions, description of their feelings and reactions to the interview, and learning ways of responding in the…

Presents a teaching project which was planned and carried out in an honors course for Grade 12 of a girls' gymnasium. The content of the project deals with the reading of British daily newspapers and magazines, combined with learning the essential characteristics of the British press. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

This essay presents a model for an intensive course in French designed for pupils of approximately age 16. The student devotes himself for two periods of 14 days each, morning and afternoon, exclusively to learning the foreign language. Each intensive phase is followed by half a school year of a language training phase. (Text is in German.)…

Describes the study of electronics as a terminal course in electromagnetism. A lecture-laboratory approach is used with a strong emphasis on practical experience. Outlines the major topics of the lecture program and describes the activities used in the laboratory. (GS)

Describes the use of behavioral objectives, computer programs, concept mastery, and activity flowcharts. Explains the evaluation procedure and enumerates advantages to the student. (GS)

Describes a competency-based instruction (CBI) system in which a student must regularly demonstrate satisfactory understanding or performance of specified competencies in order to proceed to new materials. Reports mastery and timing results suggesting more efficient learning in a CBI system. (Author/GS)

This guide represents the completion of phase one of the curriculum development process at the V. V. Reid Elementary School, a primary school established in 1989 under the sponsorship of Reid Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Columbia, South Carolina. Contents of the guide include a statement of the school's philosophy of education, lists…

This publication focuses on school music programs and music education. The document features information about performance; goals of music education programs; a broader role in the curriculum for music education; the role of contemporary music; and a description of four general music courses designed by teachers. An 18-item bibliography is…

Expressing a communication perspective on teaching public relations, this booklet is designed for instructors of public relations courses. The introduction to the booklet establishes the theoretical grounding of this investigation, namely, the mutual relationship between public relations and communication. The first section explicates the…