A follow-up study was conducted by Skyline College (SC) to determine the effectiveness of an "economically depressed area" project undertaken by the college in Spring 1979 to promote SC's programs among low income area residents and to provide information to this group on consumer-related issues and community service agencies. During the…

The Career Development Program was implemented at Trident Technical College (TTC) during the 1979-80 academic year. The program's objectives are to: (1) assist TTC students in identifying and modifying personal beliefs and expectations about themselves as related to the world of work; (2) aid students in narrowing career options and provide them…

The justification for including a year-long course in practical writing and editing in a research-oriented university's writing program and a description of that course are presented in this paper. Discussed are the responses to four questions: What is practical or survival writing? How much is there of it? What can a university gain from teaching…

These curriculum materials are the second section of a four-part, secondary-postsecondary-level course in metals processing. The course is one of a number of military-developed curriculum packages selected for adaptation to vocational instruction and curriculum development in a civilian setting. Block III, Introduction to Metallic Arc Welding,…

This booklet contains 18 articles by 25 authors on the topic of intercultural programming. As used here, intercultural programming is defined as the conduct of cross- or multi-cultural programs which use intercultural communication concepts to further the learning or develop the communication skills of foreign nationals in the United States and/or…

Two technical writing courses at a two-year agricultural college were designed to meet the individualized needs of students in various agricultural studies in the animal industries, horticulture, agricultural business, and agricultural mechanics. Offering a technical writing program based upon the writing tasks of the students' intended…

A college-level Southern studies course, team-taught by a history professor and a speech communication professor and designed to integrate the study of history with the study of public address, is described in this paper. After pointing out the interrelation of public address and its historical and political context, the paper lists the topics of…

Various approaches to introductory courses in social work research in Canada are described. Objectives of the report are to promote informational exchange among instructors in schools of social work, to provide data on common practices employed in the instruction of introductory research, to encourage innovation and experimentation, and to aid in…

Eight papers on leadership which were presented at a teacher leadership conference on the development of common core curriculum for vocational education teachers are contained in this booklet. The title and authors are as follow: "The History and Philosophy of Vocational Education," by Lillian King; "Standard Characteristics of Vocational…

The course outlines presented in this report are intended to be used to teach astrophysics to nonscience majors at the junior and senior college level. An extensive set of notes are included which can be useful to an instructor as guidelines for presentation. Additional equipment and references for use in teaching astrophysics are suggested. (SA)

DURING THE 1967-68 ACADEMIC YEAR, THE NATIONAL SCIENCE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION SPONSORED FOUR WORKING CONFERENCES WITH COLLEGE SCIENCE TEACHERS WHO WERE CONCERNED WITH TEACHING SCIENCE FOR THE NONSCIENCE MAJOR. THE TWO ASPECTS EMPHASIZED AT THE MEETINGS WERE (1) THE MEANING OF THE TERM "SCIENTIFIC LITERACY," AND THE IMPORTANCE OF PRODUCING COLLEGE…

The directory lists further education courses in Britain for 1968-69 and is organized in three sections: (1) colleges--institutions by geographical area including codes, names, addresses, and telephone numbers; (2) courses--details of each course and codes referring to colleges and (3) college announcements--further details of a number of…

A research project is being conducted to design, develop, test and evaluate instructional materials for on-the-job training of library personnel. The initial efforts are concentrated on the training requirements of scientific and technical libraries and involve development of three training course packages: technology in libraries, reference tools…

The Ford Foundation funded an experimental program at the University of Denver College of Law in the summer of 1967 to prepare Spanish-American college graduates to enter law school, the ultimate purpose being to increase the number of Spanish-American lawyers in the Rocky Mountain area. Twenty student participants were selected on the basis of…

This article presents an analysis of a course in oral English created at the University of Nancy in 1974 for adult beginning students of English as a second language. The linguistic foundations of the course are discussed (verbal communication and communicative competence), as well as its psychopedagogic and pedagogic bases (cognitive approach,…