This national guide presents credit recommendations and course descriptions for education officials to consider when granting credit to students for learning acquired in noncollegiate organizations. The courses listed in the guide represent only a small sample of the educational programs conducted by the participating organizations. A section on…

Stemming from the Society for Values in Higher Education's project designed to examine the problems of management ethics, the following five syllabi focus on improving the teaching of ethics to persons preparing for careers in corporate and public management. Designed for use in public and private institutions, the syllabi are modeled to be…

Phase 1 of a project in curriculum design and course development identified and is now developing a two-year solar engineering curriculum in response to the immediate need for trained solar manpower as indicated by research. The student-centered curriculum involves courses flowing from device to theory, intermixing of support and technical courses…

Instructors of courses in mass society, culture, and communication start out facing three types of difficulties: the historical orientation of learning, the parochialism of various disciplines, and negative intellectually elitist attitudes toward mass culture/media. Added to these problems is the fact that many instructors have little or no…

The writing institute for college writing program directors described in this paper based a student-centered freshman composition course on the central premise that students can only learn to write by writing, since writing is an activity or process. The basic assumptions about the structure of writing classes on which the institute participants…

A complete course outline is offered to educators and others who would prepare an intensive seminar on the sharpening of teaching skills for college and university professors. The practical methods and principles used are derived in part from careful investigation, by logic, and most frequently by experience. Five units are outlined: preparing…

A continuing education program in health systems management and administration, conducted for tribal and Indian Health Service (IHS) personnel, is described in this catalog. The first section states the goals of the program, which provides, on a national level, training to help tribes and tribal organizations administer health programs and to…

Articles and sample syllabi from courses about intercultural communication are presented in this volume. Because the field of intercultural communication is relatively new, minimal work has been done developing standardized syllabi for courses relating to it. The resources in this book provide a base for building a coherent curriculum in…

This report presents materials from a Washington State project to develop a curriculum outline of three courses for energy conservation to be used in vocational supplement classes. It first presents results from an industrial survey on which engineers, architects, and mechanical contractors rated objectives for the three courses. Next are provided…

To determine the feasibility of establishing a program for training cardiac exercise technicians and leaders at William Rainey Harper College, a survey instrument was mailed to 901 organizations who were potential employers. No follow-up was used and 85 questionnaires were returned (9.4%). It was assumed that none of the non-respondents were…

Three papers presented at a teacher education leadership conference on the development of common core curriculum for vocational teacher education are contained in this booklet. The title and authors are as follow: "Teaching Intensive and Cooperative Office Education," by Richard Horn and Nelson Madden; "A Proposed Course for Adult Education in…

An explanation of and guide to the resource document, "Un niveau-seuil" (A Threshold Level), is presented here. A brief presentation is made of the history of the project that produced the document, the operative definitions and concepts, and the contents of the sections of "Un niveau-seuil." Following the introductory…

Practical experience gained in law school courses by recent Harvard Law School graduates is offered in this handbook. Suggested pre-entrance readings are offered, followed by chapters on: preparing for class; performing in class; changing study methods as the semester progresses; finding a summer job; moot court; preparation for exams; and taking…

This detailed syllabus for a one-semester course entitled Learning and Teaching in Senior High Schools given in conjunction with student teaching presents objectives of the course (including the integration of principles of educational psychology and teaching into the student's experiences in apprentice teaching; assistance to the student in…

WNYE-TV (UHF Channel 25) and WNYE-FM (91.5 m.c., 20,000 watts) broadcast instructional television and radio programs to New York City schools. The radio series were presented during school hours between Oct. 9, 1967 and May 31, 1968, with audience ranging from kindergarten to grade 12. The Manual describes radio broadcasts in general listening,…