This manual of resources for alcohol and other drug abuse education in medical schools and residency programs establishes basic learning goals, and objectives for teaching drug abuse units that reflect the philosophy of family medicine. The manual was developed using data and curriculum material collected through a detailed curriculum survey of…

Journalism educational practices have constrained students and left many of them ill-prepared professionally. A new journalism program being prepared at Ithaca College replaces the hierarchical model of education with a more "dialogic" approach, and demonstrates ways in which students can become more active participants in their own…

These guidelines for initial programs for library media specialists were prepared by the American Association of School Libraries (AASL) for the American Library Association (ALA), and approved by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) in September 1988. Institutions seeking NCATE accreditation are required to…

A project was developed to establish improved educational methods, techniques, and tools as well as to provide the knowledge base for educational innovation and programs of integrated curricula in primary schools. This final report highlights work conducted during 1980-81 in seven member countries of the Asian Program of Educational Innovation for…

It is proposed that an innovative and interdisciplinary approach to planning education be designed involving a synthesis of the process or interactive skills of community organization with the cognitive and technical skills of city planning. Ideally the result will be a new professional able to communicate across traditional boundaries. (Editor/JT)

Weaknesses of early social work education programs in gerontology and determinants of social workers' ambivalence are analyzed and a new curriculum framework is proposed that would be sensitive to intergenerational transactions and quality-of-life factors. It would be community-based and focus attention on the middle years. (Editor/JT)

This article presented a report of an Art Education Association miniconference on culture and art education held in Taos, New Mexico. (Author/RK)

The intention of the present study was to assess adolescent pupils' liking for physical education as a school subject and what aspects of this subject they particularly liked and disliked. (Editor)

A pilot course in mastery learning in a survey course in English literature at the Beirut University College is described. The course was designed to increase the retention of knowledge and skills of students of another culture, utilizing the lecture-discussion method and the mastery learning concepts. (Author/RM)

Discusses historical background of the primary health care team and key questions about team delivery, reviews past experiences in interdisciplinary education for primary care, lists guidelines for future educational experiences, and presents a model for the realistic implementation of these concepts in any health science center. (Author/JT)

Indicates that integration between mathematics and physics must include cooperation at the planning stage and explains the use of a precedence diagram to reduce the mismatch between the two subjects. (GS)

A model educational program for third-year pediatric clinical clerkss and pediatric level I and II house officers is presented. Learning is defined in three areas: patient management, behavioral care needs, and hospital and community health care needs. Information on goals, objectives, learning experiences, and evaluation methods is provided.…

To enhance mutual understanding between the social work and nursing professions and to improve the care of the aged an interdisciplinary approach to teaching was instituted. Students exposed to the interdisciplinary approach not only learned to work well with each other but exhibited improved perceptions of the aged. (Author)