Education for peace and human rights in Bulgaria is approached through interdisciplinary study and not as a separate discipline in higher education, emphasizing the broad social and cultural growth of the individual student at all levels of the university curriculum. (MSE)

This paper concerns itself with the problem of how the survival of the world no longer requires brutal strength and military superiority, but education--education for a new world society through a new curriculum. Inherent is a value system in which man is master and above technology, materialism and machine. (Author)

The authors constructed a curriculum for a Mini-Mester course in alcoholism at an area college. It is concluded that there is a need for such curriculum and that the public and private sector can cooperate in it's establishment and execution. (Author)

SCALE-UP is an extension of the highly successful IMPEC (Integrated Math, Physics, Engineering, and Chemistry) project, one of North Carolina State's curricular reform efforts undertaken as part of the SUCCEED coalition. The authors utilize the interactive, collaboratively based instruction that worked well in smaller class settings and find ways…

This is a joint publication of the Community College League of California and the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges. It presents 27 scenarios that illustrate effective participation in district and college governance. The scenarios represent situations that raise questions regarding the roles of key figures in governance, including…

Noting that there are far too many variables ever to have the same teaching results with different people in different classes in different historical times and places, this paper describes methods for helping educational psychology students to learn to assess systematically the results of teaching. First, making one's thinking overt helps…

Oral communication competence is essential for career success and for effective participation as a citizen in a democratic society. Unfortunately, many students do not have oral communication competence, and even more unfortunately the success of graduating students rests heavily on their communication skills. Oral communication competence,…

This report is based on the analysis of initial interviews with the staff of the Freshmen Learning Community Program (FLCP) staff. FLCP is a pilot program in engineering education that focuses on diversity and cultural change. Data includes structured open-ended interviews and observations of discussion sections and learning program meetings.…

Presents a learning structure in written communication which proposes a new basic set of options for classroom work and which may be integrated into a conventional college curriculum. (Author)

A course is designed to introduce the student of history to available bibliographic tools. A systematic program through which use proficiency is gained includes varied learning activities and experiences which include preparation of a resource bibliography, a lecture series, use of audiovisual tutorial machines and a systematic program of…

Paper presented at the ADE/ADFL Joint Summer Seminar, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, June 26, 1973. (DD)

This article examines the status of geography at eighteen senior colleges and twenty-six junior colleges in Mississippi. Data is provided on the number of schools offering geography, on course offerings, student enrollment, and faculty training. Recommendations are made on how to encourage growth of the discipline in the state. (SM)

Applachian Studies is the inter-disciplinary academic study of the Appalachian region, its people and culture, and the inter-relatedness of the social, economic, historical, religious, and political aspects of its life. (Author/JM)

Use of a programed elementary economics text in the second of a three-quarter sequence yielded very favorable student response. As compared with regular courses, student learning was equivalent and less time of student and instructor was required. (IM)