The University of Utah offers an interdisciplinary, historically oriented humanities-science course, a modification and extension of the traditional Western Civilization course, in its honors program. The course has been successful for 12 years. (MSE)

An experiment using guided design scenarios for a self-care pharmacy practice course found that despite differing entry-level knowledge, all students were able to meet course and unit objectives using the instructional format, indicating it is one method of presenting problem-solving learning activities involving higher-level cognitive processes.…

Analyzes existing materials for teaching the Talmud, pointing out that this material is uninteresting for most students. Describes an Israeli curriculum and instruction project at Masorti High School in Jerusalem which introduces Judaic studies from a positive, critical perspective. (KO)

Pressure on physical educators to include more and more content in the curriculum limits the time available to develop students' functional physical and motor skills. This article highlights the effects of this trend and provides a method for evaluating the content physical educators can realistically teach. (IAH)

Describes the cooperation movement, the first in a series of twentieth-century attempts to broaden responsibility for language instruction by involving faculty across the curriculum. Notes that the movement raised central issues of curricular organization and language pedagogy to which later reformers returned. (MG)

Offers an alternative to the two approaches to teaching Spanish to adolescent and college-level bilingual native speakers interested in developing their Spanish abilities. This theory draws heavily from Freire's problem-posing procedure for critical dialogue and Vygotsky's theory of social learning. (28 references) (Author/VWL)

A study investigated the effects on language proficiency of a curriculum module in history taught entirely in French during core French periods. Through ethnographic and qualitative research methods, it was determined that use of immersion-type modules to extend core French is feasible. (Author/MSE)

A survey of all 1987 graduates (n=112) of all U.S. combined programs found patient care as the major current involvement, with most subjects seeing patients in both pediatric and adult age groups and in primary care only. Perceived deficiencies and preferences in rotation types and quantity were also analyzed. (Author/MSE)

Describes the efforts of the Undugu Basic Education schools that are designed to provide basic instruction to four slum areas of Nairobi, Kenya. Description is based on the information gathered by a research team from the Basic Education Resource Centre. Lists the objectives of these schools and discusses their organization and curricula. (KO)

Literature of nursing education and baccalaureate nursing education programs were surveyed to investigate the degree to which nurses' professional responsibility for preventing nuclear war is being addressed. It was found that the literature does not adequately reflect the level of activity and interest within nursing education about nuclear…

Describes an instructional model used at the University of North Carolina in an introductory international politics course. This module is designed to promote greater international awareness and a sense of the ways that external forces affect the students' daily lives in their community. Identifies problems confronting the curriculum planner. (KO)

Discusses the current state of arts education and outlines the issues facing arts education in the future. Provides information concerning the Philadelphia Resolution through which 24 national organizations in arts education and the arts set forth agreed upon principles and concepts for teaching the arts. (KO)

Clarifies the theoretical foundations of curriculum plans in industrial education. Introduces curriculum-design patterns as a means of comparing different ideas, relating curriculum plans to past practices, and identifying implications for change. (71 references) (JOW)

States that counselor education programs should provide more opportunities for demonstration and observation. Suggests that counselor educators and counselors-in-training meet in multiple-counseling sessions with clients and that curriculum include comprehensive theory courses and opportunities to have in-depth training in a specific counseling…

Discusses implications of the Cox Report on English instruction in Great Britain. Questions the definitions of aims and responsibilities outlined in the report. Suggests that the magnitude of what teachers are called upon to teach and assess will diffuse rather than concentrate attention on what matters most in English as a distinctive subject.…