The mathematics curriculum at Barton County Community College (Kansas) has been divided into 15 mini-courses to enable students to pinpoint their learning needs more specifically. (NF)

Describes introductory courses in botany and zoology taught in small conceptual units called minicourses to introduce students to concepts common to both courses. (IR)

Describes the design and advocacy of the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Jazz and Contemplative Studies curriculum at the University of Michigan School of Music. Considers issues, such as the structure of the curriculum, the reconciliation of contemplative studies and conventional notions of academic rigor, avoidance of possible conflicts between church…

Activity from July 1 through September 30, 1965 was concentrated on developing objectives for the instructional and guidance programs. The instructional objectives sought were statements of successful student performance which include the criteria of success and the conditions under which the performance is to take place. Criteria specified that…

After two years of experimental teaching and research in suburban high schools, the Cleveland area Human Relations Curriculum Program is being expanded to include the inner-city and elementary schools. In an attempt to increase man's ability to get along with his fellow man, it employs a multimedia approach including films, documentaries, news…

Since its inception in 1965 the General Curriculum Program at Forest Park Community College (Missouri) has fluctuated within identifiable limits and evolved from a totally non-credit situation to one of developmental credit that could count as elective units in degree and transfer programs. The program has shifted from a 2-semester to a 1-semester…

Three kinds of training experience for teaching Man: A Course of Study'' were tested: (1) a 3-week intensive anthropology workshop; (2) a 1-week intensive workshop in prepared materials use; and (3) a workshop in both anthropology and the use of prepared materials. (NQ)

This freshman graphics course is favored by 75 percent of the students over the usual lecture, laboratory, quiz procedure of instruction. (IR)

This study describes an approach to learning and teaching that is structured as a project-based context-driven inquiry. The approach is positioned at the interface between knowledge-generation and use, and grounded in a generic notion of responsibility for the future of bodily life. The intention is to move the debate beyond the exhausted language…

Because country music has grown into one of the nation's largest industries, there is a demand for trained personnel with sound educational backgrounds. Claremore Junior College (Oklahoma) designed the Hank Thompson School of Country and Western Music in the belief that their curriculum could serve as a model for program development at other…

Research supported in part by grants to the first author from the Canada Council, the Canadian Defense Research Board (Grant No. 9401-10), and from the Department of Education of the Government of Quebec.