Argues that the types of systematic quantitative reasoning skills developed by the study of statistics have intellectual and practical merits and that quantitative reasoning is better taught as an element of general education by concentrating on descriptive statistics rather than on more complex techniques. (DMM)

Discusses the Public Broadcasting Service's failure to provide critical support for telecourse users. Announcement of telecourse schedules too late for college planning requirements, increased need for delayed telecourse playback, increased fees, exclusive course contracts, and telecourses inappropriate as required or elective courses are…

History instruction should teach students about the processes through which history is made and understood. Students need to learn skills in historical analysis and interpretation, study people of the past and present involved in making history, and study historical principles that cultivate humane values. (AM)

Presents a self-scoring ideology attitude survey that can be taken by teachers to help them identify their belief systems and the possible influences of these belief systems on classroom content and teaching style. (WD)

Argues that librarians who instruct library users should work out instructional approaches that combine emphasis on the particulars of sound library use with broader concepts of research and use of information. (FM)

Describes benefits of teaching a course on the Soviet press to Russian language students, including the opportunity to integrate practical considerations of reading and conversation skills with theoretical considerations of philosophy and principles of mass communication in the Soviet Union. (Author/BK)

Describes a visual media course which covers the following: (1) communicative value of basic elements of design in photographs; (2) construction of messages in photo essays and advertisements; and (3) technique of scripting for moving images in scratch films. (PD)

Describes a communication research course which includes instruction in the awareness of media distortions of behavioral science research. (PD)

Analyzes reference books which reflect differences in the curriculum and presentation of course offerings in the City Colleges of Chicago, Illinois. Shows how institutions, sometimes unwittingly, help to maintain inequities in educational opportunities. (Author/MK)

The postindustrial society will be based on the employment of advanced technology, which should become an increasingly important area of study for the school curriculum. (Author)

Explores reasons for the continued widespread resistance among academics to avant-garde film. Argues that reviewers, critics, and teachers involved with film history and film accomplishments should not neglect the various areas of the avant-garde film. (PD)

Comments on the main features of a course in the history of public address as it has developed; characterizes the outlook toward speeches and speechmaking that has been engendered as a result; and offers a rationale for the continued inclusion of this course in the contemporary speech communication curriculum. (JMF)

The author argues that selecting content for primary science should be taken seriously, suggests criteria for selecting content, and discusses ways of setting up and using content guidelines. (KC)

Discusses philosophy, facts, and opinions regarding the definition of computer literacy; presents suggested computer literacy course content; and recommends delivery systems or methodologies that can be used for instructional purposes. (Author)

It is time for a capstone course in business principles and management, drawing from basic business curriculums and teaching varying aspects of the course in grades 11 and 12 to average and above-average business students. Major emphasis should be on planning, organizing, staffing, directing, communicating, and human relations. (CT)