Focus groups of 100 nurse educators and survey responses from 107 at a national convention revealed overwhelming agreement that nursing curricula do not adequately address violence and that faculty are not prepared to teach violence assessment and abuse reporting, despite agreement that it is a high-priority issue. (SK)

Suggests as businesses shift from periodic to perpetual inventory systems, business educators should expand coverage of the latter. Doing so would support ideals of lifelong learning through meaningful content, progressive differentiation, integrative reconciliation, and control of complexity. (SK)

Introduces the content taught in a class titled "Spirituality and Counseling" and evaluates its effectiveness in increasing students' confidence in integrating spirituality in counseling. Specific interventions taught included the focusing method, a forgiveness model, the prayer wheel, and meditation. Results of the pilot study are reported, and…

Analysis of institutional characteristics of 258 university and 190 college business schools yielded 7 factors related to likelihood of a curricular emphasis on international business: older institutions, higher tuition, lower student/faculty ratios, smaller class sizes, greater proximity to a foreign country, urban setting, and study-abroad…

The authors discuss the highlights of the 1st annual Diversity Challenge held at Boston College. The Challenge's general focus was preparing educators to cope with the resistances encountered when they teach about race and ethnic culture. Provides an overview of the proceedings, summarizes themes of presentations and articles selected, and offers…

Presents the recommendations of the Human Genetic Education Subcommittee of the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) on the development of introductory biology courses for non-science majors addressing the list of concepts including evolution, transmission, gene expression, gene regulation, and genetics and society. Used an online survey to…

Describes variation on role plays used in counselor education classes that teach lessons about the counseling process. (Author/CM)

Reexamines the role of ideas as a factor in the French Revolution. Discusses recent research concerning the influence of philosophy upon this Revolution. Looks at research dealing with the Enlightenment thinkers and the "Cercle Social" Girondists among other philosophies. Views the French Revolution as a means of understanding the modern…

The author speculates that technology education could cease to exist as an elective subject at the secondary level. He outlines a multifaceted, proactive strategy to assure that the subject continues as a viable offering in the secondary school curriculum. (CH)

Research is discussed which suggests that teachers concentrate on science content (facts, figures, concepts, principles), and neglect contexts for understanding and valuing that content. Learning activities are suggested that address development of positive attitudes toward science, the societal impact, and historical development of science. (IAH)

A survey of 76 agricultural economics departments received 57 replies indicating that 25 departments teach 35 courses in rural economics/development; 10 years ago, 31 departments taught 44 courses. Slow enrollment growth and emphasis shifts were possible causes. More attention is now paid to community economics and less to social issues and…

Three business schools of the 27 responding (57% rate) have formal environmental management programs; 75% of the others have no environmental education courses and did not integrate such content into other courses. Those that did integrate it included such topics as environmental economics, manufacturing, marketing, accounting, auditing, and law.…

Discusses issues surrounding whether classes in newspaper design should include computer instruction. Describes a graduate course in journalism which incorporates computer training. Discusses course structure, the knowledge applied, learning through practice, and grading. (SR)

Describes an advanced desktop publishing course that combines instruction in a few advanced techniques for using software with extensive discussion of such design principles as consistency, proportion, asymmetry, appropriateness, contrast, and color. Describes computer hardware and software, class assignments, problems, and the rationale for such…

Although textbooks summarize large quantities of data and have some advantages, they may discourage conceptual thinking, critical analysis, and evaluation. Comprehendability and its elements (coherence, sequence, match, transition, and self-monitoring) should be major criteria for textbook adoption. (SK)