Changing philosophies and trends in teacher education are examined. (JD)

Two forums on the collegiate-level basic health course were held at the annual American School Health Association convention to discuss basic criteria (e.g., time schedules, teaching staff, grading, instructional strategies) and course content as taught at various universities. (MJB)

Gives brief suggestions for using the "whodunit" to motivate student interest and analysis. (KS)

Discusses the implications of individualized elementary programs in relation to instructional materials, the goals of schooling, curriculum content, and the needs of the individual child. (MS)

Advocates using an experimental or "communi-site" approach to teaching basic speech. Suggests that students seek out problems from local communities and use the classroom as a base of operations for their issue-oriented speechmaking assignments, lectures and problem-solving processes. (MH)

Describes various exercises that can be used in teaching organizational communication concepts using an experiential approach. (MH)

Explains how the use of charts can help students sort out the many and varied cases and concepts in communication law. Contains an example of such a chart. (FL)

Describes a project in which students planned and produced a cable television program. Contains the guidelines used in the project and a statement of the philosophy underlying it. (FL)

Provides a basic overview of legal concerns that affect communications in the business environment, including agency, defamation, credit and collection, information and privacy, employment, and copyright. Furnishes a teaching plan that suggests various classroom activities to help develop students' awareness of these legal concerns. Recommends…

Describes and compares the major approaches to organizing a writing course, classifying them under the following four terms: traditional modes, process, epistemic, and stylistic. Discusses the basic tenets of each teaching philosophy, suggests appropriate textbooks, and identifies various ways of implementing these approaches in the classroom. (JG)

The syllabus for "Contemporary Native Peoples of the Americas," a new course at Washington State University, presenting a cultural perspective on modern indigenous communities in South, Central, and North America is outlined. Information is given on required texts, grade system, tests, research papers, study groups, areas of…

Focuses on the censorship controversy in Peterborough County, Ontario, from 1976 to 1985, and examines the attack on, defense of, and counter argument to teaching Margaret Laurence's "The Diviners." Generalizes the anticensorship stance often taken by English teachers to defend the teaching of controversial literary works. (JK)

For schools, teachers, and principals, there is no censorship insurance--especially against attacks directed at learning techniques involved with problem solving and higher order thinking skills. Pincipals faced with disputes must work for consensus before, during, and after a controversy and mitigate self-righteousness and arrogance on either…

Discusses the role of the textbook in the principles of economics course. Recognizing that textbooks are only one source of input for students, and that they substitute for lectures to a limited extent, Boskin recommends that texts should stress the basics and serve as a reference source to support classroom instruction. (GEA)

Commenting on Boskin's article "Observations on the Use of Textbooks in the Teaching of Principles of Economics," Case discusses the debate surrounding the sequence of principles courses and the content deemed necessary for corresponding textbooks. Case agrees with Boskin that key concepts should have more emphasis and concludes that…