As part of the required Introduction to Clinical Sciences course, second-year students at Georgetown University School of Medicine attend three one-hour lectures on dentistry: restorative dentistry, oral surgery, and various diseases. Contents of the lectures are summarized here. (JT)

Describes the different introductory chemistry syllabuses used in Great Britain and discusses problems in learning coordination chemistry. (MLH)

Describes a syntactic study (undertaken at the University of Nottingham) of some linguistic features of texts taken from recent German chemical journals. The study was intended to aid in the development and improvement of courses in German offered to students of chemistry. (RM)

Cites statistics and characteristics for the current courses and programs in higher aviation education. Discusses efforts to establish guidelines for new programs in aviation. (MLH)

Two papers are reported on, one dealing with a course on inorganic reaction mechanisms for college seniors, and the other on the set-up necessary to provide students with an automatic potentiometric titration facility. (BB)

To help business teachers who would like to improve or expand their offerings in data processing, Minnesota developed curriculum guidelines for a potential three-semester data processing program at the high school level. This article discusses Minnesota's approach for identifying course content, basic assumptions for curriculum guidelines, and…

After establishing the need for a course in data processing management in the business administration curriculum, the author outlines a specific course and describes it in sufficient detail to assist faculty members in the development of a comparable course. (Author/IRT)

Describes an 8-week, inservice, college-level course for paraprofessional social workers employed in day care centers. Bi-weekly classes, supplemented by on-site observation and consultation, covered child development, attitudes, systems, resources, roles and practice skills. Opportunities were also provided to test roles and techniques on the…

Content of educational training programs for revolutionary cadres includes: theoretical education, the history of class struggle, basic party knowledge, and revolutionary tradition. Program goals are to strengthen leadership and to plan comprehensively. (Author/AV)

Outlines a basic course designed to develop communication competencies in teachers. Provides a pragmatic approach to the development of instructional communication competencies in areas of interpersonal, small group, information dispensing, and instructional discussion communications. (MH)

Describes a project in which students work in teams to prepare an advertising campaign for a real client, who chooses the best campaign at the end of the semester. (FL)

Asks what can an advanced composition course offer its students that is both new and valuable to all of them despite the diversity of students' fields and career goals? Argues that job-related writing requires special attention to audience. Suggests ways to organize course content to develop audience awareness. (JG)

Presents a broad training format undertaken by a public jurisdiction for the successful development of performance standards. The three-hour course includes a lecture, a simulation exercise, and a discussion of the appraisal interview. (Author/CH)