Presents a course syllabus for English 315, Special Topics in Writing, a course at University of North Carolina-Wilmington under which department faculty may propose a focused study of a theme, issue, or genre in writing or rhetoric. Explores the relationship between writing and the self. Includes a critical statement evaluating strengths and…

Discusses developments in global education and its core elements or dimensions (issues, spatial, temporal, process). Outlines a global education curriculum in terms of skills, knowledge, values, and attitudes. (Contains 33 references.) (SK)

Describes a statistics project that allowed middle school students to integrate their math, scientific inquiry, and writing skills. Students worked in groups of two to six, picked topics of personal interest, collected data, drew conclusions, and entered a national statistics competition. The course format is outlined. (CR)

A review of the course offerings of the Workers Educational Association of South Australia since 1917 depicts the changing interests and needs of adult participants over the past 60 years--from liberal studies through practical skill acquisition to personal enrichment. The survey shows how the concept of what constitutes education has changed. (SK)

Discusses how the University of Chicago's revision of its venerable "Western Civilization" course has produced a stream of criticism--much of it "polluted" with misinformation. (EV)

Administered an adapted Course Experience Questionnaire (CEQ) and Approaches to Studying Inventory (ASI) to Open University students. Found that approaches to studying in distance education are strongly associated with students' perceptions of the academic quality of their courses. (EV)

Responses from 95 Scottish nursing programs (54.7%) revealed consensus about the importance of working with families. There were no differences between academic levels and knowledge bases regarding family nursing theory. Professional development for teaching family nursing was needed. (Contains 57 references.) (SK)

Survey responses from 59 social work graduate programs indicated that 37.21% offered certificates, 32.56% specialization, and 30.23% concentration in gerontology. Compared with 1980s surveys, the number of programs has declined. Number of courses, content, and internship hours vary widely across the three types. (Contains 21 references.) (SK)

Responses from 11 of 17 plastics employers showed a low level of satisfaction with community college plastics courses. Focus groups of 10 plastics students indicated satisfaction with course costs and locations. Courses focused on associate degree requirements and articulation, whereas employers were interested in focused training for jobs and…

Describes school board policy issues related to the content, credit, and cost of online learning. (PKP)

There are many possibilities for the use of controversial issues such as animal experimentation in biology classrooms. Outlines a series of three lessons that asked senior biology students to consider the issue of animal experimentation from three perspectives. (Author/LM)

Proposes that when teachers structure the classroom around the student, differentiation starts to happen. Outlines the following suggestions in order to do so: make it meaningful; make it authentic; differentiate content; make it interdisciplinary; and practice what you preach. Concludes that if educators are willing to eliminate ineffective…

Discussion of learning technology standards focuses on acceptance and implementation, illustrated by SCORM specifications as applied to courseware development. Highlights include course structure; content hierarchy; multimedia assets; sharable content objects (SCOs); content aggregation; content packaging; categories of metadata; and content…

The paper challenges recent criticism of higher education curricula as "biased." Teachers are encouraged not to attempt to rid their teaching of such "bias" but to state and defend positions, however controversial, for the furthering of students' critical capacities. (Author/DB)

Agricultural education encompasses basic sciences and business management principles. Critical curriculum components are (1) technical agriculture (basic principles, functions, and technical specialties of agriculture); (2) experiential learning; and (3) human development. (SK)