Describes a robotics literacy course offered for elementary age children at Broward Community College (Florida) and discusses the motivation for offering such a course, the course philosophy and objectives, and participant reactions. A sampling of robots and robotics devices and some of their teaching applications are included. (MBR)

The questions of the range of appropriate offerings for the secondary curriculum is a subject of much debate in Australia. The legitimacy of women's studies is examined, as well as ways in which women's studies might be offered in the secondary school curriculum. (RM)

Reports results of a survey of graduate education in broadcast programs. Notes (1) a trend toward merging communication areas at the graduate level and (2) a clear identification of broadcasting as a discipline. (PD)

Describes a test-taking course designed to prepare seventh-grade students for the SAT.

Describes a course that recently integrated instruction in reporting and editing into a basic newsgathering and processing class. (HTH)

Presents the results of a nationwide survey to determine current conditions in the teaching of technical communication in two-year colleges. Discusses number of courses, teachers, and years offered as well as enrollments, prerequisites, purposes of courses, transferability, departments offering such courses, textbooks, and major units of study.…

Approaches the study of New German Cinema through a genre approach. Includes German history and political issues. (PD)

Presents exercises to teach critical thinking skills based on the divisions of classic rhetoric. (PD)

Argues that English departments should be concerned with critical reading and writing of all kinds of texts. Suggests that the same kind of careful criticism used in the study of advertising should be used to evaluate literature, music, movies, and the other arts, with the immediate goal being a more self-conscious awareness of verbal and…

Shows how teaching "The Bluest Eye" not only helps students learn about the time period of the novel and its relevant issues and techniques, but also helps them to understand themselves. Shows how it can fit into contemporary literature classes, introductory courses to fiction or literature, or into women's literature classes. (EL)

This article offers criteria to help establish curriculum balance in physical education. Exemplary programs are offered that illustrate balanced physical education curricula. (DF)

Reviews surveys on the status of the basic speech communication course. Identifies issues and concerns about instructional approaches, staffing, textbooks, philosophy, etc. (PD)

Uses the following four approaches to review interpersonal communication research conducted by speech communication scholars: (1) dialog, (2) cohesion, (3) message process, and (4) rhetoric. Helps to clarify why different approaches are used in teaching interpersonal communication courses. (PD)

The concepts of fine and popular art are relative, and the distinction between the two is slight, if not illusory. Examples of both should be used in aesthetic education classes. (RM)

Provides results of a survey of public relations education at 30 colleges and universities with respect to an examination of 115 syllabi, course requirements and reading lists, and innovative practices. (PD)