Describes a survey of futures studies programs in 184 secondary schools. Teaching approaches and 19 program goals are identified. A list of 28 curriculum areas identifies program content such as biomedical developments, ecology, food, government, international relations, and transportation. Available from: World Future Society, P.O. Box 30369,…

Students' reflections about their experiences teaching an introductory course in Asian American studies at the University of California, Berkeley. (Author/AM)

Notes that the Chinese Revolution is a complicated subject to teach. On top of the issue of a western versus a third world perspective, and the issue of whether China has anything in common with most of the formerly colonized world, one must come to terms with a Marxist perspective and its influence on Asian thinkers. (Author/AM)

Describes a seminar on German women writers of the twentieth century given in English translation at Stanford University. The purpose was to enable young college women to identify with outstanding individuals in their fields. By exploring their works they would have a source of information on suitable female models. (TL)

Discusses the necessity of teaching German culture in English translation and the difficulty of selecting relevant subject matter and appropriate materials. Some guidelines for the structure and content of such courses are suggested. (Text is in German.) (TL)

Describes a method that can help student reporters select and cover a beat. (FL)

Illustrates the debate between (1) those holding the mechanic view that form must be imposed on writing, enabling the selection of relevant details, and (2) those holding the neo-Coleridgean organic view that as one writes one's thinking assumes shape, structure being indivisible from content. Contrasts textbooks by R. Decker and D. Murray. (JG)

The educational value of presenting a controversial speaker is indisputable. The stated purpose of most educational institutions is to broaden the intellectual, cultural, and personal attitudes of their students and constituents. A controversial lecture serves as a powerful stimulus for developmental growth. (MLW)

Considerations to be made in designing an optometry curriculum for treating patients with eye diseases are reviewed, including the scope of practice and specific areas of instruction in the biomedical, basic vision, and clinical vision sciences. (MSE)

An English professor answers the most difficult questions from people who would censor school reading materials. The "secular humanism" controversy has provoked such diverse moral and legal meanings that librarians often avoid book selections. Educators can make informed decisions about good literature, even if the reality depicted appears…

The Language Immersion Program at the State University College of New York at New Paltz provides a highly effective and exciting learning environment for intensive study of a foreign language. Participants progress rapidly and gain greater confidence and enthusiasm as they develop fluency. (CB)

Legal education has concentrated too much on technique, control, and persuasion and overlooked the need of law students for an orientation to and comprehension of the profession. A deeper exploration of trial advocacy topics, blending trial practice with evidence, procedure, and legal ethics, is needed. (MSE)

A review of the undergraduate physical education curricula in Canadian universities revealed sparse offerings in the humanities when compared to the biophysical and social sciences. Recommendations are made to reorder the curriculum to provide better balance between the two areas. (Author/CB)

This article examines conflicts occurring between health education with various students' cultural, religious, and ethnic backgrounds through the example of the religous teachings of Judaism. Suggestions for health educators are offered to prevent instruction from leading to conflict between home and school values. (Author/CB)

Reviews selected writings relevant to the establishment of library instruction programs for future teachers. Materials from the early part of the century define issues and place them in historical perspective, and current studies provide an analytical perspective. Several publications describing instructional materials and programs are included.…