This article discusses the background and nature of women's health studies; outlines the content of the graduate women's health course at Penn State University; describes a survey made of departments of health education; considers the results and implications of this survey. (JL)

Discusses reading and writing assignments for a course on the nuclear peril. (MS)

A discussion of the pharmacist's responsibility in child abuse prevention looks at the need and methods for introducing the topic in pharmaceutical education and how to recognize and report the problem. The scope of child abuse and the ways in which it is dealt with are also discussed. (MSE)

Describes the successes and problems of one instructor's use of a pedagogy class to initiate teaching assistants in writing instruction with the benefit of an experienced instructor as a mentor. (HTH)

The article describes one university's health and safety education faculty's use of a framework for evaluating and restructuring curriculum. The revised program focuses on the concept of the generic health educator requiring students to take a variety of courses to enable them to handle a variety of instructional audiences and topics related to…

Recent advances in French telecommunications, the "telematique" and "minitel" that facilitate data transmission by telephone are described and presented as evidence of a modern French culture that is underrepresented in the French civilization curriculum. (MSE)

The author suggests ways in which teaching methods instructors can integrate equity information into their respective courses by using an inclusionary approach to information sharing. She provides an example of how reading methods professors can adapt their courses to this purpose and offers suggestions for adapting courses. (CH)

Analysis of two high school economics courses illustrates generalizations that could help guide design of other high school courses involving: (1) high-ability students; (2) introductory economic principles in high school courses; (3) personal and societal economic problems; (4) juniors' and seniors' interest in economics; and (5) emphasis on…

Considers principles and performance objectives for developing foreign culture classes, including determining course content, readings, audio and visual aids, cultural awareness, cross-cultural understanding, and format. (CB)

Questions who has the right and responsibility to determine the content of foreign affairs education. Discusses the University of Denver's Center for Teaching International Relations and the controversy aroused by the curriculum materials which it developed. Acknowledges the need for better global education but expresses concern that government…

Outlines the inadequacies of conventional curriculum guides. The emerging emphasis on the use of curriculum alignment is presented as a promising alternative with four major advantages: (1) local control of the curriculum, (2) textbook adoption by local needs, (3) better pupil achievement, and (4) simpler curriculum monitoring. Includes a…

Offers a model for interdisciplinary courses, altering the relation of the discipline, teacher, and student. Describes a University of Texas at Austin course as an example of the model, which focuses on major models for research; on developing students' methodological competence; and on validity and significance as writing criteria. (AYC)

Describes two courses, "Introduction to Music Literature" and "Spectrum of Music," within the context of the newly revised general education program at Willamette University. Describes the general education program, the value of the music classes for a broad range of students, and the content and instructional methods of the…

Describes how to balance existing traditional male-oriented literature selections with readings that present the female experience, the female protagonist, and the female perspective of female writers. Includes a list of 45 books. (EL)

Describes a seventh-grade course on ethical inquiry to teach students to think critically, independently, logically, and ethically in dealing with social and historical issues. Indicates that discussion is the most powerful means for getting children to learn the basic prerequisites for reasoning to become alert and skillful thinkers. (TRS)