Describes some laboratory experiments that can strengthen the study of non-aqueous ionizing solvents in Nuffield A-level chemistry course. (PS)

A brief course description of a community Health Service Course being offered to high school students in Whittier, California. The course is offered in cooperation with local community health agencies to provide students with opportunities for observing career possibilities in the health field. (JC)

Argues for a balance between student-centered and subject-centered'' English curriculums. (Author)

Describes reasons for radically reducing topics usually included in freshman chemistry courses, and stresses historical, philosophical, and sociological aspects in the course presentation. (CC)

Describes a Teacher Ambassadors program that aims to broaden the perspective of children by exposing them to teachers from abroad. (Editor)

Reports a questionnaire survey designed (1) to determine what leaders in mathematics and mathematics education felt the content of the methods course, offered the semester prior to the student teaching experience, should be; (2) to evaluate their recommendations in the classroom; and (3) to suggest an appropriate structure for the methods course…

Author views the student-initiated courses at the University of California, Berkeley, as a courageous attempt to reconceive and reorganize campus environment and curriculum; and as a challenge to the university commitment to innovation and change. (IR)