Studied differences in preservice elementary teachers' attitudes toward concept science and science processes on the basis of semantic differential score gains in the pre- and posttest design. Concluded that process approach instruction in methods courses was effective in securing changes in a positive direction. (CC)

The major issue in teacher education today is certification. Vocational teacher educators are concerned with manpower needs, statewide program coordination, and career education. Agricultural teacher educators are also discussing specialization, course content, enrollment, and career awareness and exploration. (MS)

Discussed the development of a high school course on urban problems. (RK)

Education is tumbling aimlessly into a future in which the greatest acts of immorality will be those in which technological change occurs without thorough examination of consequences. Objectives derived from humanism and existentialism direct industrial arts education toward an examination of the technology; specific applications emphasize "doing…

Examines the changing demands facing science teachers in Australia with the introduction of new curricula and an increasing emphasis on social relevance in science teaching. (JR)

Discussed an instructional method that required intensive student involvement in their own mutual instruction and evaluation. (Author/RK)

Considers the applicability of social science techniques to the high school curriculum. (Author/RK)

Discusses curriculum planning and improvement with the focus on the needs of the individual student. (RK)

Presented at a panel discussion on the teaching of modern South Asian languages in North America at the Association for Asian Studies annual meeting, 1972. (DD)

Using the study of the history of medicine as a frame of reference, conceptualized in conjunction with past and current case material, the medical student can proceed upon a critique of assumptions about the role of medicine in society and explore his commitment in the course "Medical Relevancy" at the State University of New York…

At the University of Minnesota Medical School a course, Introduction to Clinical Medicine, introduces communication skills; develops interview skills consistent with students' personality, their role as medical students, and the patients' needs; assists students in becoming comfortable as medical students in the hospital setting; and teaches them…

Discusses an English elective course entitled Supernatural Literature and Communication'' in terms of its literary value, course content, and improvement of basic language skills. (RB)

Students were given an opportunity to explore teaching as a career when a program, designed to assist teachers in music classes, was developed to use student aides. (Author/RK)