Provides guidance and some guidelines for those trying to gain support for classroom innovations. Includes a chart of some influencing strategies and research-based accounts of some methods that can be employed to garner support. (DDR)

Advocates the use of academic controversies (student research and classroom debate on an issue with clearly defined positions). Identifies three ways that this educates students about civil justice: (1) students learn citizenship skills; (2) provides a procedure for resolving civil justice problems; and (3) increases academic learning. (MJP)

Explains how a curriculum is integrated across subject areas with strands of career awareness. Focuses on a course known as Connections, a combination physical science, geometry, and English course that shows students how course content relates to possible careers. (DDR)

Investigates the effect of the presentation of brief biographical materials on women scientists on student knowledge of women scientists and on student perceptions of scientists. Contains 29 references. (DDR)

Articulates parameters for a democratic philosophy of sexual education. Aims to accommodate ideological pluralism related to sexuality while simultaneously ensuring the provision of the necessary information and skills to facilitate sexual health. Proposes that sexuality education ought to be centered on the democratic consensus on the right to…

Explores the extent of self-censorship in community college theater programs across the country, and examines what part the college administration plays in such censorship. Suggests reviewing further the theater department's responsibilities in serving both students and community. (AS)

Argues that, to revitalize undergraduate education in astronomy, courses must be restructured, particularly at the introductory level. Suggests that the culture of higher education does not often support change. (DDR)

Describes an empirical study concerning the introduction of the concept of chemical equilibrium in chemistry classrooms in a way which challenges students' initial conceptions of chemical reactions. Contains 23 references. (DDR)

Describes the development of a semester-long course that addresses issues of scientific integrity in a practical way as they arise in the daily lives of working scientists. Shares the topical organization of the course and other details. (DDR)

Presents a course design for a graduate level seminar in writing for students concentrating in either composition and rhetoric or TESOL for the Master of Arts in English at Wright State University. Notes that the course focuses on curriculum design and integrates the practices of teacher lore with the disciplined, critical thought expected in a…

Examines changes in experience and confidence among university students in Iceland taking their first Internet course between 1994 and 2000. Discusses results of time series that show that the number of participants with prior experience has increased and makes recommendations for course content, including advanced skills in Internet use.…

Presents an interview with Susan Krauss Whitbourne in which she discusses issues such as the challenge in teaching a course on the psychology of aging; types of assignments and active learning she uses in her course; resources she recommends; and how her research influences the adult development courses she has taught. (CMK)

Reviews litigation and legislation regarding religious influences in public education in the areas of student-led prayer, silent prayer, religious displays, holiday observances, religious exemptions, and challenges to the curriculum. (SK)

Explores two ways of critically examining scientific knowledge in the context of a current socioscientific dispute: the unsterilized spacecraft in NASA's Galileo Mission to Jupiter. (PR)

Public opinion poll data dating from 1973 suggest a trustworthy and honest professoriate engaged in important work through college teaching, research, and service, but the same surveys show hesitation in granting full academic freedom to teachers holding controversial ideas. The impact of events, such as publication of critical reports, on college…