Graphic design's messages can reach across streets and across the globe; they can bring together countries, communities and strangers for a common cause; they can also serve to divide otherwise amenable neighbors. Design students must fully understand this potential reach and thus the responsibility they have to create tolerant, informed messages.…

Intended for use in Marxist-Leninist theory courses in Chinese institutions of higher education, this syllabus discusses and interprets Chinese policies and events, from 1949 through 1981, considered most important by the current communist party leadership. In addition to the text, educational objectives, supplementary reading assignments, and…

Describes a college level course to examine images of Asia as seen in film and fiction. The course addresses the misunderstandings created by media images. It comprises film viewing, reading, lectures, and weekly student essays. (KC)

Discusses curriculum/strategies used to teach a population education course in China. Sixteen lessons (one 45-minute lesson/week) are conducted to foster correct outlook and responsible attitude toward China's population situation, thereby promoting moral, intellectual, and physical development. Population education in other courses, student…

Discusses the design, rationale, and objectives of the course "Environmental Study in China," an upper-level course taught for business students at Bryant College in Rhode Island. Describes the study trip, including insights, challenges, and students' reactions. (EV)

Discusses the roots of Chinese science in Taoism and naturalism and their synthesis in neo-Confucism in the Sung dynasty. Briefly mentions relations with the West. Specifically cites Chinese acoustical science and discoveries in magnetism. Includes a syllabus for a course. (GH)

Summarizes a 10-year Chinese secondary school chemistry teaching experiment, programmed elicitation, which was found to be more effective than traditional Chinese elicitation. Includes sample programmed elicitation textbook section and lesson. (Author/MKR)

History as a school subject in Hong Kong is often assumed to have been a vehicle for "colonialist" indoctrination under the British, and for "nationalist" indoctrination under the post-retrocession Chinese regime. This chapter challenges such assumptions by examining the ways in which history syllabuses have (or have not) dealt…

The teaching objectives and curriculum content of the secondary school mathematics program in China are discussed. Public examination papers and classroom teaching methods are described, with specific examples. (MNS)

Describes the 1986 Summer Institute in Global Education held on the campus of New York University. Through simulation, participants "traveled" to two of four global areas: China, Africa, Latin America, or South Asia. This article reports on the presentations, readings, and learning experiences offered on the China and India…

Relates the authors' experience teaching technical writing for two weeks at Suzhou University in China. Discusses activities; examines four technical writing textbooks purchased there; and offers suggestions about how technical communication might be established as a separate academic discipline in Chinese universities. Discusses technical…

Describes the evolution of the seven major physics syllabi used in all secondary schools in China and analyzes the shifts of these syllabi in terms of objectives, content, instructional hours and teaching methods. Suggests changes for China's future secondary-physics education, including the need for modern experimental equipment such as computers…

A newly developed course on education in contemporary China is described. Objectives, curriculum materials, teaching strategies, learning activities, and evaluation are briefly outlined. The three-credit, college-level course explores educational policy and practice in the People's Republic of China since 1949, with emphasis on the…