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Johnson, Diana L. – 1994
The study reported here developed and implemented a training program designed to provide future K-12 media specialists with the technical expertise to utilize the Internet. The six modules of instruction which were developed for an education class at the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minnesota, included videos, lesson notes,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Organization
Whitis, Judith A. – 1987
To determine whether Olivet Nazarene University's standard freshman writing course requirements measure favorably with those of the majority of the 75 Christian College Coalition (CCC) members, a study compared the textbooks, papers, activities, and evaluation procedures required by each institution. Stephen Witte's "National Survey of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Course Descriptions, Course Organization, Educational Trends
Fischer, Russell G. – 1982
Although film study is now widely accepted as part of the curriculum of higher education, there appears to be no single accepted method of teaching the subject. In order to design an instructional unit for a one-semester, introductory film study course for community college students, a review of the literature was carried out to examine the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Organization
Milligan, Janice – 1980
Following a literature review on the subjects of the decline in student writing abilities and increased student writing apprehension, this paper offers teachers information on a basic writing program that reduces writing anxiety and improves writing skills through large doses of positive reinforcement. The second section of the paper discusses the…
Descriptors: College English, College Freshmen, Course Organization, Developmental Studies Programs
Faigin, Sybil Barbara – 1985
This paper discusses the development and testing of a literacy unit in basic English as a second language (ESL) for Canadian farmworkers based on the Freirian principles of designing adult education curriculum. The Freirian approach looks at adult learners in the context of their daily reality and uses literacy as a vehicle for the students'…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Agricultural Laborers, Course Organization, English (Second Language)
Laine, Elaine – 1985
This study of the notional-functional approach to second language teaching reviews the history and theoretical background of the method, current issues, and implementation of a notional-functional syllabus. Chapter 1 discusses the history and theory of the approach and the organization and advantages of the notional-functional syllabus. Chapter 2…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), Computer Assisted Instruction, Course Organization
Coleman, Carolyn I. – 1994
In coordination with training officers, student programming agents, and students, a system was designed that would allow a comparative analysis of nonacademic courses offered by U.S. institutions and international providers of children and youth services, permit students to earn internationally recognized continuing education units, and establish…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Continuing Education, Course Content, Course Descriptions
Murphy, Emily – 1984
Designed to be integrated into a regular language arts curriculum in grades 1-3, the program begins with a review of the recent history of elementary second language programs in the United States and a discussion of the direction the movement might take in the 1980s. Research done on nonintensive, nonbilingual second language programs in the past…
Descriptors: Course Organization, Curriculum Development, Educational Benefits, Educational History