Describes the planning and implementation of an interdisciplinary course at Northwestern University entitled "Contrasting Roles of Television and Theater Directors." Asserts that identifying the points of convergence between television and theater allows students to broaden their creative experiences, prepare for their respective fields,…

Suggests adopting a performance-centered approach to the study of social movements to provide students with an experimental method of learning that breathes life into the social movements studied. Discusses goals and suggested course units. (MG)

Describes a 13-week, third-year course in Environmental Planning and Management consisting of a mixture of lectures, seminars, workshop/laboratory sessions and field-based projects. Student objectives include awareness of the need for and complexities of environmental concerns; critiques of work done by environmental agencies and consultants; and…

Presents a structure for a course that highlights the best cinemas of Eastern European countries, in order to acquaint students with cinematic traditions of the region. Discusses course activities, coursework and evaluation, and resources. Advocates structuring the course around the film of experience of Eastern Europe, and presents and discusses…

Discusses a new systems integrated course format that offers an attractive alternative to teachers at traditional medical schools that wish to obtain many of the benefits of problem-based learning without adopting a full problem-based learning curriculum. (Author/CCM)

Argues that a curriculum of peace must include ways to define human problems. Describes how the author taught a literature course called "The Healing Word: Literature About Coping with Death and Illness" that used literary selections and a film series to examine physical healing, mental healing, and healing from grief. (SR)

Provides a synopsis of the current approach to teaching a course on chemical information at Oberlin College. Reports on changes made during the past two years. (Author/CCM)

Outlines a framework for graduate education designed to situate disparate approaches to technical communication into a coherent structure. Analyzes the development and application of this framework for a standard, entry-level graduate "leveling" course in technical communication. Concludes with suggestions about ways that the framework…

Provides brief information about a water course in a secondary high school in Finland that specializes in natural sciences. Students cooperated with classes from the United States. (ASK)

Describes the senior seminar in mathematics at Hood College which is a course in the history of mathematics. It is a student-led seminar with students gaining practice in oral presentation, preparing visual aids, and planning a class. (Author/MM)

Reports on the development of a mathematics course in fractals and dynamic processes for volunteer students in the second phase of secondary education in the Netherlands. Presents findings on the correct way for teachers to coach students in investigations. (Author/MM)

Even through simplistic nursery rhymes, communication provides a powerful medium through which people formulate and create impressions, images, and ideologies. Communication, verbal and nonverbal, clearly plays a significant role in individual gender construction. Through words and action, people create meaning for others and themselves. One's…

When learning about a phenomenon, one must directly experience it in order to fully understand it (Kolb, 1984). So how may an instructor of introductory organizational communication ensure that students "directly experience the phenomenon" of organizing? The author describes an activity he developed to enable students to share a direct experience…

A detailed model syllabus is presented for a general introduction to literacy studies from linguistic and sociocultural perspectives. Topics included the relationship between oral and written language, acquisition of literacy, biliteracy, the relationship between literacy and socioeconomic/sociopolitical factors, and the impact of societal…

At a minimum, tomorrow's forensic educators need formal training that orients the professional to the responsibilities central to forensic education. While a number of opportunities, as well as applications of those opportunities, are available to forensics students, the rooting of forensics in the speech communication discipline is paramount.…