Novak and Iuli [Novak, J. D. & Iuli, R. J. (1991). The use of meta-cognitive tools to facilitate knowledge production. In "A paper presented at the fourth Florida AI research symposium (FLAIRS '91)," Pensacola Beach, FL, May, 1991.] discuss the use of Concept Maps as meta-cognitive tools that help people to think about thinking. This work…

Secondary vocational-technical education programs in Mississippi are faced with many challenges resulting from sweeping educational reforms at the national and state levels. Schools and teachers are increasingly being held accountable for providing true learning activities to every student in the classroom. This accountability is measured through…

An instructor of a basic communication course began a section designed for students with high levels of communication apprehension. To the basic format of the course, the instructor added sections on the nature of communication apprehension, goal setting, relaxation, visualization, and performance activities that gradually increased in complexity…

Speech communication in general and rhetoric in particular address suggestions for protecting the "space" in which public conversation occurs in a democracy. Although the framers of the Constitution clearly envisioned significant citizen involvement in policy making, citizen access to the process has greatly declined, especially at the…

The Honors Speech course at Florida A&M University, which is a special section of the Public Speaking course, is designed to develop appreciation of and skills in the preparation, delivery, and criticism of speeches. The honors course is different from the regular course in (1) the smaller enrollment in the course; (2) the topics of the…

A description is provided of "Der Besuch," a written companion to the Houghton Mifflin Company's standard edition of the drama "Der Besuch der alten Dame (The Old Lady's Visit)," written in 1956 by the distinguished Swiss playwright Friedrich Durrenmatt. The drama is an excellent choice for any intermediate or advanced language…

Classroom and laboratory environments typically can provide actual or simulated activities within which most of the technical and creative elements of the media production process can be enacted, but the financial component of production budgeting is often left aside. A "mini-production community" model has been used for the last three…

This paper, a general introduction to composition class for graduate students (at Illinois State University) not all of whom are necessarily teaching composition at the time they are taking the course, is organized around Andrea Lunford's categories in her essay "Rhetoric and Composition": questions about writers, questions about…

Understanding complex communication processes and problems requires careful attention to all three facets of the rhetorical condition: audience, constraints, and exigence. Constraints that involve multicultural communication variables will require particular focus as instructors encourage the business student's ability to remain rhetorically…

The four courses described were worked out as an alternative to the regular third and fourth year intermediate high school Spanish classes. The approach that was formulated is an attempt to meet the needs of students who are interested in continuing foreign language study on a more limited scale, with particular emphasis on culture. The courses…

A course on white collar crime suitable for use in a small or moderately sized undergraduate sociology program is outlined. The development, format, and evaluation of the course are discussed in separate sections. The program is seen as developing out of a need to identify and foster awareness of a wide range of illegal and deviant activities…

This handbook briefly describes an Alabama teacher workshop designed to provide teachers with tools for a law-related instructional program. Following an introduction, a course outline and agenda are provided for those interested in developing similar workshops in other states. Objectives of the workshop were to (1) promote community and school…

This paper proposes that the key to a quality graduate organizational behavior education is developing skills and a critical analytical student attitude for evaluating organizational behavior research. The appropriateness of this attitude and skill development with different student populations are discussed, and guidelines proposed for developing…

Sixteen syllabi for college-level, introductory sociology courses are included. The syllabi are being made available in an effort to share various ideas about the content, conceptual organization, and procedures used by sociology professors. An effort was made to include syllabi that represent different approaches to the same course. Syllabi from…

This publication contains syllabi from 12 college-level, social-problems courses. The syllabi are being made available in an effort to share various ideas about the content, conceptual organization, and procedures used by sociology professors. The syllabi selected for inclusion represent different approaches to teaching a social problems course…