The course, which can also be taken as part of the Vocational Office Education--Secretarial series, gives students experience in typewriter composition, spelling, proofreading, setting up letters in two styles, acting as a receptionist, and in keeping bank records, a petty cash book, and a payroll. Course content includes the proportional space…

Especially designed for students who show management potential, this course is designed to teach effective management and control of the food service area of an establishment. Emphasis is placed on labor control, supplies (other than food), utilities, laundry, and uniforms. Course content includes goals, specific objectives, management, labor…

Filing in all aspects--alphabetic, subject, numeric, geographic, and chronological--along with the organization and management of filing systems makes up the thrust of the course content in the curriculum guide. The objective is to prepare students for office occupations. Content includes course guidelines, performance objectives, learning…

This 9-week, Quinmester program is a survey of music in the jazz idion, particularly major musicians and their music of the last two decades. No musical prerequisites are necessary. Objectives include the ability to distinguish major performers, the blues form, instruments, major compositions and to become aware of jazz as an American art form,…

This secondary level Quinmester course is designed to teach the principal types of vocal, instrumental, and operatic compositions of the Romantic period through listening to the styles of different composers and acquiring recognition of their works. The course is intended for students who have participated in fine or performing arts and for pupils…

Formerly, in the Kansas State College Laboratory High School, Methods was taught concurrently with student teaching. However, the physical setting of the class, level of maturity and experience of the students, and overall instruction were changed as a result of the closing of the campus laboratory school. To accommodate the needs of the students…

This elective course on the changing roles of women is for use by 10th through 12th grade students. The guide analyzes the changes occurring in the roles of American women, with students examining the history of women, the psychology of being a woman, the various emotional and physical changes that women undergo, and women's choices for a full…

A course in introduction to music emphasizing modes and forms is presented. The approach used is a laboratory approach in which pupils will develop skill in playing wood-wind instruments, sing, listen to, read and compose music with emphasis on identification of elementary concepts of mode and form. Course objectives include: (1) pupil will select…

A course which is an introduction to music emphasizing modes and forms is outlined. Objectives include: (1) The student will select the title of a familiar melody from a list provided; (2) The student will identify by ear the performing medium from the following choices: violin, voice, piano, guitar, clarinet, trombone, organ, string bass,…

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…

Presents an approach to teaching basic and advanced courses in cataloging that determines course objectives by identifying the categories of students involved. The course content, instructional materials, and presentation methods are described in detail, and the success of the courses in generating interest among students is discussed. (CLB)

This article outlines the existing structure and operation of the domestic capital market and argues that its impending liberalization is likely to provide an additional dimension to financing and investing opportunities in the United Kingdom. (Author)

Describes an instructional development project in which data adequately describing learner characteristics was used to identify content for 18 continuing educational instructional modules for physician assistants. Utilization of learner data to provide instructional designer with precise criteria required to select content for both health and…

Reviews several issues involved in the reform of history teaching and suggests directions in which American history educators might proceed. Stresses the British model of understanding, cause and effect, and chronological sequence. (TRS)

Presents a rationale for providing computer literacy training to preservice teacher education students; identifies 14 areas of training needs and their instructional activity foci; discusses four distinct approaches to provision of a continuum of computer literacy experiences; and illustrates suggested instructional-objectives syllabi and…