This course introduces the student to the goals and organization of the cosmetology program, and includes aspects of hygiene, ethics, bacteriology, law, and safety rules. Course content includes goals, specific objectives, orientation, shampooing and rinses, finger-waving, pin curling, and roller curls. A brief bibliography and 30 pages of…

The course is designed to reinforce machine shorthand theory with emphasis on taking dictation with speed and accuracy. In this course, students are expected to complete the basic theory of techniques for writing sounds, in combinations of letters of the alphabet, on the keyboard of a touch shorthand machine; to increase their recording speeds;…

Second in a series of five, the course consists of the history and principles of the micrometer. The student must have mastered the skills offered in Introduction to Measurement and the Use of Scaled Instruments--9225.01. Techniques in reading and using the micrometer, checking, adjusting, and calibrating the micrometer are topics covered.…

The team who constructed this curriculum guide believed that a need exists for a flexible outline to be used in an introductory high school course in radio, television, and film. It has been structured to enable teachers to present a meaningful unit or series of units, and includes suggestions for utilizing these media of communication. The guide…

Developed for a high school quinmester unit on improving sentence structure and variety, this guide provides the teacher with teaching strategies to aid students in learning to use sentence variety through a study of phrases, clauses, types of sentences, and transitional elements. Course objectives are listed along with a rationale for the course…

This paper is divided into two parts; the first is an attempt to organize the various dimensions of death education in order to clarify educational foci appropriate to different needs for learning about death and dying. These dimensions of death education include: (1) the acceptance of living and dying as concommitant aspects of human enfolding;…

The booklet contains information about an experimental space science survey course which explores the tools and methods used to study space. Included are a list of 22 performance objectives, an outline of the content in the course, lists of experiments, demonstrations, and projects for the course and the books in which these are to be found, a…

A multimedia course on economic analysis was developed and used in conjunction with the United States Naval Academy. (See ED 043 790 and ED 043 791 for the final reports of the project evaluation and development model.) This document describes how various project activities were performed in designing the course and gives a rationale for the way…

This document is an outline for a module which can be inserted, in whole or in part, in community college courses on California and/or Southwest United States history, Mexican-American or Chicano history, Mexican history, and United States history. The module examines the close ties--political, economic, and social--between Mexico and California…

Outlines the content of this interdisciplinary course and includes a list of the texts being used. Parts one and two are concerned with the biology of the whale and other marine mammals, while part three covers the whaling industry and related topics. (MA)

Described is a study of the feasibility and desirability of offering undergraduates freedom to select the course content in a first year course on the properties and use of civil engineering materials. A report of a series of interviews with students participating in the study is appended. (JMD)

Shows teachers how to help graduating students to synthesize what they have learned and to prepare for the future. (RL)

Outlines a recent educational initiative in social gerontology at the Western Australian College of Advanced Education: a two-year course on aging and the community. Discussed its educational and national context, the development of the course and its present content. Analyzes the student population to establish typical profiles of those…

A course for teaching an advanced undergraduate course on the psychology of adult development and aging is described and evaluated. Course goals, content, and format are discussed. Students generally viewed the course favorably. (RM)

Describes a design course which stresses the identification of talented students and gives them techniques for synthesis. Explains the course requirements, design and manufacturing functions, and product concept. (YP)