Discusses the use of programmed scripts, textbooks, films, and cassette tapes to conduct a self-instruction laboratory course. Indicates the presence of marked positive effects on the development of the students' ability to plan their own experiments. (CC)

An economics course for senior high school students which relies on cameras and cassette tape recorders in one locally developed project is described. A second is the effort by another high school to indicate a social studies curriculum meaningfully related to the real world. (Author/KM)

Discusses curriculum planning and improvement with the focus on the needs of the individual student. (RK)

Describes an elective course dealing with chemistry for the consumer. Students investigate consumer products, the chemistry behind these products, and possible ways in which a better understanding of chemistry could help them become more selective consumers. The chemistry of aerosols is a topic given particular attention. (JR)

Social Science was included in the Humanities curriculum to help students understand the nature of society and to understand the place of the individual in that society. Humanities studies had not been training students to make personal judgements about choices and consequences. (Author/JB)

With the cooperation of the Universtiy's extension service, Administration of Child Care Centers,'' a course carrying two academic credits is offered by the University of Michigan School of Education. (Author/CB)

Describes a high school biology program based on the use of research papers, student interest areas, and selected topics. Time is provided for group work and individualization of instruction. (PS)

The course Biology and Society," offered as an undergraduate course at Cornell under their Science, Technology, and Society Program, is described. (Author/JB)

Discussion based upon a model post-secondary two year college program for teacher aides developed under a grant from the U.S. Office of Education. (Editor)

Describes a course for non-engineering students as an introduction to: (1) the physical principles of flight within the atmosphere and in space, (2) the major historical developments in the conquest of air and space, and (3) the current state of aeronautical developments. (Author/TS)

Describes a course at the University of Alabama for non-engineers. The course emphasizes interrelationships and differences between engineering and science and the role of engineering in solving society's problems from ancient times to the present day. (Author/TS)

The course is an organized introduction to modern technological devices and techniques for art students and working artits. Topics include computers, optics, and lasers. (Author/TS)