The author reviews the history of communication and communications technology, considers differences between "visual communication" and "graphic communication," and comments on "seeds of revolution" in the industry. He offers four components of an educational structure or organization titled "graphic…

From a series on teaching Afro-American history and culture in the elementary school.

THIS PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED TO ALLOW ABLE STUDENTS TO ACCELERATE THEIR PACE AND PERMIT OTHERS TO PROCEED AT THEIR OWN RATE. EACH SEMESTER WAS DIVIDED INTO THREE FIVE-WEEK SESSIONS, EACH SESSION PRESENTING A FULL SEMESTER'S COURSE. TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, THE INSTRUCTOR GAVE ONLY EVERY THIRD LECTURE OF THE FULL SEMESTER'S 45-CLASS SCHEDULE. IF THE…

A CURRICULUM AND COURSE OF STUDY WERE DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE GRADUATE TRAINING FOR TEACHERS OF DISADVANTAGED YOUTH. AN INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF SPECIALISTS WAS ORGANIZED TO DEVELOP BACKGROUND MATERIALS AND TO EVALUATE AND REFINE THE WORK OF ITS MEMBERS. PRACTITIONERS WERE ALSO INVITED TO PREPARE PAPERS ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF STUDENT-TEACHER…

Explains the approaches taken by higher education institutions for instruction of environmental content. These include changes in course content, the development of specific environmental courses, and the development of a planned curricula that emphasizes environmental education. (ML)

Describes the Syracuse University Technology Clusters aimed at building a science foundation, knowledge of technological advances, and decision making about technology use for liberal arts majors. Discusses enrollment, course structure, student characteristics, and future development. (JM)

This article describes a mass media course called "Communications Skills." It stresses the involvement of students in creating their own productions thus stimulating them toward making a professional product. (RK)

Considered the development of religious education programs in community colleges. (RK)

The teacher's role changes from a presenter of content to a diagnostician of learning experiences in individualized instruction. Common objections to the use of individualized instruction are discussed with reasons to overcome each objection. (Author/TS)

To increase a student's awareness of the complexity and comprehensiveness of the man-nature interdependence, the University of Oklahoma has developed an experimental course for engineers. Study is made of a local situation in which man has deliberately and irreversibly altered his environment. Goals, format, rationale, implementation, evaluation,…

Explains a new approach to education for the manufacturing industry, using curriculum blocks" to organize the educational program. (BH)

A teaching method is described and illustrated that begins with the presentation of a basic dialogue containing new learning material and progresses to the group's acting out its own dialogues and discussing them with the class. The objective is to lead learners from understanding new material to using it creatively and, ultimately, for their own…

In response to the need for research methods training in the public relations undergraduate curriculum, this paper identifies the range of possible formats for a public relations research methods course (analyzing strengths and weaknesses for each) and recommends a hybrid format. The paper then identifies and compares different goals for research…

There are cognitive, social, personal, and practical reasons for studying a second language, and the syllabus is shaped by these and the identity of the learners, general and specific course objectives, educational principles, course components, learner input, and student evaluation procedures. A dynamic syllabus addresses four language competence…

Summary of Author's Ed.D. Dissertation, University of Nebraska, 1969