Developed for workers in the apparel, carpet, and textile industries, this curriculum package presents a curriculum guide, the lesson plan, handouts, transparencies, tests, and evaluation forms for use by instructors in customizing a one-hour course for new employees on understanding the employee handbook. The introduction describes how the…

This curriculum guide outlines a proposed four or five hour course, English 204, at the Meramec Campus of St. Louis Community College. The guide delineates the course, giving information on: (1) Goals, Objectives, and Background Notes; (2) Activities, Teaching Strategies, Assignments; (3) Readings and Notes; (4) Additional Sources; (5)…

Summarizes the development, implementation and evaluation of an interdisciplinary course for postgraduate trainee teachers designed to help them incorporate environmental education into the existing secondary school curriculum. Includes information for a curriculum analysis and results from several questionnaires. (DC)

A laboratory course designed to provide simulated practice experience for pharmacy students at Drake University College of Pharmacy was redesigned by restructuring laboratory schedules to provide more time, by establishing competencies to be attained, and by self-pacing. Student evaluations of the changes were highly supportive. (MSE)

Presents aims of an inservice course designed to encourage science teachers to incorporate material of relevance to the local industrial scene into their existing curricula. Projects required by participants in the course are listed with their brief descriptions and possible applications in the classroom. (CS)

Evaluates an educational program carried out at the Institute for Desert Research in Israel, to test the possibilities of the desert as an educational resource for ecosystem study. The results of teaching a field-oriented ecology course are presented. (HM)

Describes a syllabus developed by the Institute of Information Scientists Ltd. for post-graduate training in information work. Discusses the three main groups of the syllabus: language, writing, and editing; the flow of information, including communication theory; and information techniques, including information sources, storage, retrieval,…

Described is a course that attempts to demonstrate the relationships that exist between science and business. Emphasized are the roles that scientific analysis and scientific knowledge and technology play as vital tools in management decision making in business. (KR)

Discusses changes made since the publication of "A Nation at Risk." Presents a chemistry course in which scientific literacy is a major emphasis. Provides methodology for the course and a listing of the topics for instruction. Notes several criticisms of the approach. (MVL)

Described is a heterogeneous catalysis course which has elements of materials processing embedded in the classical format of catalytic mechanisms and surface chemistry. A course outline and list of examples of recent review papers written by students are provided. (MVL)

Describes a graduate engineering course which specializes in model predictive control. Lists course outline and scope. Discusses some specific topics and teaching methods. Suggests final projects for the students. (MVL)

Asserts that the purpose of the school must be more than a celebration of individual achievement; schools should incorporate opportunities for learning that involve altruism and community participation. Describes a secondary school community service program. (CFR)

In an effort to link information literacy and resource-based learning to cultural pluralism, faculty and librarians at Seattle Central Community College (Washington) revised an English composition course and a library skills course, linking their content of documented writing and literary research methods. Students must enroll in both courses.…

Reports on three separate studies conducted to determine a consensus list of psychology's great books. Describes the 3 studies, including 1 of 39 college-level psychology departments, another of 186 psychologists, and a third study of 83 leaders of the American Psychological Association. (CFR)

Describes a teaching experience in which a unit on environmental issues was added to a college-level human geography course. Asserts that environmental topics are not well-integrated into most geography courses. Concludes that the students enjoyed the experience but suggested that the environmental topics be integrated throughout the entire course…