Tools for Change, a new course in problem-solving, consists of a series of units, each dealing with a subject area based on a set of heuristic processes or strategies. It assumes that: 1) there is an identifiable and useful set of heuristic processes in problem-solving; ) a language of process will improve communication between problem-solvers; 3)…

This article describes a 3-credit graduate course to prepare secondary science, mathematics, and special education teachers to use museums to teach science to students, including those with disabilities. The course emphasized helping teachers to develop instructional materials across the curriculum through use of museum resources and on promoting…

Describes a ninth-grade transportation technology course developed by the Technical Education Program at West Virginia University for a junior high school with no existing industrial arts curriculum. Although not developed for the usual industrial arts lab, the course information could be useful in updating present industrial arts curricula. (MF)

To show communications as a total system, West Virginia University's Technology Education Program developed a course called Career Exploration in Technology (CEIT) through an agreement with the Mason County (West Virginia) Public School System. Two graduate students describe their CEIT program, now a required ninth-grade course at Wahama High…

Describes a graduate course in the Teaching of Communication at Virginia Commonwealth University which altered students' writing behavior and attitudes toward writing. (DD)

Problems facing multicultural education, implications of these problems for teacher education, and the multicultural teacher education program at the University of Utah are described. Factors operating against multicultural education in Utah include the back to basics movement, the competency movement, the attack on bilingual education, the…