Describes required content, promotion standards, and evaluation mechanisms for economics courses in Australian high schools. (JDH)

Describes a course in semiotics (the study of signs and systems of communication) taught for the past 10 years by the author. (DD)

Tells how students at a New York high school publish an annual college-type bulletin of course offerings. (GT)

This manual, "Course Information for the Graduation Program, Grade 10, 11, and 12 Courses: 2009-2010," was approved by the Minister of Education on July 30, 2009 for setting out graduation requirements. The manual provides information for schools about courses that students take in Grades 10, 11, and 12. It is updated annually with…

A European Studies course for students "incapable of doing French" taught at a British secondary school is developed on the premise that students will attempt to live up to the teacher's expectations. With only middling enthusiasm from his students, the teacher is requesting comment from readers. (JH)

Describes current secondary school courses about religions which are incorporated into the social studies curriculum. Course titles include Religion in Human Culture, Religions of Man, Great Religions, Comparative Religions, History of Religions, and the Bible as Literature. (KC)

To promote the use of scientific inquiry methods in K-12 classrooms, departments of teacher education must provide science teachers with experiences using such methods. To comply with state and national mandates, an apprenticeship course was designed to afford preservice secondary science teachers opportunities to engage in an authentic, extended,…

Describes a course in which students are allowed to select their own reading materials and read according to individual tastes. (RB)

Describes how to base a course in technical writing on the contrast between subjective and objective values and the contrast between poetry and technology. (DD)

Suggests ways to develop English courses dealing with the effects of science. (DD)

Identifies eight key facets of small business management and suggests activities that may be used to assist in their development. The key facets are (1) product or service, (2) competition, (3) marketing strategies, (4) personnel needs, (5) equipment and facility needs, (6) finances, (7) planning, and (8) entrepreneurship. (JOW)

This article contains unit plans for a mass media course for tenth, eleventh, and twelfth graders. (RC)