A description is given of an in-service course or workshop on the subject of the mathematics developed by the peoples of Africa and other cultures in the course of their daily lives. (MP)

Describes a University of Alberta course for prospective elementary art teachers, which used as its theme the International Year of the Child. (SJL)

A programed, two-credit hour, experimental microbiology course for nonscience majors is described. (SA)

Presents a biology course developed for learning disabled (LD) and emotionally handicapped (EH) students at Alhambra High School, Phoenix, Arizona. Description of the program, learning activities used, and some suggestions for successful teaching are also included. (HM)

Describes a program designed to improve English skills in university students learning English as a second language through a Canadian literature and history component. Reading lists are appended. (AM)

Describes a one-semester course whose purpose was not to include as many items as possible, but to try to treat adequately a few carefully chosen "theme areas", e.g., The Middle Ages, from Cloister Culture to the Decline of Chivalry, and The Growth of Urban Culture. (WGA)

Describes how an astronomy course, designed for nonscience students, was structured, taught, and graded, pointing to specific changes made with respect to the individualizing aspect of the procedure. (GA)

Describes the structure of a physics course organized into independent-learning modules and designed to make use of the facilities of a Computer Assisted Management of Learning (CAMOL) package. (GA)

In the Program in Social Ecology at the University of California, Irvine, a unique civil liberties class has been developed for undergraduates that uses a modified socratic approach. Its goals, subject matter, methodology, and student response are described. (LBH)

Describes a high school curriculum which fuses mathematics skills with skills necessary for an individual to function effectively in the community, regardless of his or her occupational choice. (TA)

Students from four health professions--medicine, nursing, occupational therapy, and physical therapy--initiated a course designed to improve their knowledge of one another's training and skills, with the larger aim of preparing themselves to work in health care teams. The nine weekly meetings are described in terms of their content and students'…

Community and junior colleges are in a prime position to spearhead much-needed continuing education courses for the retraining of medical laboratory technicians in outlying areas and small towns. Programs currently underway combine short courses, bench refreshers, and self-instructional materials; similar programs are planned by a number of…

The undergraduate surgery program planned for the University of Tennessee and utilized at Michigan State University is described. The first year focuses on basic sciences; second year, core of medicine; and third year, clinics. (LBH)

Presents two articles: "Modular Flexibility in an Individualized Introductory Cultural Anthropology Course," by Daniel D. Whitney and Patrick J. Dubbs, and, "Physical Anthropology as a Laboratory Science Course in a Community College," by Yechiel M. Lehavy. The former describes an individualized approach to anthropology, whereas the latter…

Describes a model for offering graduate-level courses in special education for delivery online via the Internet. The benefits and uses of audiostreaming for the delivery of lectures are explained. Components of the model are discussed and the instructional process is demonstrated by providing illustrations from the course. (CR)