Although intercultural-communication courses are increasing in universities in this country, very little interest in these courses is displayed on community college campuses. This paper presents and discusses procedures for community colleges to develop an effective course in intercultural communication. Consideration is given to the initial…

A major theme of this series of papers is the need to build evaluation and experimentation as a component part of educational planning. This paper addresses the structure of the evaluation and experimentation component in a country and the training of evaluators. The training discussion includes the possible modes of training--on-the-job training,…

Describes the genesis, development, and implementation of a Spanish language course geared to English speakers who work with or aid members of the Hispanic population who have settled in the United States. A text prepared for the course, "Applied Spanish for the Social Services," is described. (DB)

Described are two instruments used in a workshop designed to help teachers clarify their own beliefs about education and to shape their classroom behavior accordingly. The Student-Content Inventory concerns styles of student-teacher interaction and the Educational Theory Inventory correlates the respondent's beliefs to major educational theories.…

Presented is an outline of a college course, "Education in American Society," that focused on teaching students rational decision-making skills while examining current issues in American Education. The outline is followed by student comments, reactions, and evaluations of the course. (JMD)

Describes an approach used to introduce the Australian education system to a group of bilingual trainee teachers. The aim, which was to develop in the students a sympathetic or at least tolerant perspective on aspects of Australian education which they found different or distasteful, was generally not achieved. (EJS)

The undergraduate surgery course of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Universiti Pertanian Malaysia, is described with focus on its experential method of teaching surgical techniques. Also discussed are the benefits of veterinary school cooperation with a large city Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA). (JMD)

The issues of selecting an evaluation type, scope, and techniques are discussed in relation to a study that aims to investigate the effects of introducing a multimedia independent learning package into a conventional university environment. This is done by examining one second-level Open University course taught at the University of Essex.…

A formal course on human ecology in the Himalayas is described that had a profound impact in U.S. students in terms of career goals, orientation toward the problems of poverty in the U.S., and a changed appreciation of the need for preventive measures and a community approach. (Author/LBH)

A field-based undergraduate theology course is described. The course involves community service with nursing home residents or older adult center participants; seminars to explore the dynamics of caring, suffering, aging, and dying, and to share personal experiences and questions; a weekly journal; and a comprehensive case study. (SW)

Focuses on the input of a communicative writing syllabus that can be organized in terms of "rhetorical coherence" (concerned with the function and the act a piece of writing fulfills) and "text-forming resources" (the resources in English for making a piece of writing a text). (CFM)

Discusses the need for English literature majors to study the classics and describes a two-term course at Eaton Hall College of Education on the Western tradition in Literature. (Author/KM)

The feasibility of organizing selected professional development skills and knowledge into a performance-based learning sequence was examined at Oregon State. Six general competency areas were derived for preservice and graduate vocational-industrial inservices teachers. (LBH)

The effects of a continuing education course for female physicians who have left medicine to care for their children are evaluated. The course was able to enhance the confidence and professional competence of the women by bringing them up-to-date with current medical knowledge and enlarge their career prospects. (LBH)

Personnel preparation in learning disabilities should stress a broad theoretical understanding of individual differences, interdisciplinary collaboration, and working with families. These goals can best be met by generic programs with specialization only in terms of severity of learning impairment. An outline for such a 2-year program is given.…