Coping with the high cost of teaching chemistry, content of organic chemistry, instructional strategies, and approaches in dealing with the changing student population (urban blacks/hispanics, handicapped, and other nontraditional students) are among the topics discussed in 19 papers presented at the Seventh Biennial Conference on Chemical…

Discusses need for and nature of science courses for the nonspecialist, outlining the content of an integrated four-year program devoted to sciences (first two years), technology (third year) and science/technology/human problems (fourth year). Includes recommendations for implementing such a program. (Author/JN)

Describes a journalism education theory and methods class--journalism and public opinion--that was restructured to include instruction in the lecture format, small group discussions, and group projects. (HOD)

Describes a chemistry "pre-course" for students entering Rhode Island Junior College. The course is designed to introduce many basic scientific concepts deemed necessary before entering the first college chemistry course. (CS)

Describes a high school biology course using 17 learning activity packages for individualized instruction based on the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) Yellow Version. Topics discussed in detail include the learning activity packages, the use of computers, and evaluation of the program. (CS)

Describes two core syllabi, a communicative one and a grammatical one, and a modular syllabus for elementary ESL courses, with hints for introducing out-of-sequence items. Explains how the syllabi have been designed, what they offer to teachers, and how they have affected first-year teaching as a whole. (Author/MES)

Examines the structure of environmental education and defines the discipline as an integration of three streams: environmental sciences (physical and natural sciences), environmental studies (social sciences), and environmental engineering (engineering sciences). Describes four integrating problem-oriented courses offered at Murdoch University in…

Discusses what college history professors should teach in their classrooms. To help students find their way in the contemporary world, professors must provide students with an historical understanding of the present world. A one semester course for freshman entitled "Survey of Global History in the 20th Century" is described. (RM)

In lieu of the Curriculum and Instruction course, University of Hawaii education majors may serve as interns at Kailua High School's alternative program, Community Quest (CQ). Interns learn to design, implement, and evaluate curriculum. This article describes the CQ course and presents evaluative comments from some interns. (Author/SJL)

Describes courses which involve undergraduate research in chemical engineering at the University of Colorado. Presents the author's personal philosophy concerning such research, motivational techniques to encourage research, forums for disseminating research results, and possible sources of funding including the National Science Foundation's…

Describes an interdisciplinary program consisting of two courses. The first course deals with the chemistry of drugs and poisons; the second course focuses on fictional works in which these drugs and poisons are central to the plots. (SK)

Description of a course involving students in the Michigan state political process. The students investigated a legislative bill intended to reduce throwaway drink containers by summarizing relevant literature, conducting consumer surveys, and performing self-initiated projects. Journal available from Faculty of Modern Studies, Oxford Polytechnic,…

An overall scheme for using foreign students in a teaching capacity is discussed. An experimental class at the University of Minnesota, which uses foreign students as teachers to illustrate the processes of development of the three countries of Nigeria, Thailand and Turkey, is examined. (Author/MLW)

A demonstration of how statistics courses may be enhanced through the incorporation of computer packages is presented. A statistical analysis course given at the State University of New York at Fredonia is described. It is suggested that many other courses would be enhanced by augmenting them with computer packages. (MLW)

Supporting the concept of a core syllabus, the Council of Engineering Institutions (CEI) suggests that this syllabus for A-level physics, described in the May 1980 issue of "Physics Education," occupy 65 percent to 70 percent of instructional time and that an applied physics approach with relevance to everyday life be used. (SK)