The author feels the student should be asked to creatively solve realistic problems beginning in the freshman and sophomore years. The professor becomes a coach" to help the student develop his abilities rather than teach" skills that someone else has developed. (TS)

Discussion based upon a model post-secondary two year college program for teacher aides developed under a grant from the U.S. Office of Education. (Editor)

Describes a course for non-engineering students as an introduction to: (1) the physical principles of flight within the atmosphere and in space, (2) the major historical developments in the conquest of air and space, and (3) the current state of aeronautical developments. (Author/TS)

Describes a course at the University of Alabama for non-engineers. The course emphasizes interrelationships and differences between engineering and science and the role of engineering in solving society's problems from ancient times to the present day. (Author/TS)

The course is an organized introduction to modern technological devices and techniques for art students and working artits. Topics include computers, optics, and lasers. (Author/TS)

The use of independent experimental investigations of topics of the student's choosing is described in physics courses at Wittenberg University. Various projects which have been done are listed. (TS)

Describes some of the general principles involved in the planning of a teaching sequence. Discusses in more detail one example of a complete syllabus including major concepts and experiments. (Author/TS)

A description of an English course for high school slow learners in which students discussed and wrote about the moral dilemmas presented in two films shown in class. The author advises how such a course should be conducted and notes the value of student evaluation of the course. (JB)

Axiology is a branch of philosophy devoted to worth." A unit of study is described utilizing group discussion in the developing of awareness in students of the value of scientific theories and their own standards of judgement as well as the standards of others. (Author/TS)

Here is a model for a course creating environmental awareness at the high-school or postsecondary level. (Editor)

Revised version of speech delivered at the Annual Conference, Joint Council of Language Associations, at the University of Kent, Canterbury, England, in December 1970. (DS)

Describes the development and organization of a course begun in 1962 consisting of a sequence of manipulative learning operations. The laboratory operations of Quantitative Physical Science lead the student through the fundamentals of instrumentation and of measurement processes. Principles studied include physical, electrical, chemical, and wave…

Describes the objectives and contents of a physical science course for preservice teachers in a teacher's college in England. The course extends over three years, emphasizes physical science concepts, and is laboratory oriented. Discusses how the topics of spectroscopy and crystallography are treated in the course. The syllabus is included. (LC)