A survey of adult educators asked how they design and implement programs. Answers ranged from a single approach to selection from a set of alternatives according to the situation. Synthesizing the descriptions, the author developed a model that presents the focal point and factors common to situational-specific approaches used in adult and…

Discusses issues surrounding whether classes in newspaper design should include computer instruction. Describes a graduate course in journalism which incorporates computer training. Discusses course structure, the knowledge applied, learning through practice, and grading. (SR)

Describes a class on organizational theory that uses the documentaries of Frederick Wiseman as the primary text. Includes a list of the films and the issues and principles they address. (JOW)

The assessment of student writing is an essential task for writing teachers, and yet many graduate programs do not require students to take a course in assessment or evaluation, and courses on teaching writing often devote only a limited amount of time to the discussion of assessment. Furthermore, teachers frequently need to prepare their students…

Drawing on the expertise of colleagues in technology and filmmaking, high school teacher Joe Bucolo helps students demonstrate the critical comprehension, mastery, and creative insight that transpire from close study of Shakespeare's plays. Production Teams examine the context and language of Shakespeare's scenes, interview an expert, and address…

The effective organization and presentation of lecture material is described. Because the average lecture takes 40-50 minutes, it needs to be planned and structured in advance, since the lecturer's instinctive ordering of points may not be the best way for students to receive them. The material should be organized first for the course as a whole…

Questions the content, procedures, and the organization of bibliography courses, and explores the assumptions behind the current structure of such courses. (RB)

The paper explains an alternative structure to teaching micro and macroeconomic theory and describes the characteristics that make it an effective framework for introductory and principles courses. The teaching of economics principles typically proceeds by separating macroeconomic theory and microeconomic theory. But the use of the macro-micro…

The curriculum change for which these projections were made included eliminating traditional distribution requirements in favor of interdisciplinary programs and increased student electives. The plan allowed study of the staffing needs and anticipated effects upon departmental offerings. (Editor)

This article suggests a reorganization of existing school curricula to include a major place for study of the environment and its problems. A Theoretical environmental model is given which incorporates many existing disciplines into a common body of knowledge. It focuses on environmental concerns through a problem solving approach. (LS)

The Elaboration Theory of Instruction is an alternative to organizing instruction in terms of a hierarchical task analysis. The hierarchical organization results in an instructional sequence that begins with highly fragmented, small pieces of the subject-matter content, which many educators have found to be demotivating. The elaboration theory…

DESIGN AND CRAFTMANSHIP ARE INSEPARABLE, AND IN AN ART PROGRAM, AREAS OF CRAFT SHOULD BE TAUGHT WITH SERIOUS ATTENTION TO HIGH STANDARDS OF DESIGN. DESIGN CRAFT IS A COURSE DEMANDING TEACHER VERSATILITY. PLANNING SHOULD BE GEARED TO HELP TEACHERS SUPPLEMENT THEIR SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE AND TO ASSURE THE WIDEST POSSIBLE APPLICATION OF DESIGN CRAFT…

A DEVELOPMENTAL CONFERENCE, CONSISTING OF LEADING AUTHORITIES IN HISTORY AND RELATED DISCIPLINES, WAS HELD IN JUNE 1964. THE SUGGESTIONS AND DIRECTIVES OF THE CONFERENCE WERE IMPLEMENTED. PRELIMINARY SAMPLING VISITS WERE MADE AT REPRESENTATIVE INSTITUTIONS, AND MATERIALS AND INSTRUMENTS FOR THE MAJOR INVESTIGATION PREPARED. RESEARCH PROCEDURES…

THE EFFECT ON ACHIEVEMENT OF INTEGRATING THE STUDIES OF SPANISH AND BIOLOGY WAS REPORTED. STUDENTS IN THE EXPERIMENT RECEIVED INSTRUCTION IN BIOLOGY THROUGH DISCUSSIONS AND READINGS IN SPANISH. THE SPANISH LANGUAGE THUS BECAME THE MEANS TO AN END RATHER THAN THE SOLE END ITSELF. EXPERIMENTAL MATERIALS WERE SELECTED AND DEVELOPED, CONSISTING OF…