An experimental high school course involved team teaching of American history and literature on the basis of five American novels. Learning objectives, class structure, curriculum units, supplementary materials, and evaluation techniques are described. (AV)

Defends values education and describes five segments of an elective high school course entitled "Contemporary American Literature: The Search for Values." (DD)

This paper describes an undergraduate career planning course. It gives a course history and an overview of critical issues in student development. This is followed by a description of the design, development, and results of course evaluations, and finally by implications for similar future programs. (Author/BP)

Describes a self-instructional Keller Plan (Personalized System of Instruction) course in geological oceanology which includes laboratory activities and field trips. (SL)

Describes a graduate electrical engineering mini-course, computer graphics gaming and simulation, classroom management and student progress records, student reaction to instruction, and computer graphics in undergraduate education. (SL)

Describes eight classroom activities which instruct college level sociology students about major concepts and principles of social psychology. Concepts include gestalt psychology, nonverbal communication, adaptation level, relative deprivation, selective exposure, labeling, sexism, and perceptual distortion. (Author/DB)

Designed to help handicapped persons who have been living a sheltered existence develop independent living skills, this course is divided into two parts. The first part consists of a five-day apartment live-in experience, and the second concentrates on developing the learners' awareness of community resources and consumer skills. (BM)

An experimental multimedia gross anatomy program for freshman medical students at Emory University includes audiovisuals, computer-assisted instruction, and tutorial sessions using prosected specimens. No lectures or dissection are included. A comparative study shows that multimedia students learned human anatomy as well as those in traditional…

A short, intensive teacher training course for general practitioners is described, including its aims, context and content, and assessment of its effectiveness. Focus is on the need for training doctors with expertise in teaching, combined with an ability to assess patients' psychosocial as well as physical problems. (LBH)

Various modes of simulations currently used in law schools are reviewed, including the Simulated Law Firm (SLF) at SUNY Buffalo and various computer-aided teaching programs. Simulation and computer use in the legal profession is reported, followed by a historical description of simulations in teaching and research. Its effectiveness as a teaching…

A seminar in quality of care analysis was developed to: (1) familiarize health administration students with methods for measuring the quality of health care; (2) sensitize students to complexities of the medical care process; and (3) provide a setting where students interact directly with physicians in dealing with a common problem. (Editor/LBH)

Summarized is the need for and development of this project. Key features of the project including self-programming, support materials, student choices, and relevance of materials are discussed. Evaluation procedures are outlined and the preliminary conclusions of the evaluation procedures are summarized. (AJ)

The connection between social work and public interest work is examined and an attempt is reported to synthesize the two disciplines in a class for undergraduate social welfare majors. Ralph Nader's approach to social change provides a model for social workers. (Author/LBH)

A French course for sixth-formers of mixed ability who want to use the language in their careers is described. Groups are divided into A and B students, according to ability and aims. Goals, materials and lesson plans are outlined here. (CHK)

A basic course in pathology at Rotterdam's Erasmus University includes the study of psychological, sociological, economic, and political factors related to the etiology of somatic disorders. The principles of this approach to humanistic medicine are summarized and a description of the course is given. (Editor/LBH)