The Associateship Diploma in Education is seen as an important means of promoting and encouraging the use of audiovisual aids in Nigerian primary schools. Objectives of audiovisual instruction, a course outline, and procedures for teaching the course are suggested, and use of aids in primary schools is surveyed. (Author/MLW)

Provides a suggested outline for a teacher education course for writing teachers that emphasizes both rhetorical theory and practice. (MKM)

This directory lists programs in 23 countries, for the most part at universities, that deal with French for Special Purposes, mostly in the scientific and technical areas. The annotated entries are listed by country. (AM)

A language school teacher explains some of his methods for teaching beginning French, including course content, use of drill and homework, pronunciation, and the use of choral speaking to teach stress and intonation. (SJL)

The article outlines the content of a course in blueprint reading designed for those in or preparing for jobs in the construction trades. Course material can be divided into units and the units then grouped as modules, enabling the teacher to cover just the material needed for the particular class. (MF)

Presents a description of an undergraduate abnormal psychology course developed from a theory of instruction and active student participation, the theoretical basis for the course, student course evaluation, and an interpretation of the students' performances. (Author/CK)

Describes an undergraduate chemical engineering course which was designed at North Carolina State University to introduce the experimental side of chemical process technology. The course lectures, experiments, objectives, evaluation and information sources are also discussed. (HM)

Describes a chemistry course for nonspecialist chemistry students at Sheffield University, England. Visitations to establishments within a twenty-mile radius of the school are listed. Emphasis is on the theory and practice of chemistry and the social implications of science. (SA)

The purpose of this paper is to describe and to evaluate an in-service workshop in family life education presented by the author in Calgary, Alberta, and to identify some of the implications of this experience for other in-service education for family life educators. (Author)

Investigates the effect of an activity-oriented biology course on the science attitudes of preservice elementary teachers. Forty-nine students enrolled in this course during the winter and spring quarter of 1977 at St. Cloud State University, Minnesota participated in this study. (HM)

Describes a "preliminary" course for English as a foreign language in Grades 5-6, including games and situational conversations. An outline is given, ordered on the basis of increasing difficulty. Hints are given for extending the repertoire of games. Finally, the value of written texts is discussed. (IFA/WGA)

A list of topics and related field experiences accompany this description of an introductory undergraduate course on housing and society. Topics and community experiences are also outlined for a graduate course in advanced housing and interior design. (TA)

Describes an outdoor science project for junior high students that deeply involves the observer with the natural environment he is observing. Lists teaching tactics that promote deep student awareness of the environment. Describes four introductory activities and an example of an investigation that might normally grow out of an introductory…

Describes a teaching unit designed to create in students an awareness of and an appreciation for the possibilities for energy conservation as they relate to architecture. It is noted that the unit can be adapted for use in many industrial programs and with different teaching methods due to the variety of activities that can be used. (Editor/TA)

Looks at a course which sends teachers out into the communities of minority cultures. (Editor)