Describes a summer course in chemistry conducted by college teachers for children aged 9 through 12. The children were provided with simple laboratory equipment and performed actual experiments and recorded the results. A few demonstrations were given, but lecturing was kept to a minimum. (MLH)

A course using English literature and urban geography to study the development and lifestyle of the city is described. (DE)

This course uses urban geography and literature to involve students in the urban environment. Six humanities units on the topics of individual identity in the city, history and growth, form and fiction, urban living, urban problems, and individual creativity in the city are described. (DE)

Argues that Afro-American studies has undergone many changes that have taken it from a political movement per se to a recognized developing academic discipline having a respectable body of knowledge and researchable content with the black humanities and social sciences comprising its core curriculum. (Author/JM)

The academic weaknesses in the CLASP program (described in SO 504 356) are examined by sociology professors at the same university. (DE)

Experiential learning has proved a useful tool in adding meaning to an undergraduate course in the problems of aging and delivery of long-term care. Sensory deprivation and institutionalization commonly experienced by the elderly can be simulated. The response to this educational process increased the students' understanding of sensory…

This description of course objectives, content, students, and evaluation of an interdisciplinary social welfare course concludes that teaching social welfare in a comparative cross-national framework contributes to instilling an understanding of key social welfare concepts, programs, and issues. (JT)

Students in an introductory course at Wayne County Community College (Detroit, Michigan) are given a field work project assignment which involves choosing a social problem, and investigating it by means of library work and visits to agencies involved in dealing with the problem. A critical evaluation in formal paper form is required. (NHM)

A pilot course in mastery learning in a survey course in English literature at the Beirut University College is described. The course was designed to increase the retention of knowledge and skills of students of another culture, utilizing the lecture-discussion method and the mastery learning concepts. (Author/RM)

In 1971 the author introduced an interdisciplinary course, "Women in Modern Society," at Loyola College, Montreal, which now has a complete Women's Studies Program. She relates the development of her interest in the subject, problems encountered in obtaining support and approval, and the success of the first course with 50 students. (JT)

Describes a two-year course sequence that is team taught and theme centered. Themes include the earth, the senses, time, and rate of change. The teaching method is the discovery approach and the role of the teacher is outlined. Explains student assessment and outlines problems and observations related to the program. (GS)

Implementation in a college level course of the Therapeutic Community Teaching Concept, which creates a comforting community that values mutual concern, is described. (JH)