A newly developed course on education in contemporary China is described. Objectives, curriculum materials, teaching strategies, learning activities, and evaluation are briefly outlined. The three-credit, college-level course explores educational policy and practice in the People's Republic of China since 1949, with emphasis on the…

Auburn University in Alabama shows how curricular innovations can stimulate the personalized, cross-disciplinary teaching and learning that are threatened by the large-size and scholarly compartmentalization of many university campuses. The Mentor-Interdisciplinary Seminar program for freshmen and the Ascent of Man interdisciplinary course for…

A course at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center in Chicago provides students with an understanding of the administrative responsibilities inherent in academic management positions. A practicum, thesis project, and seminars cover such topics as legislative trends and effects of health care institutions, manpower planning and recruitment,…

This course was designed to explore traditional and contemporary theories and research as they relate to male and female roles in Western and non-Western cultures. Readings, discussions, exercises, and attitude surveys were used to combine cognitive and affective learning. Student evaluations and informal follow-up have been positive. (Author/JEL)

Discusses the need for an Indian point of view in Indian studies programs. Describes and evaluates a graduate seminar on American Indian history at the University of Nebraska which combined oral history with more traditional historical methodology. For journal availability, see so 506 696. (DB)

Discusses some basic assumptions and fears associated with the implementation of the Doctor of Arts Degree at the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle. Also examines the curriculum requirements of the degree and how those who have received the degree have fared as teachers. (Author/RK)

Offers an example of problem-oriented literature teaching, using various texts reflecting various views of an historical event. Various phases of the course are outlined. The main emphasis is on the literary aspects, for which the use of three ballads, a poem, a drama and a novel are suggested. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Describes an English for Special Purposes program for foreign students at the Goulburn Street Centre in Sydney, Australia. (CFM)

Reports the development in the United States of national media courses, i.e., those using television, newspapers, radio or magazines as the essential means of instruction supplemented with additional readings and other studies. (Editor/RK)

As this course introduces health professional students to the delivery of primary health care in a family setting, emphasis is placed on the principles and procedures of team development and maintenance and on the recognition of group dynamics, interaction, and communication processes in the team and family. (LBH)

A training course that transmits theoretical as well as practical knowledge of teaching is described as it developed at Oxford's Wolfson College. Methods teaching is combined with consideration of problems such as the purpose of a university education, the nature of the process of learning, and the teacher-student relationship. (LBH)

A course using films and readings for intermediate Spanish students is described. Selection and types of films and coordinated reading materials are discussed. (CHK)

A Spanish course is described in which reading ability was gained as a preliminary to a conventional first-year language course. Through passive learning, recognition of vocabulary and grammatical structure was achieved, and correct pronunciation and writing drills reinforced learning. Good results were obtained in the subsequent conventional…

Describes a school-based course implemented in the professional sequence for industrial teacher education students designed to use a local school/university partnership in the pre-service preparation of industrial education teachers; also describes the role of course participants, and problems encountered in the course along with some solutions.…

An issue-oriented approach to the teaching of personality involved students from one class in formal debates with students from another class. Evaluation of student attitudes and achievement in the course showed that high motivation and sharpened critical thinking resulted from the course design. (Author/AV)