Students in 14 teacher colleges in Great Britian were given tests to assess their knowledge of the reproductive system, genetics, and venereal diseases. Test results indicate the necessity for intensive health education courses in Colleges of Education. (DS)

Instruction in the humanities has reached a cultural impasse. The problem lies in finding a way to center the lore of a culture in any given curriculum. (CK)

The external degree provides an educational shortcut by providing credits for knowledge obtained outside of college. (Editor)

Since talking about sex is difficult, even those with minor sexual problems or no problems at all sometimes go through life wondering about their sexual adequacy. A few well placed questions could in most cases relieve their concerns. (Author)

Health questionnaires can be used to advantage to aid secondary school students in their ability to evaluate health information, products, and services, as well as to give them an appreciation of the need for scientific information in guiding individual health behavior. (Author)

Special issue devoted to the problems of teaching French at Level II. (DS)

Nutrition educators, defined as those individuals with baccalaureate level training who teach nutrition, were surveyed. Results suggest close interrelationships among nutrition knowledge, food/nutrition attitude, dietary behavior, and commitment to nutrition education. (SK)

This study was designed to examine the knowledge base of pregnant teenagers relative to that of their never-pregnant peers and adults. It also compared the parenting attitudes of pregnant teenagers to those of their never-pregnant peers. (Author/PN)

A 64-item questionnaire was used to determine college students' (N=1,515) attitudes/knowledge on energy issues. Comparisons were made between classroom (nonvolunteers) and library (volunteers) participants on opinions regarding energy situation, attitudes regarding energy future, energy-related knowledge questions, and attitude/knowledge change…

Discusses previous articles in this journal issue and addresses issues concerning the acquisition of specific social knowledge. (FL)

Examines the extent to which two classrooms of rural southern first graders shared common sex-role beliefs within an institutional setting that emphasized conflicting (traditional and egalitarian) gender-specific expections. Findings are presented, including that boys and girls drew from the total range of masculine, feminine, and neutral…

Administered Palmore's Facts on Aging Quiz to Australian undergraduates (N=188). Provided documentation based on available Australian statistics. Results showed a high degree of similarity in factual knowledge, misconceptions, and direction of bias of Australian students compared to those tested in the United States. (Author)

A study found that Kentucky school health education programs are not resulting in great knowledge of health issues among high school seniors. Reasons for this lack of health knowledge include: (1) The majority of health education teachers remain poorly trained in health; and (2) Health education has not been properly emphasized or valued within…