The use of science fiction in the classroom to clarify environmental or ecological values is discussed in this article. Science fiction was chosen due to its universal appeal and application. Students read and analyzed a story and were then required to take a position and to defend it. (MA)

Reports a study indicating that significant shifts toward self-actualization in teachers can be achieved and that a small group simulation experience which entails personal inquiry, planning, performance, analysis of teaching, and self-evaluation is quite useful in that respect. (JT)

Approaches for making the study of poetry relevant to the interests and needs of college students are suggested with emphasis on discussion of ideas and content as opposed to form and structure. (JT)

Two methods of teaching interaction and communication skills were compared. One method was lecturing while a second involved lecturing plus modeling and practice. Results showed that although both groups of 24 subjects made progress, only the second group's learning of communication skills was statistically significant compared to the pretest…

Evaluation of school counseling programs has been characterized by an emphasis on experimental, descriptive, and case study approaches. These studies are important in providing output information, but are limited in developing feedback needed while a program is in progress. Recommends counselors use formative approaches to evaluation to generate…

Ninety-three clients were interviewed for their reactions to a community mental health outreach program. The results indicate that for the majority this typical program met their perceived needs. (Author)

Science fiction provides three major areas for providing an innovative technique for teaching social sciences: 1) concern with the future; 2) flexibility in dealing with ideas: and 3) interest and readability. A selected bibliography provides resources which correspond to topical concerns of social studies. (Author/JR)

This article describes typical urban-rural atmospheric differences, focuses on heat islands as an example of observable alternation-response effects, and briefly describes some simple exercises which are intended to illustrate the reason for such temperature differences. (Author/DE)

Two graduate level interdisciplinary courses in industrial archaeology are described. (DE)

Seven articles on "Games in English Teaching," from four journals (1969-1975) are presented in abbreviated form. Pedagogical questions, and the introduction, adaptation and function of the games, are discussed. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

The aim of the present study was to demonstrate that ability in generating activity ideas (AIPA) can be improved by training and to determine which of the more obvious training options would result in greatest improvement. (Author/RK)

Implications for teaching the metric system to educable retarded students are discussed. (CL)

This article examines the role of the teaching assistant in foreign language teaching in Britain, and the ways in which teaching assistants can be used in the implementation of new teaching methods. (CLK)