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Shanebrook, J. Richard – 1985
A nuclear technology college course for engineering students is outlined and described. The course begins with an historical account of the scientific discoveries leading up to the uranium experiments of Hahn and Strassman in Germany and the subsequent explanation of nuclear fission by Meitner and Frisch. The technological achievements of the…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Engineering Education, Higher Education, History
Merikangas, Robert J. – 1985
An undergraduate honors course on the Nobel Peace Prize winners at the University of Maryland focuses on styles of leadership and includes three main areas of attention: (1) the inner journey, or heart of the peacemaker, (2) leadership exercised through organizations and movements, and (3) the rhetoric of the leader. The course was divided into a…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Course Descriptions, Higher Education, Individual Characteristics
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Iino, Atsushi – Social Education, 1994
Reports on the views of 73 secondary school Japanese students toward the United Nations. Finds that most tend to think of the UN as relevant to conflicts. Describes how the hunger issue was used in an English-as-a-Second-Language class to teach about the United Nations. (CFR)
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development