Examines the underlying assumptions of the rhetoric of desktop publishing promoters. Suggests four criteria to help educators provide insights into issues and challenges concerning desktop publishing technology that design students will face on the job. (MG)

Offers an overview of key concepts within hypertext research, discussing its relevance to the theories and practices of journalism. Surveys recent books and articles on new technologies in journalism. Describes a university reporting and writing course that responds to the fundamental challenges of hypertext to contemporary journalism. Examines…

Describes several teaching exercises combining art and ecology that have been used in advanced ecology courses and may be adaptable to art criticism. Considers the nature of art, the ecological content of art, and the artistic form of ecological models. Contains 40 references. (DDR)

Describes Science Technology and Society (STS) simulations that teach students about human experiences involving controversial issues. When students are taught using controversial and authentic issues, science instruction becomes current and engaging. (SAH)

Describes the wood technics program at Fox Valley Technical College. Includes a week-by-week course design schedule, related course work, equipment needs, and a floor plan of the shop. (JOW)

Suggests that there is continued poverty in student understanding of proof. Reports on how proof attitudes could be inculcated in students by offering them a course design that is somewhat faithful to the historical genesis of modern mathematics. Contends that such a design can enable students to discover a sense of proof for themselves. (Contains…

Describes an undergraduate education course on teaching in a multicultural society. Finds students to be multicultural illiterates, based on their lack of knowledge of multicultural terms. Suggests videotapes and textbooks for building students' multicultural knowledge base. Presents field activities that promote greater multicultural awareness.…

One of a series of resources for teaching sociology at the postsecondary level, this volume discusses the background, problems, and course format for an introductory course on war as a social problem. Material is divided into seven sections. Section 1 provides an introduction to the course. Section 2 contains the instructor's personal background…

"The Core Knowledge Sequence (CKS) is a consensus-based model of specific content guidelines that, when used as the basis of about 50% of a school's curriculum, can provide a solid, coherent foundation of learning for students in the elementary grades." An introductory section discusses the CKS, its implementation, profiles of the CKS at…

Literature, as a unique discipline and a core course offered from kindergarten through college, lends itself as a wonderful yet daunting subject for the study of sequencing strategies on both macro (curriculum) and micro (course) levels. Current literature instruction mainly involves such sequencing strategies as literary forms, chronology…

A description is provided of "Uncomplicated Grief and Bereavement," a course designed to provide the graduate nursing student with the assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, and evaluation skills required to facilitate a normal bereavement outcome among persons experiencing the loss of a significant other. The course description first…

A description is provided of "Theories for Extended Pediatric Nursing Practice," a required course for pediatric and family nurse practitioner students in a California state university program. The course description presents information on the curricular placement of the course, prerequisites, in-class time allotments, and the focus of the course…

The booklet describes ways in which a logic teacher learned to accommodate learning disabled college students. Information on structuring the course includes general principles (such as clear expectations and a variety of learning modalities), considerations in identifying LD students, and use of a detailed course syllabus. He reviews a typical…

A college professor involved with the HELDS (Higher Education for Learning Disabled Students) project discusses ways in which he modified his course on the sociology of leisure for LD students. Following a review of LD characteristics is a discussion on identifying LD in students. Teaching strategies are discussed (including use of tape…

This document discusses how insights and knowledge gained from the author's stay in India have been applied to developing a course plan for a "World Literature I" course. Following a brief introduction, the document describes using "The Bhagavadgita" and "Hindu Myths," points out some of the general questions which…