This paper explores the potential of feature film to encourage more inclusive, participatory and open learning in the area of employment relations. Evaluations of student responses in a single postgraduate course over a five-year period revealed how feature film could encourage participatory learning processes in which students reexamined their…

Organic chemistry is a traditionally difficult subject with high failure & withdrawal rates and many areas of conceptual difficulty for students. To promote student learning and success, four undergraduate organic chemistry and spectroscopy courses at the first to third year level (17-420 students) were "flipped" in 2013-2014. In the…

Reports on the 266 responses to a survey of high school accounting teachers in Oklahoma. Teaching methods discussed include lecture, discussion, demonstration, supervised problem work, work experience, and individualized instruction. (GC)

Presents several novel activities designed to enable preservice counselors to become more familiar with the local and national occupational scenes. Specific activities involve use of Dictionary of Occupational Titles, Selected Characteristics of Occupations Defined in the Dictionary of Occupational Titles, Occupational Outlook Handbook, The Guide…

Presents information on how and what is taught in courses on the "Age of Goethe." Two appendices are presented that list the institutions responding to a questionnaire concerning the teaching of this course and the less familiar texts of the period that are treated by some instructors. (GLR)

The U.S. is participating in an international comparative survey of language education with over 30 other countries. Phase one will examine the teaching of Spanish, French, German, Japanese, and English-as-a-Second-Language, noting the social, political, and educational context of language education. Phase two will test students and collect data…

Intended to assist district and school curriculum developers, this report offers clarification of the relationships among 12 state goals of education using information obtained through a survey of Department of Education staff and representatives of professional associations. Defined as the goals of education are the areas of communication skills,…