A practicum project involving the development of learning modules for introductory accounting at Castleton State College is described. After the initial step of evaluating educational materials in modular learning in accounting, learning objectives for introductory level accounting were developed. The overall learning objectives for the unit were…

The purpose of this study was to secure the opinions of educators and practitioners as to how helpful advertising educators have been in the past, their potential for help in the future, and, based on this response, how they can be helpful. Members of the Advertising Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and of the American…

This paper defines and develops the use of instructional objectives in economic education. Such teaching technique is hypothesized to improve economic understanding through improved learning efficiency and evaluation of learning achieved. Instructional objectives are defined and exemplified, both in general literature and specific practice. In…

Explains considerations weighed during the development of a communications curriculum, particularly with regard to the conflict between a student-centered and a content-centered emphasis. (GW)

Data from a survey of directors of APA-approved programs in clinical psychology reveal that a substantial number of programs offer formal training in clinical psychophysiology. Details are provided regarding types of training available; content areas covered; and, ratings indicating interest, utility and potential of biofeedback,…

Assumptions about liberal arts education need to be reexamined, the environment in which they are taught needs to be restructured, the mechanics of the learning and teaching activities must be reviewed, and a balance must be found between objectivity and human judgment. (MSE)

Citizens of technologically advanced nations are confronted with tremendous ethical dilemmas that students need to develop sophisticated ethical frameworks to deal with. The humanities must teach students to think as carefully about questions of value as about questions of fact. (MSE)

Lack of support for language and literature study in higher education reflects the larger attitudes of American culture: that learning for its own sake has little value. This provincialism is outmoded, dangerous, and intellectually indefensible, and must be eliminated in order to redefine language and literature studies. (MSE)

The act of writing reflects the mind operating from learned techniques, but learning is also being practiced. Writing instruction includes the study of rhetoric as well as literature, which makes it a liberal art. Understanding the principles of rhetoric allows the writer to know that how something is said is as important as what is said. (MSE)

The goals of medical school curricula regarding the clinical competencies of graduating students were explored. Inventories listing 83 clinical skills were sent to U.S. medical schools and to volunteer clinical faculty members at the University of Utah School of Medicine. (Author/MLW)

Greater attention to the needs of students and to teaching methods is urged, and specific suggestions are given. (IM)

Evidence that thought is a displaced social process contradicts the assumptions that the mind is a mirror of nature and thought a private, individual process. A curriculum that involves learning to identify beliefs, to analyze and express beliefs socially, and to understand and form communities of knowledgeable peers is described. (Author/MLW)

The modern research university has wiped out general and liberal learning in American colleges and universities. The need to restore a sense of purpose to colleges which offer general education is discussed, along with the importance of placing a proper value on teaching. (PP)

Describes the Nigerian educational system. Answers critiques of the liberal arts legacy of the colonial period by pointing out the contributions of the tradition. Advocates a balanced educational curriculum integrating science and technical education with a wide range of humanistic disciplines that address traditional and contemporary issues. (DMM)

Subject matter in general education is simply the vehicle for instruction. Beyond the disciplines themselves, general education should provide seven forms of competency: vocabulary, learning skills, methods of inquiry, perspective, understanding of limitations, ability to find implications, and sensitivity. (MSE)