Describes an alternative approach to teaching communication arts that focuses on the student's communicative experiences as the center of concern. (MH)

A justification for a strategy and the whole strategy then described and illustrated as it was applied to the development of a course for the Royal Australian Navy. (Author)

Considered the development of religious education programs in community colleges. (RK)

Discusses an interdisciplinary course on the psychology and philosophy of William James. Describes course organization and goals. Explains that the course includes sections on James' life and personal characteristics, his psychological and philosophical works, and specific psychological and philosophical topics that he addressed. Assesses…

There are cognitive, social, personal, and practical reasons for studying a second language, and the syllabus is shaped by these and the identity of the learners, general and specific course objectives, educational principles, course components, learner input, and student evaluation procedures. A dynamic syllabus addresses four language competence…

Guidelines for planning a basic business course, particularly at the ninth grade level, are presented along with seven considerations for the implementation of structure for the first day of class. (SH)

Argues that successful content area reading lessons are well-structured lessons. Explains organizing concepts and how to use them. (FL)

Described a course whose primary objective would be to give meaning and significance to individual lives by relating them to their collective history, a period from the early part of the twentieth century until the present, in which older people have lived.

Discusses the teaching of a varied open-ended, integrated chemistry course, and indicates that the teaching-learning process is made easier on account of students' varied experiences and high motivations. (CC)

Discusses the objectives of secondary school history instruction in Lithuania. Presents a comprehensive topic syllabus of world and Lithuanian history as currently taught in all Lithuanian schools. Includes selected titles from the 390 lessons allotted to the topics. (CFR)

A discussion of educational design with emphasis on development of behaviorally stated objectives for a course. (JT)

ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND POLITICAL CHANGES IN SOCIETY AT LARGE, AS WELL AS DEVELOPMENTS IN EDUCATIONAL IDEOLOGIES AND METHODS HAVE CREATED THE NEED FOR NEW UNIVERSITY COURSES IN THE FIELD OF PEDAGOGY. TO HELP MEET THIS NEED, A ONE-YEAR COURSE ON EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY, WILL BE INTRODUCED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG, BEGINNING SPRING SEMESTER…

The ultimate goal of the research described in this paper is to develop a set of instructional objectives for driver education courses based on a comprehensive and detailed analysis of the driver's task. There are two phases--first, an analysis of the driver's tasks; second, a set of instructional objectives developed from results of the task…