Describes an elective, upper-level course on caring for terminally ill patients, designed for baccalaureate nursing students. Discusses the hospice concept and its background, course design, communication with dying patients and their families, and outcomes of the course as measured by a pretest and two posttests. (CH)

In the face of a decline in the number of students electing French in the reform curriculum, upper level, it is argued that the order French--English (as first and second language, respectively) is desirable. The resulting situation from a teaching standpoint is then outlined. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

This paper traces the development of curriculum in higher education in the United States. A classical education based on the seven liberal arts was the basis of the curriculum for the early colonial colleges. In its earliest days, the curriculum was relevant to the preparation of students for the professions of the period. Over time, the…

Discusses English program of multiple electives in a small high school; a paper presented at annual convention of National Council of Teachers of English (59th, Washington, D.C., November 28, 1969). (SW)

The curriculum gets lost when schools adopt electives in English, a technique the author regards as merely reshuffling quantities"; change should be perceived in the terms of medium, not content." (Author/SP)

Describes 3-week elective courses in English, drama, and speech inserted in a traditional 2-semester format at Lincoln, Nebraska's Southeast High School. (RD)

The quantity of schooling students receive in different curricular areas makes a powerful contribution to differences in achievement both within and between schools. These variations in quantity arise from differences in course offerings available to students in different high schools, as well as from variations in course selections by students.…

Offers a defense of teaching science fiction as an elective in the high-school English curriculum. (RL)

More than just learning to draw, art education is complementary to other areas of the curriculum. (Author/JM)

Traces the history of the English elective curriculum from its roots in the 1890s to its flowering in the 1960s. (DD)

A case history of the elective English program at South High School in Minneapolis. (DD)