This article provides a brief history of the development of library subject guides (often referred to as pathfinders) from the late 1800s to the present. During this period, subject guides have changed both their focus and format. The needs of academic institutions at the turn of the 20th century were very different than they are today, and…

The author discusses the special potential of nonnarrated films over traditional films and cites many film titles for possible classroom use. (Author/DE)

Listings of guides, newsletters, magazines, textbooks, multimedia kits, filmstrips, cassettes, and films are included in this collection of consumer education materials intended to provide teaching-learning resources for preview and evaluation. All entries are grouped according to the type of medium, with each entry including a title, ordering…

Two methods in use at the University of Exeter are examined: the case study and computer assisted learning. They are successfully applied to seminar situations that allow staff to encourage the formulation and discussion of problems in an open-ended context from the start of the course. (LBH)

This newsletter is designed to serve as a clearinghouse for the exchange of ideas and information on new strategies of teaching and instructional resources about population in colleges and universities. The first article discusses some of the contemporary problems faced in teaching population studies to undergraduates. The second article outlines…

The best instructional materials are found in the "real world" and are adapted for students. Valuable aids are the newspaper, advertisements, cartoons, tapes of French radio and television broadcasts, and the VIPS service in Ontario. A worksheet that will facilitate the use of radio and television broadcasts is included. (SW)

This book was written for the instructor who is interested in improving and enriching his teaching by the use of devices that are readily available and can be afforded by most colleges and universities. The chapters describe a variety of teaching aids and how they can be used in education, and give information on how one can prepare his own audio…

This catalog contains over 200 entries listing books, booklets, newspapers, magazines, reference materials, videos, and other multi-media resources about Alaska Natives. The catalog was designed for use by secondary school social studies teachers, but many entries could be useful in other academic disciplines and in classes ranging from elementary…

This report describes an instructional unit on government documents for college freshmen, implemented at the university library at Southest Missouri State University. Government documents in the federal depository library were the focus for the unit. In the introductory session to library use, the students often received only a cursory…

Over 460 resources published between 1981 and 1982 are listed in this selected bibliography on the didactics of geography. Entries are classified under the following headings: (1) the didactics of geography as a scientific discipline; (2) textbooks on geography instruction and the didactics of geography in Czechoslovakia; (3) contemporary…

Designed to identify research methodologies suitable for the qualitative evaluation of media support services, this 1-year prototypical study used ethnographic research methods to evaluate media services within a school of nursing. Objectives were established in the areas of needs assessment and evaluation of the condition and context of media…

A guide for teaching with audiovisual aids, based on the in-class experiences of 30 faculty members from Memphis State University and Shelby State Community College, is presented. The faculty members represented 20 instructional areas and the range of audiovisual usage included in-class use of traditional audiovisual materials and techniques, the…

At 4-year intervals since 1950, the United Nations has requested its Member States to review and report what schools, colleges, and adult organizations have been doing to make known the work of international organizations. The present U.S. report for 1960-1963 is a chronicle of the many steps toward peace taken by individuals, organizations,…

This paper describes the 3-year development of the Language Resources Centre at the University of Southampton. The Centre provides a range of self-access resources and facilities in a pleasant working environment for language learners. It offers assistance for languages taught at the university as well as for languages not taught at the…