This study examined the Mini-Course Enrichment Program offered at two Ottawa (Ontario, Canada) universities which provide week-long programs for gifted secondary school students. Respondents (97 students and 80 parents) perceived that the program enhanced personal control, developed a sense of risk taking, and helped in preparing for the future.…

In 2002 the Faculty of Information Technology at the University of Technology Sydney began a major initiative to improve the participation of Indigenous Australians in the Information Technology (IT) sector. This followed an initial study which showed that very few Indigenous students undertook studies in IT at university and therefore few found…

Describes a group of short courses, primarily for the high school science teacher, dealing with the chemistry of drugs, food, and water pollution; and a group of short courses, primarily for the full time college student, dealing with scientific instrumental methods. (MLH)

Brief notes discuss current items of interest such as a behavior modification device for teachers and minicourses for elementary school teachers. (JF)

This document contains lab activities, problem sets, and a tape script to be accompanied by a slide show. The minicourse covers the following topics of general chemistry: kinetic-molecular theory, the Bohr atom, acids, bases, and salts, the periodic table, bonding, chemical equations, the metric system, computation of density, mass, and volume,…

The potential of regional schools and colleges in generating social science information for rural development organizations has been discounted because of the commonly held assumption that the combination of low resources and relatively poorly trained or overworked staff will not yield satisfactory results. Often, however, the significant limiting…

This is a comparative study of a school utilizing a mini-course science elective curriculum and one using a conventional textbook program in order to investigate the effectiveness of mini-course programs with respect to students' achievement and attitudes toward science. Two suburban junior high schools were selected, and different instructional…

This handbook for teachers is designed for use as a short, self-contained program to help teachers add effective tutoring to their overall teaching program. The format of the course consists of four steps: (1) reading about new teaching skills; (2) seeing these skills demonstrated in films of actual teaching sessions; (3) practicing the skills…

Markets can be defined as groups of people or organizations that have resources that could be exchanged for distinct benefits. Market segmentation is one strategy for market management and involves describing the market in terms of the subgroups that compose it so that exchanges with those subgroups can be more effectively promoted or facilitated.…

The purpose of this monograph is to discuss the minicourse as a model for the continuing education of teachers. The first section defines the minicourse and describes its evolution. The second section discusses the characteristics of the minicourses at the Centre for Advancement of Teaching (CAT) at Macquarie University, New South Wales,…

The minicourse/electives English program outlined in this guide focuses on the reading of short stories containing themes of interest and provides a study of the act of the short story. This course may center either on genre or on theme and may be planned for 8, 10, 12, or 20 weeks. Contents of the guide include sections on the scope of the…

Minicourse 1, an auto-instructional package based on the microteaching-video tape recorder process, instructs the teacher in specific teaching skills and directs him in self-evaluation of his own teaching. Field tests in Minicourse (MC) 1 (questioning skill at the elementary school level) indicated behaviorally significant changes in teachers and…

Summarized are the planning and implementing activities for the two-day program entitled Exploration Through Technology, developed as part of the Research and Development Project in Career Education, Milford, Mebraska. The proposal presents the utilization of the Nebraska Technical Community College as a communtiy resource. Objectives were to…

Developed for a high school unit on special occasion speeches, this guide is designed to help students learn the eulogy, the tribute, and the after-dinner, introduction, nomination, and acceptance speeches. Performance objectives are listed along with a rationale for the course and its content. A section entitled "Teaching Strategies"…