A comparative analysis of six UNISIST short training courses was conducted as a basis for recommendations to the UNISIST Steering Committee in regard to future strategies for their education and training programs. Information that emerged from the course evaluations, which varied considerably in comprehensiveness and objectivity, was analyzed.…

Examined was the effect of the establishment of mini-courses on student attitudes in a small rural high school setting. All students in grades 9-12 were given the School Sentiment Index (SSI) and the Subject Area Preference (SAP) in the early fall and near the end of the school year. Completed by 205 students (118 boys and 87 girls), the SSI…

This trainer's manual describes a college level mini-course on moral education. As a result of the course experience, participants will gain an appreciation of the importance of moral education, learn to lead moral discussions, and incorporate relevant moral issues into the elementary and secondary curriculum. There are three parts to the…

This book provides suggestions for teaching a minicourse in dental hygiene. It is designed to serve as a guide for a health program for upper elementary students and also as a guide to implementing a tooth tutoring program. This program trains grade five students to tutor younger students in the basic principles of dental health. Each section…

This language arts minicourse guide for Lampeter-Strasburg (Pennsylvania) High School contains a topical outline of a science fiction course. The guide includes a list of ten course objectives; an outline of the major themes and types of science fiction covered in the course; a description of the course content with emphasis on defining and…

This language arts minicourse guide for Lampeter-Strasburg (Pennsylvania) High School contains a topical outline of a short story course. The guide includes a list of five course objectives; an outline of the origins, characteristics, themes, symbols, and content common to the short story genre; a description of the course content used in studying…

This language arts minicourse guide for Lampeter-Strasburg (Pennsylvania) High School contains a topical outline of a course on literature for the adolescent years. The guide includes a list of thirteen course objectives; an outline of the motifs to be studied in two novels characteristic of adolescent literature; a description of the course…

This language arts minicourse guide for Lampeter-Strasburg (Pennsylvania) High School contains a topical outline for a speech course. The guide includes a list of sixteen course objectives; an outline of the elements of speech communication to be covered by the course; a description of the content and concepts to be studied in interpersonal and…

This language arts mincourse guide for Lampeter-Strasburg (Pennsylvania) High School contains a topical outline for a beginning course on Shakespeare. The guide includes a list of 24 course objectives; an outline of the background material on the Elizabethan Age and on the life and works of Shakespeare; a description of the content and concepts…

This study was designed and conducted to determine the effectiveness of audio-tutorial minicourses in increasing achievement in the biological sciences at the college freshman level. In 1971, 75 randomly selected students in the experimental group attended regular lecture and laboratory periods in addition to completing 10 minicourses. The 79…

This course guide for teachers is intended to provide experiences for secondary students in illumination and lighting for a drama production. Performance objectives listed for the students include: (1) setting up a lighting diagram for a one-scene show and a two- or multiple-scene production; (2) wiring and setting up equipment for a one-scene…

Developed as part of a high school quinmester unit on approaches to literary criticism, this guide provides the teacher with teaching strategies for an investigation of five major intellectual points of view from which literary works are analyzed and judged. A specific literary work (in novel, poem, short story, or other form) is discussed and…

Developed as part of a quinmester unit for high school on advanced performance in argumentation, this guide provides the teacher with suggested teaching strategies for a course of continued development of the concepts learned in "Performance in Argumentation and Debate" and provides training for varsity debaters. Range of subject matter…

Minicourses, one of the most popular educational developments to appear in a long time, are the subject of this working paper. It is designed to illustrate the impact of and to provide information about short courses or mini-courses, in the Pennsylvania secondary social studies curriculum. An attempt is made to answer questions that are frequently…

This course guide is intended to help teachers introduce students to the basic concepts of readers' or interpreters' theatre. Performance objectives for the students are listed which include: (1) discerning the elements that make up a good choice of material, developing some understanding of how to adapt and arrange the material for readers'…