Offers suggestions for keeping the journalism class exciting and the teacher and students enthusiastic. Suggestions include inviting people in the profession to work with students, providing opportunities for publication of journalism students' works, and having students write a news account of a historical news event. (HTH)

Recommends teaching journalism as an English course or in combination with an English course to ensure the continuation of journalism education in the face of more stringent graduate requirements. Describes such a course, which includes literature, a research paper, and regular composition assignments. (HTH)

Upon rejecting traditional world history curricula, which include all chronological developments from cave dweller to 20th century, a course is suggested to study significant patterns of government, economics, revolution, war, major religions, geography, scientific advancement, education, and rise and fall of civilizations. (Author/AV)

Describes the "time" approach, a non-traditional method for teaching Bookkeeping I, which redirects the general climate of the first week of class by not introducing crucial balance sheet and journal concepts, but makes use of sections 441 and 446 of the Internal Revenue Code, thereby permitting students to learn the important role "time"…

How three business education teachers coped with declining enrollments by introducing the new shorthand system, Century 21, to their students. (HD)

A method for individualizing the study of a literary text is presented. It emphasizes the need to develop the four skills while deemphasizing the traditional role of literary texts as a vehicle for acquiring critical literary skills. (Author/RM)

Discusses the problems of elective programs from course content and curriculum planning through administrative difficulties. (Author/RB)

What one finally sees after teaching the same course for more than ten years is change in the teacher, the students, and the school. (RB)

The emotional and physical development of children entering secondary schools at age eleven affects their ability to adjust to new learning patterns. While teachers and curriculum planners must accommodate their needs, the children too must respond and communicate in order to realize their potential. (JB)

Concepts which represent the minimal conceptual essentials for the study of nuclear weapons in secondary level social studies classes are discussed, and issues and controversies which may rise during such a study are examined. (RM)

In the Australian state of Victoria, control of academic curriculum has shifted from the bureaucrats to locally based teacher networks and statewide associations which limit subject scope and teaching styles. However, curriculum has not changed significantly, indicating that institutional reforms do not necessarily result in radical alterations of…

An interdisciplinary course focuses on the catastrophic threat that nuclear weapons pose for humanity. The course involves secondary students taking a preassessment quiz, discussing nuclear warfare terms, answering a Gallup Poll survey, reading literature, listening to guest speakers, learning about organizations concerned with nuclear issues, and…

Argues that headteachers in English secondary schools should be trained by specially devised training programs. The role of the headteacher and the content and form of the training programs are discussed. (RM)

Presents major issues involved in the controversy over whether sex education should be offered in public high schools. Topics discussed include the campaign against adolescent pregnancy, realistic sex education, relationship of sex education to public health programs, government role in developing and funding sex education, and various approaches…

Discusses the reaction of evolutionists to the creationist's efforts to pass legislation which would mandate the teaching of the biblical account of creation. (DS)