The Use of Activity-Centered Minicourses to Solve Difficult Educational Problems.

Beers, Ransom B.

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ERIC Number: EJ086657

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Publication Date: 1973

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The Use of Activity-Centered Minicourses to Solve Difficult Educational Problems

Beers, Ransom B.

Science Teacher, 40, 6, 26-29, Sep 73

Describes the development of activity centered science minicourses in an isolated California high school, and lists the characteristics considered essential for a good minicourse curriculum. Advocates a program in which specialist teachers travel between small rural schools with limited resources, presenting well developed and exciting minicourses. (JR)

Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Programs, Instruction, Minicourses, Physics, Program Descriptions, Science Curriculum, Science Education, Secondary School Science, Teaching Methods

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