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"…

This course guide is intended to help teachers introduce students to poetry as a form of writing and to help them master poetic effects. Performance objectives include interpreting specific selections of poetry, identifying the artistic devices of an author, and classifying the poetry according to type. "Course Content" provides a…

Too often the dialect of the teacher or the student, or both, creates interferences which hinder the educational process. By being aware of potential problems in pronunciation, lexicon, and syntax, the teacher can explain or avoid language interferences. Furthermore, the teacher can consciously help the student avoid pejorative connotations some…

The primary purpose of the Symposium was to assist the veterinary medical educator in becoming a more effective and efficient teacher. The main focus was placed on the educational process and on newer ideas in education, with the expectation that application could be made to the totality of veterinary medical education. The Fifth Symposium was…

This project established seven regional demonstration centers for the teacher training products "Minicourses" of the Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development. The goals of these centers were as follows: a) to attract awareness and interest of prospective users, b) to provide a setting in which educators could evaluate…

This experiment was conducted to determine whether preservice teachers taking a combination of Minicourses and student teaching (the experimental group) would develop greater teaching skills than teachers taking only student teaching (the control group). Pre- and post-video tapes of their teaching performances were scored and compared using…

Developed for a quinmester unit on the Dickens family for the high school, this guide provides the teacher with teaching strategies for a course of study designed to familiarize the student with aspects of Victorian England through the multiple works of Charles Dickens. Works to be read and studied include "Oliver Twist,""Tale of…

Developed for a high school quinmester unit on nonfiction, this guide provides the teacher with teaching strategies for an introduction to nonfiction as a form of writing dealing with truth, facts, and ideas. Various classifications of nonfiction are investigated, including the biography, the essay, and true tales of great adventure, with required…

This course guide for teachers is intended to provide experiences for secondary school students in the design and development of costumes for dramatic productions. Behavioral objectives listed for the students include: (1) explaining how costume is an expression of the people, the times, and the culture; (2) making drawings and paintings of the…

Discusses the key aspects of developing special-interest, non-credit short courses directed specifically to those already employed in a particular field of engineering or engineering technology. (MLH)

Independent study is at least as effective as traditional teaching methods, according to this report of a three-year project to evaluate self-study modules, called "minicourses," in a new nursing curriculum. (MF)