An investigation of student reactions to elective courses by the English teachers at Weber Junior High School in Port Washington, New York. (Editor/CB)

Author presents three examples of successful English units given as high school electives, notes the positive aspects of the elective program, and discusses accountability in terms of communication of objectives in English. (SP)

Discusses and evaluates a black literature course. (SW)

A discussion of potential and/or actual dangers" inherent in high schools' elective English programs. (RD)

Steering Committee's report on its study of the total process of physician education. (Editor)

Describes futures programs at seven schools that (1) treat the study of the future as an investigation of alternatives; (2) place emphasis on process, not content; (3) see futures studies as a form of values clarification; and (4) display a consistent concern with the development of a sense of consequence. (MLF)

Mortimer Adler discusses his "Paideia Proposal" for school reform, which recommends eliminating most elective courses while developing students' intellectual skills, improving their understanding of ideas and values, and introducing them to the world of work in the last two years of high school. (RW)

Reports the findings of a survey of 131 college English departments regarding their offerings in literature and writing. (AEA)

The author urges school boards to respond to retrenchment by cutting back on all school activities except those necessary to providing a sound, basic education. He presents the Council for Basic Education's definition of this concept. Condensed from "Basic Education", March 1981, p3-5. (Editor/SJL)

Describes an elective English course in which students attended community cultural events. (DD)

Describes the institution, operation, and ultimate failure of a completely elective, ungraded minicourse system in a rural high school. (DD)

Describes a twenty week one half-credit elective course for seniors on sending and receiving technical communications. (DD)

Gives an overview of the aging population, allied health professions, and gerontology. Describes the modularization process used at the University of Texas--breaking a three-credit course into interdependent one-credit courses as a way to expose allied health students to a wide variety of gerontology topics through elective courses. (Contains 19…