This booklet, one of a series developed by the Frederick County Board of Education, Frederick, Maryland, provides an instruction module for an individualized or flexible approach to secondary science teaching. Subjects and activities in this series of booklets are designed to supplement a basic curriculum or to form a total curriculum, and relate…

The minicourse and school assembly program described in this article include such topics as heart disease, cancer, smoking, and comparative anatomy of circulatory and respiratory systems. (BB)

Describes Biology/Geology short courses available through the facilities of the Bermuda Biological Station. (SL)

Describes and evaluates strategies related to audio-tutorial units in political science at the college level. Aims of the audio-tutorial system are to accomodate diverse student interests, develop a student-centered approach to learning, specify learning objectives, and provide variety in teaching style. (Author/DB)

Describes a three-day communication skills seminar in which participants are exposed to nonverbal communication, theories of speaking and practice, and group dynamics training. Emphasizes the positive effects of using videotape recordings as instructional aids. (RL)

Outlines five minicourses presented by the Rochester Institute of Technology for secondary school chemistry teachers which allow the participation of high school students along with their teachers. (SL)

Discusses course titled "Perspectives on Technology" offered at Yale University. The course organization, built around minicourses, is described, and one minicourse, on microelectronics, is presented. (JM)

The establishment of a minicourse of four three-hour sessions devoted to the examination and debate of selected ethical issues at Queen's University is described. Students chose topics for discussion and organized debates between faculty and community members. (Author/MLW)

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…

Career education at Roosevelt School District, Phoenix, Arizona, prepares students for the world of work with a coordinated and innovative program. (MS)

A minicourse offered during a college intersession explored the essence of futuristic thinking through science fiction literature. Reading assignments, guests speakers, films, and simulations used in the course are described. (KM)

Discusses some of the alternative approaches adopted by the Experimental College-Earth Science Teacher Project at Minot State College in an attempt to attract general education students and transmit the excitement and challenge of science to non-majors. (JR)

The minicourse, useful for training at any level or function, covers just one skill or concept in an hour or less. It has the advantage of being used singly or in combination to form any type of instructional package. The steps required to produce a minicourse are offered here. (AJ)

Discusses mini-courses, games and simulations, and learning environments outside the classroom as instructional strategies currently employed in speech communication education. (RN)