This outline on the French Revolution is designed to illustrate how this period of French history influenced various aspects of contemporary culture. Four main sections are treated: (1) ideas that led to the Revolution, (2) the reigns of the Bourbon kings, (3) the Revolution, and (4) the rise of Napoleon as a reaction to chaos. A list of 16mm…

At present most systems development is completely dominated by systems people. Such domination can lead to long delays in the development of systems, failures of many systems to ever become operational, costly redesigns for those that do, and a poor fit between systems and their users. Management and users, as well as systems programmers, need to…

This curriculum guide contains course descriptions (for minicourses and semester-long courses), outlines, and class projects for teaching science fiction and the supernatural in junior and senior high schools. The eight course descriptions include objectives, methods, activities, and resources and materials. Lists of science fiction books and…

Explains how mini-courses, chosen, developed and taught by graduate teaching assistants have helped in providing practical teaching experience to the graduate students involved. (GA)

Propositions made about short-course comprehensive schools and about neighborhood schools were tested in an investigation of all the 12-16 schools in a single LEA characterized by high levels of educational expenditure and an egalitarian ideology. (Editor)

Describes how one school district has been able to expand its curriculum offerings at very little cost by offering mini-enrichment courses on Saturday mornings. (DN)

Authors report on a recently completed study which measured the responses of students and teachers to mini-courses in the social studies. (Editor/CB)

Describes a 12-week course for foster parents sponsored by the University of Minnesota in cooperation with Minnesota state and county departments of welfare and the Minnesota Foster Parents Association. (MB)

This study supports the validity of a Motivation Scale developed for student participants' rating of quality of short course presentations. (IR)

To expose students at a parish school to practical living skills, Tuesday afternoons were set aside for mini-courses in cooking, auto mechanics, crafts, etc. Parents were recruited as volunteer teachers. This article mainly describes the sewing course designed and taught by the author. (SJL)

This article developed from a survey of the five most popular biology texts which promote the theory of invariant homeostasis rather than biological rhythms. The popular fad of "birthdate biorhythms" is discussed in relation to providing education on biological rhythms and its legitimacy to the public. (SA)

Describes 12 successful mini-courses which use newspapers as the basic skills text. (DD)

Descirbes a secondary science program designed to increase enrollment by offering semester courses. Thirty courses, in the biological and physical sciences, are offered for one semester and one-half credit. Earth science enrollment has increased significantly in the upper grade classes. Student evaluations are mostly favorable. (MA)

Describes a continuing education program for library staff at a medium-sized science and engineering university library in Saudi Arabia. Problems, assessing needs, and strategies used for program development and implementation are discussed. Involvement of library staff in planning and follow-up is shown to be necessary for success. (15…