An audiovisual program teaching Century 21 Shorthand has been developed by faculty members from community colleges in Florida. The modular course design is described, and facilitates individual instruction and independent learning. Student results indicate a successful program. (LH)

This review describes and evaluates some of the written and audio-visual materials used by the author in teaching a nine-week elective course on death. Articles on implementing a death studies course are also suggested. (Author/DE)

Article outlines the development of a course in educational technology at Coventry College of Education and details some of the steps taken to assist students in learning to use equipment in an educational setting. (Author)

A description of a cassette television course in biochemistry taught at the University of Utah. (HB)

Describes a summer workshop at Ohio University that is devoted solely to helping college staffs improve their yearbooks. (RB)

This paper reports use of field work in a university family course in which most students were not social science majors. (Editor)

Gives the results of an investigation carried out at the integrated Gesamtschule (a school with grades 1-13) of Braunschweig-West, on teaching-oriented flexible external differentiation with the textbook "English for a Start" (Lensing, Dortmund). The basic principle of the model is that the pupils remain in heterogeneous groups. (Text is in…

At Bay Shore High School, the business education department designed a course guide in booklet form geared to the student population. (BP)

This document discusses how insights and knowledge gained from the author's stay in India have been applied to developing a course plan for a "World Literature I" course. Following a brief introduction, the document describes using "The Bhagavadgita" and "Hindu Myths," points out some of the general questions which…

At a time when few copywriting jobs are available for new graduates, enrollments in advertising are exploding. An advertising educator set out to change students' perceptions that in advertising only copywriting requires imagination by developing a course called "Advertising and Innovation" which was designed to force students to use…

This paper cites information received from a number of sources, e.g., mathematics teachers in two-year colleges, publishers, and convention speakers, about the nature of discrete mathematics and about what topics a course in this subject should contain. Note is taken of the book edited by Ralston and Young which discusses the future of college…

In 1931, James T. Adams introduced the concept of the American Dream in "The Epic of America." Adams describes 'the American Dream' as "that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for every man." He also said that it was a dream of being able to grow to fullest development as men and women. A…

This course outline is intended as a guide to using the American Institute of Small Business' text entitled "How To Set Up Your Own Small Business." The outline, which is based on a 20- or 21-week course cycle, is organized around the following topics: the nature of small business and entrepreneurship; sources of information about entrepreneurship…

The goal behind a televised correspondence class in theatre is to expose students to the fact that variety is a magic factor in theater. In the three-unit course, students watch televised videotapes; read the plays, textbook, and teacher-developed study guide; and mail in their completed assignments. The first videotape, "Miss Julie," shows a…

A proposal is presented for a Community College of Philadelphia course surveying basic social science skills and information, including scientific method, map usage, evolution, native peoples, social groups, and U.S. Government. Following a standard cover form, a statement of purpose for the course indicates that it is designed to provide…