The diverse, multicultural population that constitutes today's work force faces ethical dilemmas on the job that bring pressures to protect their own or their company's interests, at the risk of losing their personal integrity. Employers and vocational and career development personnel are recognizing the need for decision-making and…

This article addresses the controversy over including hunting as a part of outdoor education. Historically, figures such as Julian Smith, of the Outdoor Education Project of the 1950's, advocated hunting as a critical element of educating children and youth about care and protection of natural resources. Henry David Thoreau saw hunting experiences…

Empathic listening is central to almost all human communication processes. "Feeling with" another is the heart of empathic listening: it includes a cognitive understanding of what the other is communicating plus a sensitivity to their state of emotion. One possible approach to utilize in the teaching of empathic listening is to begin a…

A fall 1990 mail survey of 1,000 Indiana public administrators (500 state, 500 local) was carried out by the Center for Governmental Services at Indiana State University. The survey sought to identify the aggregate and individual views of these incumbent public administrators concerning issues of import to the teaching of public administration at…

A descritpion is provided of "Growth and Development," an overview course for two-year college allied health majors which outlines the processes through which the infant, young child, and adolescent mature physically, socially, and emotionally. First, the course description presents the goals and emphases of the course, curricular placement…

The purpose of this water treatment field study training program is to: (1) develop new qualified water treatment plant operators; (2) expand the abilities of existing operators, permitting better service both to employers and public; and (3) prepare operators for civil service and certification examinations (examinations administered by…

Inadequate teacher training and the lack of consensus on what constitutes sex education are often cited to explain why few sex education programs are offered in the public schools. A survey of administrative officials at 777 teacher preparation institutions was conducted to examine the number and type of university-level programs designed to…

Doctoral education in nursing is relatively new, with 14 of the 22 programs identified by the National League of Nursing being established after 1970. To identify trends, patterns of consistency, recurrent gerontological foci, and the frequency of occurrence of identified factors in graduate programs in Gerontological Nursing, the curricula,…

Intended for use by instructors of public relations courses, this paper discusses teaching methods that can be used to demonstrate to students how much of the news involves events that are carefully planned by public relations practitioners and some of the techniques the practitioners use to create these events. The paper describes in detail…

The author analyzes attitudes and court decisions about the Pledge of Allegiance. He suggests a more rational approach with an awareness that patriotism cannot be forced and that mere recitation cannot achieve allegiance. (Author/JR)

This description of course objectives, content, students, and evaluation of an interdisciplinary social welfare course concludes that teaching social welfare in a comparative cross-national framework contributes to instilling an understanding of key social welfare concepts, programs, and issues. (JT)

Students in an introductory course at Wayne County Community College (Detroit, Michigan) are given a field work project assignment which involves choosing a social problem, and investigating it by means of library work and visits to agencies involved in dealing with the problem. A critical evaluation in formal paper form is required. (NHM)

This paper summarizes the present state of teaching Ancient History in British schools and sees it as fragmented and incomplete. A macrostructure for study of 16 major interpretive themes is suggested, to be supplemented by theme, and area studies and various specialized approaches. (CHK)

A study to investigate the effect which a graduate course in supervision would have on the empathic skills of allied health workers produced statistical data indicating "the students were remarkably more capable of identifying the empathic statement" at the end of the course than at the beginning. (Author/BP)

Area studies should form a part of the entire teacher-training curriculum. They should be contemporary in content. Order of presentation is discussed. A concept of beginning and advanced area study treatment is described, using certain specified teaching materials. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)