In PSU curriculum New cow Health educatio Have you ever been to a keg party and decided not to drink alcohol? What were your friends' reactions? Helping students understand such social attitudes towards alcohol is just one objec tive of "Alcohol Awareness," a new course offered at the Hazleton campus this spring. The course Is offered under Health Education 45, and fulfills the mandatory health credit. It will meet once a week on Wednesdays, fifth period. George Bobby will teach a class of ap proximately twenty students while Robert Sabatino teaches a similar class simultaneously. Research projects make teaching worthwhile By Steve Kroll-Smith Students in sociology gain a more realistic appreciation of the discipline by "doing" sociology rather than by simply reading about it. The following is• a sunit-, mary of three of the more he teresting research projects designed and carried out by students in the fall offering of In troductory Sociology. In an observational study of gamesmenship in pool halls, Larry Levitsky found that in ad dition to skillful play, a wide ar ray of "off-table strategies" enter into the contest. Used to distract or frustrate an opponent, these off-table strategies often result in a missed shot or loss of confidence. Larry's research pro vides a revealing view of the hid den agenda of competitive pool. Cindy Onuschak and Kim Ziolko, in a sophisticated longitudinal study, demonstrated a positive correlation between growing up and increasing levels of motivation, frustration, and ses offered for spring term The classes' small size is im perative, because the course is not a straight lecture class, which PSU already has. "Alcohol Awareness" will include lectures as well as outside expertise and role-playing. - It is anew concept in teaching techniques and objec tives. "It's a super course if run correctly." George Bobby "It is a super course if run cor rectly," says Mr. Bobby, who ex pects a big turnout. He and Mr. anxiety. A significant sidelight of this research is that levels in creased for both males and females. Finally, in an innovative = piece of research, John Timko. and Angela Barletta discover* a radical shiftiafemale child 's .consumer habits from third -to fourth grade. Making use of the Christmas season a time when children are most consumer con scious Timko and Barletta found the Christmas hopes of third grade girls to be doll centered while their fourth grade counterparts were dispropor tionately designer clothes- centered. This marked shift from play to a conscious concern with self-presentation, signals con siderable growth in the short span of twelve months. My guess is that not a few developmental psychologists would find this bit of information of the utmost in terest. Represented in student research of this quality are the kinds of observational and critical skills that make teaching a worthwhile activity. Sabatino attended a clinic to learn teaching procedures for this special class. The books en titled "Alcohol: Use, Non-use and Abuse" are on order for $4.50. Both Mr. Bobby and Mr. Sabatino stressed that the course is not designed to persuade students to stop drinking. The course's main goals are to "pre sent objective, scientific informa tion concerning alcohol, its use, misuse and abuse, and to develop an awareness of the resulting ef fects on individuals and society." Scare tactics about deaths and alcoholism, and manipulating the legal drinking age have, so far, been fairly ineffective. The course endeavors to give students an understanding of alcohol and Cote attends seminar at Berkeley By Joseph Krushinsky, Jr. A newe course in buisness literature currently offered at Highacres under the continuing education program, comes as a result of one instructor's study of the subject area this past summer. Dr. Margaret Cote attended an eight week seminar at the University of California at Berkeley entitled, "Business in the History of American Culture" through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Dr. Cote was one of twelve participants selected from a group of 67 applicants for the seminar. "Since the seminar ws historical, I thought that I might be a bit 'out of my element,' but only five of the participants were professional historians," said Cote. After the seminar Dr. Cote wanted to teach a course which summarized the development of American Business from a literary its effects, thus enabling them to make responsible decisions about drinking and non-drinking. Why did Mr. Bobby and Mr. Sabatino decide to teach "Alcohol Awareness"? Mr. Bobby is per sonally intersted in alcohol and its effects. Mr. Sabatino specializes in counselling and decision-making, and the main purpose behind the course is help ing students make sound, in dividual decisions based upon un biased facts. Labor studies 100 Labor Studies 100, "Industrial Relations" is a new course being offered on campus during the up coming Spring Term. standpoint; however, she said that no English course in the University fit that description. Later it waws suggesdted that the course be taught as Labor cours be taught as Humanities 297 "Topics in Humanities". Since this course fits no Bachelor's Degree requirements and would have to be taken as an elective, Cote chose instead to offer the course as a part of continuing education. The course, which aims at examining the history of twentieth century management includes works from as early as George Bernard Shaw's to later pieces form the . siXties through late seventies. Dr. Cote reports that 27 people have enrolled for the course and many of those attending are currently working in the business and managerial areas. In addition, Cote has done some writing on the subject since the seminar. "I've written two articles, and I'm hoping for a book length study on literature's reflection of business." Career Day program expands The Penn State Highacres Cam pus is tentatively scheduling a "Career Day" on March 23 in volving students from high schools in Hazleton and surroun ding areas. The program, which is run by Dean Mcallus, began as a local service project for high school students and has been successful ly conducted for the past three years. Previously, "Career Day" dealt strictly with the Engineer ing profession, however, this year Dean Mcallus hopes to in volve the sciences as well. Students from high schools such as Hazleton, West Hazleton, Ber wick, Tamaqua, Marian and The purpose of this course is to understand labor relations in America. This requires descrip tion and analysis of three sub jects: 1.) The historical setting; 2.) The organization, objectives and behavior of the participating institutions and people involved in American labor relations; and 3.) Current developments in labor relations. The course attempts to meet the interests of those wishing to understand basic labor relations by explaining concepts, ter minology and practices. It will be accepted as a basic degree requirement in social sciences. Dr. Harold Aurand will be teaching this new course. Dr. Cote enjoys California scenery. Aside from the learning part of her trip, Dr. Cote said that she also enjoyed the California 'Summer. "While those who remained in Pennsylvania coped with several humid heat waves, I was able to walk the length of Fisherman's Wharf, hike among redwoods in Muir Woods, tour the Yosemite Valley; and stradle the San Andreas Fault at Point Reyes." M.M.I. are invited by Penn State to spend the day at the Highacres campus and eat lunch in the cafeteria along with the P.S.U. students. They have the op portunity to tour the campus and get a first hand view of college life. The students are chosen by their guidance counselors ac cording to their ability and in terest in the maths and sciences. The students, varying in grades from tenth to twelfth, will be in structed in Engineering and Science by Piinn State instruc tors, former P.S.U. graduates as well as experienced employers from local industries.
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