Describes a cooperative effort between a graduate-degree program and the reference department of a university library to strengthen graduate students' information literacy by teaching them to make effective use of both print and electronic research sources. (Author/MSE)

This article defines collaborative consultation and teaching and discusses key skills for successful collaboration. Sample forms include a rating scale to evaluate team communication, a checklist to review roles and professional expectations, a lesson plan form, a form for identifying setting demands and classroom expectations, and an…

This manual presents the trainee's workbook and the trainer's guidelines for the fifth of six modules in a teacher inservice series developed to promote the unified effort of both regular and special education personnel in understanding and applying nationally recognized practices to implement fully inclusive education for students with diverse…

This study investigated the preferences of parents, teachers, and students regarding the relative benefits of a cooperative teaching (general educator/special educator in a general education classroom) service model in comparison to a special education "pull-out" model. A cooperative teaching model was implemented in four public…

A collection of papers on teaching English listening comprehension includes: "The Use of Authentic Sound Materials for Beginners" (Anuska Nakic); "Empathetic Listening" (Mario Rinvolucri); "The Pedagogic Authenticity of a Text" (Henri Besse); "A Team-Teaching Approach to Lecture Comprehension for Overseas Students" (A. Dudley-Evans, T. F. Johns);…

The challenge to coordinate physical education, art, and drama into a one week elderhostel project is described. The result was a creative performance by the participants their last day in the program. (Author/MLW)

A bilingual education program for deaf children (ages 13-16) in American Sign Language (ASL) and English is described. Using a team-teaching approach, a deaf teacher taught social studies using ASL while a hearing teacher taught language arts using Signed English and speech. Follow-up activities are summarized and a teaching unit outlined. (VW)

Discusses why and how close relationships between schools and businesses and industries have developed in certain parts of the United States. Focuses attention on the implications this movement may have on the future education of Canadian youth moving into a technological era. (NEC)

Describes a content area reading project (television science news broadcast), lists authors who have made contributions to the teaching of limited English-speaking students, and describes how a reading specialist and athletic coach worked as a team to improve student athletes' reading skills. (HOD)

Integration in nursing curriculum, its effect on performance of students and faculty, and its application to clinical experience, team teaching, and curriculum structure are examined. (TA)

Nonbilingual teachers of Spanish-speaking students can become more effective through cultural understanding and respect, learning to speak Spanish, team teaching, using bilingual teacher aides, involving parents, and peer teaching. (DD)

The importance of multilevel planning in the increasing use of coteaching models as one means of providing special education services in general education classrooms is addressed. Guidelines for planning for effective coteaching are offered at the district level, the building level, and the classroom level. (DB)

Presents lessons on the geography of the desert designed to teach that different subjects are interrelated and dependant on each other. Explains that the goal was to help students understand that geography is a way of looking at the world not just a study of maps. Includes activities in reading, mathematics, art, and science. (DK)

This article describes how coteaching in a general education life skills class became an effective way to provide inclusive instruction to benefit all of the students, both with and without disabilities. The collaborative team unified separate special education and general education transition efforts within a general education transition class.…

A middle school team of teachers addressed the needs of six high risk students through a three-phase educational action research project. The three phases (listening to students, listening to the environment, and reflecting on practices) were overlapping and simultaneous processes. Photovoice and open-ended interviews were used to listen to…