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Goor, Mark B.; Schwenn, John O. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 1993
This article offers reasons for using cooperative-learning strategies in classrooms characterized by student diversity including disabilities. It provides a definition, guidelines concerning important instructional decisions prior to implementing cooperative learning, and suggestions for preparing students and evaluating student outcomes.…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning, Disabilities
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Reddiford, Gordon – Oxford Review of Education, 1993
Examines the arguments that students should determine their own curriculum. Reviews the case for student autonomy based on philosophical anarchism and Immanuel Kant's views on autonomy. Argues that curriculum should be a result of the shared autonomy of students and teachers. (CFR)
Descriptors: Course Selection (Students), Curriculum Design, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy
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Dana, Nancy Fichtman; Tippins, Deborah J. – Social Science Record, 1993
Contends that metaphorical thinking can help teachers and students construct new contexts for instruction and learning. Describes the use of metaphors as the basis for a preservice elementary social studies education course. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Curriculum Design, Educational Strategies, Elementary Education
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Anderson, James A. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1999
College faculty and students play important roles in maintaining a tension-free, democratic, and effective learning environment for a diverse student body. Although many instructors feel unprepared to manage disruptive or harmful behaviors, they must receive training to learn to negotiate difficult dialogs, especially as the student population…
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, College Faculty
German, Carol J. – Campus Activities Programming, 1999
Offers suggestions for campus-activities programmers on how to minimize liability for problems with concerts and other student-planned campus events. Discussion covers prevention of monetary loss, breach of contract issues, and preventing personal injuries and property damage. Specific preventive actions and policies are discussed. (MSE)
Descriptors: Concerts, Contracts, Extracurricular Activities, Higher Education
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Bringle, Robert G.; Hatcher, Julie A. – Journal of Higher Education, 1996
This paper argues that the current interest in service learning provides universities with a unique opportunity to engage their students in community service, expand their educational agenda, and build reciprocal partnerships with the community. Specific activities for implementation of such a program are delineated for the four constituencies of…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Faculty, College Role, College Students
Bridges, Lois – 1995
This publication is part of a series of monographs on the art of teaching. Each volume, focusing on a specific discipline, explores theory in the context of teaching strategies connected to evaluation of both teachers' and students' learning. Three techniques are offered for use of the guide: dialogues (as self-evaluation and in study groups),…
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Community, Cooperative Learning
Imel, Susan; And Others – 1994
This guide provides practical information that teachers and administrators can use to initiate the small group learning approach in adult basic and literacy education (ABLE). A locator index directs readers to specific topics. Chapter 1 describes small group learning, provides a rationale, and points out advantages and disadvantages for learners,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Group Activities
Currie, John R. – 1990
The principal of a newly opened elementary school implemented a practicum study designed to unify faculty, parents, staff, and children; add direction to the program; develop a sense of purpose; and increase participation. It was expected that a vision statement would be developed in the school's first year of operation, and that parents and staff…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Cultural Influences, Educational Environment, Elementary Education
Furtwengler, Willis J. – 1985
Thirteen of 14 secondary schools increased their educational effectiveness by participating in a long-term, 12-step change process with two significant features: several measures were applied to develop a picture of each school's effectiveness, and student involvement in the process was considered essential. Schools were categorized by…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Environment
Donahue, Joseph T. – 1988
The principal of a public elementary school serving grades K through 6 developed a community involvement program for a school in which community involvement had not been a major factor in the educational process. Primary objectives of the practicum were to increase the number of parents and other community members participating in activities…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Committees, Community Involvement, Cross Age Teaching
Flammer, Gordon H. – Engineering Education, 1987
Discusses the need to individualize instruction. Presents a model for such instruction based on learning efficiency. Outlines the model in terms of its impact on the learner, instructional materials and media, instructional methods, the teacher, and the teaching and learning environment. (TW)
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational Media, Higher Education, Individualized Instruction
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Marx, Ronald W.; Walsh, John – Elementary School Journal, 1988
Offers a descriptive theory of the nature of classroom tasks. Describes the interplay among (1) the conditions under which tasks are set; (2) the cognitive plans students use to accomplish tasks; and (3) the products students create as a result of their task-related efforts. (SKC)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Cognitive Processes
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Fahy, Patrick J. – AEDS Journal, 1985
Describes a study of the attitudes of adult education instructors and administrators toward educational innovation in individualized learning, computer assisted instruction, curriculum change and innovation, and instructor and learner roles. While instructors accept potential value of innovations, they resist when there is vague policy,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adoption (Ideas), Adult Education, Computer Assisted Instruction
Farris-Berg, Kim; Schroeder, Jon – 2003
This report is the first in a series exploring a variety of the organizational spaces being developed under strategies to change and improve K-12 education in Minnesota. One strategy seeks to create an environment that focuses on creating new and different schools and with them new choices for students and families. These reports are designed to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Charter Schools, Educational Environment, Educational Innovation
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