The effective integration of educational technologies into early childhood education remains a significant challenge. An important element of this challenge is how practitioner beliefs about pedagogy relate to how digital technologies are used in the early years classroom. Focussing on early childhood practitioner beliefs in relation to pedagogy…

The Visible Classroom project aimed to use lesson transcripts to promote effective teaching practice and improve the attainment of pupils in primary school. The approach used "real-time captioning" technology to generate a live transcript of teachers' speech in lessons and was developed by the University of Melbourne and technology…

How Radio Solent, one of twenty local radio stations in England, roviprovides support instructional materials to schools. (HB)

Presented are reviews of five films, filmstrips, and film loops related to teaching chemistry. (RH)

Describes the theory, content, and widespread success of an innovative American television program designed for preschool children, and chronicles the reception it has received from the British educational and media establishments. (SF)

Describes a project designed to develop mathematics education materials for pupils who do not plan to become mathematics majors. (PEB)

Describes evaluation methods currently in use by the BBC's advisory councils and by external researchers in collaboration with them. (BR)

Describes the use of films as primary learning material, aimed at developing some of the higher level skills which are the, often unreached, objectives of practical courses. Results of a first trial use are cited. (EB)

The contemporary art of simulation is discussed in this short guide. The intent of the authors is to introduce classroom simulation to a more general audience by reviewing the state of the art. Six games from a variety of subjects in secondary school curriculum are described in detail. Of particular utility to the reader is the annotated directory…

Reviews the use of diagrams in presenting new materials as a reflection of the growing generality of mathematics education in England. Social needs, mathematical research, learning theories, school population, and technology are given as reasons for rapid change in mathematics education. Available from: 18 Campden Grove, London, W8 4JG, England.…

This article briefly describes Piaget's theory of periods of intellectual growth and the impact his theories have had in teacher training, research, mathematics teaching, textbook development and their use in the British Infant, Junior, and Secondary schools. For journal availability, see SO 506 042. (JK)

This is a general information document describing the Hertfordshire Computer Managed Mathematics Project funded over a four-year period by the National Development Programme in Computer Assisted Learning. Its aims were to develop a two-year course for all-ability 11-to 13-year-old pupils and to implement a computer system to serve the course. This…

This working paper is based on results of a survey made in England on how modern language teaching should develop in the secondary school system. Chapters include: (1) the Schools Council survey and the Nuffield Foundation survey, (2) vocational, linguistic, cultural, and educational objectives of modern language teaching, (3) teaching methods,…

This paper investigates the usability of educational metadata schemas with respect to the case of the MALTED (Multimedia Authoring Language Teachers and Educational Developers) project at University College London (UCL). The project aims to facilitate authoring of multimedia materials for language learning by allowing teachers to share multimedia…

Examines the role of counselors in distance education for adult learners by highlighting case studies of student service operations in Canada and England, focusing on programs at the Open Learning Institute and Brandon University. Technology used in counseling is described, including audiocassettes, telephones, video, television, and…