Provides brief concept and skills analyses of instruction in which there is no rigid sequence of presentation, and then offers seven guidelines for improving impromptu instructional performance. (JD)

The author makes suggestions for vocational teachers working with disadvantaged students: (l) understand the educational and cultural backgrounds of students; (2) relate all classroom and laboratory experiences to the world of work; (3) modify teaching skills; and (4) develop positive linkages. (CT)

Effective teachers of students with disabilities respond successfully to students' individual needs by ensuring that students understand the purpose of their activities, by presenting students with variety and choice, by encouraging them to reflect upon and review their learning, by making flexible use of time and resources, and by implementing…

Discusses problem of relationship of theory to practice in teacher training. Examines drawbacks to present techniques including time factor in mastering the systems, the "given" nature of the categories and their information yield. Suggests heuristic and skill-based alternative approach. (BK)

Outlines essential competencies which will help content area teachers effectively incorporate reading variables into instructional differentiation. (HOD)

Language teachers are faced with a paradox: if they do not exert autonomy or respond flexibly to the teaching context, they can not produce significant results, and the language teaching field is criticized as inept and ill-informed; if they do exercise autonomy and flexibility to ensure learning, the field is criticized for lack of unity and…

Shaping teaching programs to the social, economic, and cultural context of those who seek to learn English is crucially needed. This article examines issues related to teachers' understanding of what English, language, and teaching are and can be and argues for a pluralistic approach to collaborative growth in education. (Author/CB)

This second of two articles on questioning strategies and skills explores for principals evaluating teaching the characteristics of good questions, to dos and don'ts in questioning, and the research on questioning. (CJH)

Cultural and language barriers facing foreign teaching assistants are discussed. Universities may test the spoken English ability of foreign graduate students and train currently employed foreign teaching assistants through lectures, tapes, and demonstration of teaching skills; information on American campus life; and English practice. Follow-up…

Describes a tutoring practicum that is an integral part of a content area reading course, focusing on tasks for building the capabilities needed in tutoring and techniques for ensuring that those capabilities are used. Cites formal and informal evidence of the practicum's effectiveness. (FL)

Encourages professors to become aware of and improve teaching skills through developing staff communication, writing effective learning objectives, constructing better tests and measures, and recognizing states of student intellectual development. (JD)

A discussion of classroom teaching addresses two questions about how teachers learn to teach: (1) What do teachers know and how do they use that knowledge to do what they do in the classroom?; and (2) How do teachers learn what they know? In response to the first question, it is proposed that teaching can be seen from three basic perspectives: as…

Information on the graduate student orientation program at Bowling Green State University is presented. The orientation program serves about 500 graduate students during the summer and about 100 additional students during the fall and spring semesters. The program is designed to support the graduate students' teaching and research skills and to…

Forces which have influenced the shifting of moral foundations and their potential influence on the field of education are explained in this paper. Two categories of systems--soft and hard--are reviewed. A system 'hardens' when the emphasis on the application of a technique becomes more important than serving the purposes for which the technique…

Empirical studies of the connection between humor and learning indicate that humor can increase student attention and interest. Presentation of humorous material involves skills that can be learned through practice, and faculty development programs for teachers to acquire these skills should be made available. (MSE)