This paper presents suggestions for increasing the effectiveness of intensive language workshops designed to upgrade and reinforce the language skills of high school foreign language teachers. Once the decision has been made to organize a workshop, the following steps might be taken: identifying the range of needs and interests of the…

Examines the dynamics of collaborative projects on the teaching of writing. Discusses the relationship from a perspective which views schools and colleges as two different cultures and introduces several critical practice initiatives for dealing with these situations. (MM)

Examines the general standards of education in the municipality of Shanghai and finds the area of junior middle school to be the weak link in the system. Summarizes the problem of junior high/middle school education as the "three nots": (1) education that is not balanced; (2) not stable; and (3) not sufficiently comprehensive. (BSR)

Examines and analyses intimate relationships between adolescent students and teachers in 11 novels. How teenagers come through such experiences is discussed in terms of their families, their sense of worth, and emotional and mental health. (EM)

Gives suggestions for implementation by teachers and administrators of the plays submitted to the Young Playwrights Festival, which is designed for the junior high school student and performer. Also discusses themes and subject matters of these plays. (VLC)

Discusses the need for cooperation and coordination between state departments of education and professional associations, publishers, equipment vendors, and student organizations in planning successful inservice teacher education programs. Also discusses the various aspects of being both a classroom teacher and a department chairperson. (JOW)

Explores the roles of substitute teachers in public high schools by focusing on recruitment, socialization, the round-of-work, task demands, and adaptations of order maintenance and assignment execution. (AOS)

The author explains his three criteria for successful teaching in any subject area and illustrates his views with four scenarios of secondary school teachers. (SJL)

Describes technical assistance (TA) and advocates that institutions of higher education provide TA, notably through teacher education programs, to local school districts. Article discusses the TA process and provides a planning guide for establishing a local TA program. (Author/JD)

Presents stories describing one teacher's knowledge in practice, arguing for the epistemological role of caring in teaching. The teacher's narratives describe what she knows from having caring relationships with her students and how that alters her pedagogy. The paper suggests that complex relationships between caring and knowing involve constant…

Three learning concepts important for adult learners are that learning is accelerated by making connections to prior information, people learn best when actively constructing knowledge, and instruments are important in supporting knowledge retrieval and construction. The paper explains how index cards can be useful instruments in learning. (SM)

Describes the widening gulf between high school and college practices of teaching literature, with high school students trained in reader response entering college courses based on analysis (traditional or nontraditional) of texts and requiring skills they do not possess. (SR)

Teacher portfolios offer educators opportunities to display quality work examples that can be used for evaluative purposes. The article discusses how to develop, implement, and evaluate teacher portfolios. It notes the value of peer evaluation and the need for planning, peer collaboration, and reflection to succeed with portfolios. (SM)

Examines teaching style differences between college and elementary and secondary school educators and how this causes collaboration problems between liberal arts and the field of education in teacher preparation. It also discusses teaching stereotypes, how these differences create problems for the teacher and for teacher education, and presents a…

Discusses the developmental needs of young adolescents (e.g., self-exploration, meaningful participation, positive social interaction, physical activity, competency, achievement, structure, clear limits, appropriate curricula, knowledgeable and understanding educators, and integrated learning). Identifies ways Catholic schools can help meet these…