The booklet summarizes recommendations of the New Jersey Education Study Commission regarding program options, the role and functions of the child study team in the local setting, teacher training, and special education funding. Recommendations for program options focus on a categorical system based on educational needs: (1) general education…

In this paper a rationale is presented for the formation of teams of college faculty (subject experts), computer programmers, and instructional designers to develop instructional software for use with classroom and laboratory microcomputers. The advent of an "electronic publishing" industry, one of the major products of which is…

The report examines the nature of multidisciplinary teams in identification, treatment, and prevention of child abuse and neglect. Reviewed is the operation of three types of multidisciplinary teams: hospital based programs, interagency programs, and state mandated multidisciplinary teams. The bulk of the document is composed of appended material,…

The article traces the background and history of occupational therapy and special education as they relate to the birth to three-year-old population, focusing on the meeting of the two professions and the development of mutual respect and partnership out of initial resentment and misunderstanding. (Author/JDD)

Presents a model for instructional software design as a collaborative effort involving computer scientists and educators, which stresses the process of design through documentation. The documentation used to exchange information at each phase of the process is described, and the advantages of this model are discussed. (CLB)

Developing cooperative structures such as cooperative learning in classrooms, collegial teacher support groups, and collegial administrative relationships within the district will contribute to school effectiveness. Necessary elements are positive interdependence, face-to-face interaction, individual accountability, social skills, and group…

Presents examples of alternative lecture formats, including those that utilize active learner participation, take playful approach, focus on instructional goals and objectives, employ unusual methods for following an outline format; and involve media equipment and entertainment. (MBR)

An Arizona school board member offers 13 tips for avoiding excessive or divisive emotional involvement in school board issues. These tips generally emphasize the importance of civility, open-mindedness, factual support for arguments, tact, detachment, and humor. (TE)

Suggests individual educational technologists have developed a variety of work styles including those characterized as: knowledge expert, executive manager, social-analyst, and specialist. These styles of working, based upon work behaviors of educational technologists at Great Britain's Open University, are compared in terms of practices, focuses,…

Discusses disciplines required in writing branching programs for interactive video, underscoring the need to work from a flowchart, function on a team, and develop skills to write nonlinearly. Problems encountered are compared with Faulkner's novel, "The Sound and the Fury," and the development of two programs is briefly described. (MBR)

Athletic awards have taken on a twisted and perverted meaning. They have been become prizes for winning rather than recognition for a job well done. The values of self-discipline, respect for rules, teamwork, and courage should be considered achievements. (JN)

States that recent research suggests that an education in theater beginning in kindergarten and continuing throughout the educational process can teach students valuable skills that will serve them well in the professional world, including problem solving, team work, and decision making. Discusses the program at Jefferson High School and its…

This article discusses barriers to collaboration that are specific to Professional Development School (PDS) leadership team meetings. It offers a rationale for involving the school psychologist on the PDS team as a facilitator and concludes with suggestions for breaking the barriers to successful PDS leadership team meetings. (SM)

Self-directed teams, in which the people who do the work are responsible for managing it, are changing the practices and structures of many organizations. Self-managing teams are based on trust and empowerment, on treating workers as responsible adults. (SK)

Looks at the issue of professional relationships between teachers and librarians and how those relationships affect curricular decisions. Suggests teachers and librarians see each other as team-teachers who support each other's programs. (MG)