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Peer reviewedCrase, Darrell – Clearing House, 1989
Notes that many teachers have pursued the role of death educator without developing the necessary pedagogical competencies. Reviews beneficial resources including: (1) using contemporary literature and journals concerned with death and dying; (2) affiliating with professional associations which promote death education and death-related counseling;…
Descriptors: Contemporary Literature, Coping, Counseling Techniques, Course Content
Peer reviewedFriedman, Delores Lowe – Clearing House, 1999
Describes a project to reform science education in which a community college collaborated with business and community partners to provide a summer institute for pre-K-12 teachers. Discusses the underlying assumptions and project design. Notes that teachers became excited about science curriculum, more comfortable teaching science, and more aware…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Inservice Teacher Education
Peer reviewedGrubaugh, Steven – Clearing House, 1986
Discusses the effects of a sustained silent reading (SSR) program on school administrators, teachers, librarians, and the students. Offers suggestions on setting up an SSR program. (SRT)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Content, Program Implementation
Peer reviewedMilner, Joseph O.; Milner, Lucy M. – Clearing House, 1986
Describes the humanities curriculum at the North Carolina Governor's School which focuses on two courses of study: (1) one of ten academic disciplines (art, choral music, dance, drama , English, foreign language, instrumental music, math, natural science, social science), and (2) foundations in epistemology. (SRT)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Critical Thinking, Enrichment Activities, Epistemology
Peer reviewedEisner, Elliot W. – Clearing House, 1999
Finds only a very limited research basis for claims about the effects of art experience on academic achievement. Identifies three levels to which arts education contributes: arts-based, arts-related, and ancillary outcomes of art education. Discusses four contributions arts education makes to the arts and to life beyond them. (SR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aesthetic Education, Aesthetic Values, Art Education
Peer reviewedMelnick, Nicholas; Twyman, Linda – Clearing House, 1986
Cites court cases where school boards presented evidence that a teacher's lifestyle or conduct provided grounds for dismissal. (HOD)
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Boards of Education, Civil Liberties, Court Litigation
Peer reviewedCulyer, Richard – Clearing House, 1988
Demonstrates how three groups--professionals, parents, and children--relate to each other concerning the responsibility of children's education. Proposes specific categories of accountability that each group must assume for the home-school partnership to develop. (MM)
Descriptors: Educational Responsibility, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Participation, Parent Responsibility
Peer reviewedRich, John Martin; DeVitis, Joseph L. – Clearing House, 1987
Discusses a study by Theodore R. Sizer, and evaluates it in two vital areas: aims and curriculum proposals. Compares the study to two earlier Carnegie reports that shaped educational reform. (NKA)
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Communications, Comparative Analysis, Core Curriculum
Peer reviewedStrahan, David B. – Clearing House, 1986
Synthesizes research on reasoning development and studies of teaching in order to present an approach to teaching guided thinking. (SRT)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academic Achievement, Adolescent Development, Cognitive Development
Peer reviewedVockell, Edward L. – Clearing House, 1987
Recommends using academic learning time as the major factor in deciding whether and how to introduce the computer into the curriculum at any grade level or any subject. (JC)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedHensley, Robert B.; Taylor, Pamela K. – Clearing House, 1987
Recognizes the importance of nonverbal behavior (65% of communication is nonverbal) in the elementary and secondary school classrooms, and provides examples and a method for observing this behavior in student teachers. (NKA)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Techniques, Communication Research
Peer reviewedDrinkard, Barbara Parr – Clearing House, 1986
Discusses the needs of adolescents and how teachers should accommodate these needs in order to encourage learning and to make their job easier. (SRT)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedRaebeck, Barry Scott; And Others – Clearing House, 1988
Suggests that with a modified staffing plan using teacher interns, peer teachers, and community volunteers, better coverage of teaching needs could be provided with less salary cost. Presents proposals for a teacher staffing pattern, salary schedule, and a possible daily schedule implementing the suggested staffing pattern. (MM)
Descriptors: Class Organization, Educational Administration, Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation
