Describes a several-step class activity involving 3-D art and essays which at-risk students carry out with success and enthusiasm. Notes how the project is attentive to learning styles and good motivational techniques. (SR)

Shows that students with styles of learning favoring a deemphasis on human relationships and an emphasis on deductive thinking rated themselves higher academically than did their peers with other styles of learning and that students who were people-oriented had the lowest overall academic self-assessment. (SR)

Hopes to better understand the perceptions of host teachers of their roles as mentors and the extent to which those perceptions were grounded in reflection on theory and practice. Considers to what extent supervising student teachers results in reflection on theory and practice and what cooperating teachers perceive as their roles in the mentoring…

Explains that the primary objectives of the South Carolina/Spain Visiting Teachers Program were to: meet the greater demand for Spanish teachers; provide qualified native speakers; provide students with a linguistically and culturally rich education; and actively participate in cross-cultural activities. Explains characteristics of the South…

Encourages professional educators to accept cultural pluralism as part of their educational mission, developing a classroom environment that encourages participation by all students, including those who are culturally different, while assisting them to learn the nuances of American culture. (SR)

Explains cultural literacy as defined by E. D. Hirsch and outlines the positions of those who criticize Hirsch's position. (NH)

Discusses the problems, methodology, and positive results of an 8-week course in cultural literacy for 34 ninth grade students at Brooklyn's John Dewey High School. Provides sample materials in 4 appendixes. (NH)

Deals with the special importance of cultural literacy in language acquisition. Introduces and illustrates the use of a cultural inventory designed to help students read in a foreign language. Illustrates a pre-reading exercise designed to tap cultural content. (NH)

Describes an administrator training program in the Jefferson School District in Daly City, California, which selects interns from in-district staff, pairing them with an administrator-mentor for individualized, practical training, thus providing the district with a pool of trained administrators from which it can draw. (SR)

Documents the changes and advances of educational technology in the classroom from the 1960s to the 1980s. Asserts that caution is needed in proceeding to make use of educational technology applications. (MS)

Discusses a strategy for understanding the USSR better by building a context using the binary categories "freedom/equality" rather than the traditional categories "good/bad." (MS)

Notes the difficulty high school principals face in selecting and placing department chairpersons. Describes a Rutgers University research program that investigated the problem and discusses the implications of the study for principals and department chairpersons. Presents a model for selecting chairpersons based upon task-oriented and…

Explores how computers can assist teachers in developing tests. Describes "TESTWORKS," a computerized test generator. Lists 12 other test-generating programs available for Apple II computers, detailing data-entry features, hard copy features, and program features that permit interactive testing. Discusses using word processing or…

Describes the federal government's role in secondary education during the Reagan administration, noting that reduced federal spending necessitates linking federal initiatives with state and local programs. Suggests that the Bush administration provide federal leadership in educational reform, focusing on dropout-rate reduction, with special…

Describes the learning specialist's role in implementing corrective or remedial programs. Notes that resistance to programs often develops when cooperating classroom teachers are asked to change their teaching styles or strategies. Presents eight guidelines for establishing trust and reducing or eliminating resistance. (MM)