This paper presents a study that used narrative inquiry to explore staff experiences of learning and teaching in immersive worlds. The findings introduced issues relating to identity play, the relationship between pedagogy and play and the ways in which learning, play and fun were managed (or not). At the same time there was a sense of imposed or…

Changes in the authority patterns, scholastic procedures and faculty-student relationships at colleges and universities are going to continue through peaceful and violent demonstrations. (JK)

Discussion of educational restructuring focuses on four areas of possible change, considers implications for teachers and teacher training, and examines why change efforts may fail. Topics include the teacher's role, the student's role, school structures and processes, and technology use. Contains 70 references. (LRW)

Explores student interaction with the educational system and shows why large numbers of students have incentives to undercut the intent of educational reforms. Describes the kind of educational structures and policies that create pathways to competent adulthood and have a chance of bringing about the reformers' goal of educational excellence. (SLD)

Background: Teaching styles in physical education (PE) found prominence through Muska Mosston's teaching styles "Spectrum" model. Mosston's Spectrum has been remarkably successful and its logic currently underpins the conceptualisation of teaching styles in many PE practices in Western education systems, including those in the United…

Conceiving of students as clients views teaching as a hierarchical one-way or buyer/seller relationship. Promotion of learning in a sacred relationship between teachers and students implies ways of being and habits of mind more conducive to emancipatory, empowering education. (SK)

Using the construct of 'voice', this paper argues that the role of the teacher and the student is constantly changing as multiple voices can be heard in the discursive pedagogic space of distance education. Discusses changes in distance education with the introduction of new digital technologies and interaction between student and teacher.…

In nursing education, the curricular focus is shifting from objectives, outcomes, and evaluation to reflection, intuition, and praxis. Active learning, requiring a higher level of maturity, emphasizes constructing new knowledge and meaning, empowering students to take charge of their experience. (SK)

"The teacher who works for or allows status quo is the traitor. Purposeful change is the new norm in teaching" [Fullan, M., 1993. Change Forces: Probing the Depths of Educational Reform. Falmer, London.]. The University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan (USJP) is the main provider of tertiary education in English in the province of Sindh.…

Each of the chapters in this unique book was written expressly for each major stakeholder group in a school, tailored to their varied needs and experiences. Each chapter contains a set of inter-related practical activities so that each group focuses on the same goals and supports the others. No other book on school improvement includes a chapter…

Two high school principals discuss why change in schools is necessary, what the ingredients of change are, who the enemies of change are, and how to begin the change process. (MT)

Considered a number of factors which operate across any type of change endeavor at any level which ultimately influence the success of an innovative effort. In this case these factors are the level of public and student sentiment. (Author/RK)

One of Matt Groening's popular cartoons offers two different perspectives regarding the purpose and value of formal education in America: "Bongo's" belief that a good education must consist of an engaging classroom environment and proper emotional, intellectual, and structural resources; and "Bongo's" father's belief that a…