Explains why mathematics lectures have a special role in stimulating the imagination and why attending lectures has a significant role in inducting students into their university's mathematical community. (KHR)

Describes how Canada's Open College developed a doculecture to attract learners to educational radio. Outlines planning issues for marketing, producing, and funding educational radio programs. (SK)

Examines the different learning styles found in western lecturers and Omani students in science lectures in the Sultanate of Oman. (Author/CCM)

This paper examines the career paths of principals and senior managers in the Scottish Further Education Sector. The research is set within a discourse of tension and polarization between lecturing staff and their managers who, it has been argued, are perceived to have somewhat different ideological values (Elliot, 1996; Randle & Brady, 1997).…

Drawing upon evaluations of a teacher-training program for Muslim participants presented by Edith Cowan University staff in Singapore, this case study provides readers with insights into program design and management. It reports on lecturer and student attitudes as revealed in evaluations of the Singapore short course. In drawing the conclusion…

An empirical study on the curricular content of lectures offered to education students in the Federal Republic of Germany was designed to ascertain what knowledge and competency can be acquired by attending the available courses. In German; introduction in English. (MM)

Describes a breakthrough in the use of video technology in higher education that empowers teachers to produce resource-based learning materials. VESOL, Video autoEditing System for Open Learning, developed at the University of Derby (United Kingdom), is shown to have a wide range of applications that build on the presentation skills of lecturers.…

Studied the nature and extent of problems in comprehension of lectures experienced by 198 college students from non-English speaking backgrounds at a British university. Slightly fewer than 1 in 10 was able to understand the content and intent of lectures very well, and almost 25% had not understood the lectures at all. (SLD)

The significance of improving conservation education in the classroom with international guest lectures is presented and a survey on 14 Swedish students and 23 American students is conducted. Such survey evaluates teaching skills and activities like lab exercises, field trips, and promoting personal experiences incorporated therein.

An American, invited to speak on aesthetics and creativity, came away from the academic conference in the city of Perm fascinated by the character of the Russians he met, but depressed at the shabbiness and the creativity-dispelling gracelessness of the proceedings. Lecturers had apparently become accustomed to going through the motions in mumbled…

This paper describes a student essay competition with the title "What makes a good engineering lecturer?" run by the Engineering Subject Centre of the UK Higher Education Academy. The competition was intended primarily to provide engineering lecturers with general feedback. The aim of the paper is to make the outcomes of the competition…

The development of nine student-constructed lecture feedback questionnaires, whose objective is to help teachers identify general weaknesses and strengths and then further analyze them by breaking down these characteristics into specific associated behaviors is described. Teacher reaction to their use is discussed. (MSE)

Reevaluates the significance of John Dewey's influence on Chinese education from American and Chinese historical and contemporary perspectives. Dewey's singular success supposedly rests in his establishing communication of mind between American and Chinese educators, encouraging the Chinese people to break away from the harmful elements in the old…

Language problems occurring in chemistry lectures given by English-speaking lecturers to Omani students are examined. All problems originated because of the limited common areas of reference between students and lecturers. It is suggested that the kind of learning of words that occurs in these lectures entails a very limited knowledge of these…