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O'Brien, Colm; Wheeler, Hazel – Adult Education (London), 1979
A method of discovery learning in which students learn the technique of observing and formulating questions is applied to landscape archaeology. This method demands that the relationship between tutor and student be adjusted so that the tutor becomes a fellow researcher rather than a conveyor of information. (Author/CSS)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Case Studies, Discovery Learning
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Greene, Alexis – Change, 1979
The Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children, a nonprofit organization at Montclair State College in New Jersey, is dedicated to improving children's thinking skills and to training future elementary school teachers in the art of philosophical inquiry. (JMD)
Descriptors: Children, Elementary Education, Field Studies, Higher Education
Wenham, Peter D. – 1973
The Schools Council Project investigated current practices in teaching history, identified objectives and obstacles and carried out a program in trial schools based upon conclusions drawn from the investigation. An experimental framework for syllabus construction based first on the conceptual structure of history and second, on a taxonomy of…
Descriptors: Classification, Comparative Education, Conceptual Schemes, Course Content