Initiatives for outdoor education have gained popularity because of their capacity to boost teacher well-being, foster better mental health in instructors, and enrich the learning environment for students. We demonstrate the influence that outside education programs have on the achievement of students and how they create a vivid tapestry of…

The article defines vocational rehabilitation (VR), process from referral to postemployment services, and considers ways in which teachers can help make VR services more effective for deaf students leaving school. (CL)

Discusses the role of each member of a secondary school's athletic health care team, including the principal, athletic director, team physician, school nurse, coach or physical educator, and professional and student athletic trainers. (WD)

Lists the types of information student publications advisers should know, as well as a number of "dos" and "don'ts" for advisers. (GT)

Inviting students to look, explore, and think, this booklet offers practical ways for teachers to use museums--in particular, the artworks, artifacts, collections, and other materials they contain--as a basis for secondary students' writing. If taking students on field trips is not feasible, educators can adapt most of the activities in the…

The author provides the regular teacher, the department head, and the principal with tips for helping the substitute teacher. (SJL)

The paper addresses issues in the education of mildly handicapped black adolescents. Among ways recommended to meet the needs of this population are promoting affective education, developing a positive self concept, fostering the student's motivation, teaching social behavior through role playing and videotapes, developing students' ability to…

Explains the steps teachers must take to develop special courses: developing, testing, presenting, and carrying out or accepting the rejection of, the basic proposal. (MM)

Intended to help teachers make the move from traditional textbooks to a more issue-centered, interdisciplinary social studies curriculum, this collection of essays comes from teachers who describe how to focus on teaching for and toward justice, with critical pedagogy as an underlying theme. The teachers' stories in this collection show the…

Roles are delineated for vocational teachers, special education teachers, and bilingual teachers in an interdisciplinary approach to vocational education of limited or non-English-speaking secondary handicapped students. (CL)

Common models for secondary special education are reviewed, including the remedial and functional model, integrated and tutorial approach, liaison model, and crisis intervention model. Advantages of the brokerage function, in which the resource teacher is advisor and advocate, are shown. Curriculum and classroom modification procedures are…

Lists seven common student fears about classroom tests and suggests ways that teachers may help alleviate them. (SJL)

The handbook is intended to give regular vocational educators basic information about integrating disabled students into their classrooms. An initial section addresses common concerns of vocational teachers, including ways to overcome fears and raise the comfort level, safety, basic special education laws, roles of a vocational teacher in the…

This booklet is designed to provide middle and secondary school teachers with ideas on how to involve students in activities that allow them to explore the teaching profession. The ideas can be adapted to fit the particular needs of the teachers and students involved and can also be supplemented by students' and teachers' own ideas. Sections…

Teachers should know language structure when dealing with the diagnosis of pupils' language difficulties. Simple solutions, such as proofreading his/her work, underlining, and transcribing paragraph dictation may be suggested for students once the teacher grasps the sound/symbol/syllable structure of English. (CL)