A distinction between interpersonal and content interaction was identified in the literature, and applied in research undertaken on a selection of 36 courses. These courses differed in both the kinds of interaction offered and its integration in the teaching and assessment. They included different combinations and use of conferencing, email,…

Building upon the conviction that student learning may be enhanced when the direct worlds of experience intersect with academics, this paper offers several assignments and exercises for the college-level business and professional-speaking course which intend to encourage this intersection. The paper serves as a resource of ideas for anyone who…

Analysis of reform efforts must include the school as a whole unit, since teachers and policy makers alike face challenges when they try to implement change in the larger context of the school. Four key constructs provide a framework for study of school-level reform: collective action, student experiences in mathematics, equity, and ideal…

The author discusses some disadvantages to simulation and gaming techniques. Instead he advocates and examines the educational advantages of student participation in real world field research. Included in the article is an example of a student attempting to live on the amount a person on welfare would receive. Further ideas for student field…

A physics teacher devised a new scheme of teaching in hopes of improving instruction and enabling students to become more resourceful and less dependent on passive forms of learning. (Author/RK)

Effective broadcast education should get students to perform professionally in broadcast situations with a minimum of guidance. To do this, class assignments should include either activities similar to commercial work or on-the-job experiences at the campus or local commercial radio stations. The possibilities for such activities and experiences…

The classroom use of the key vocabulary, developed by Sylvia Ashton-Warner as a reading approach--rather than as a reading method--which utilizes the child's actual experience, is the major concern of this book. Materials used and tested for a number of years present examples, outlines, and various methods for eliciting children's dramas through…

For some time there has been a concern in the scientific and academic communities to make science more meaningful to the growing ranks of apparently disenchanted students. This concern is reflected in the development of programs to reassess science curricula on all educational levels. The Thirteen-College Curriculum Program (TCCP) approach to…

Recently a group of Newcastle teachers spent a week inside some London schools teaching classes they had never seen before. They worked with local teachers and children under the eagle eye of Dorothy Heathcote. Here is a report on the way that the week developed. (Editor/RK)

This essay describes benefits of the Learning Paradigm and discusses policy governance as an example of this paradigm. In education, the current dominant paradigm is known as the "Instruction Paradigm." According to this paradigm, instructors should serve to transfer information and offer some practice using this information in such a…

Describes a program designed to overcome the constraints small college instructors face in teaching economics. (Author/RK)

This description of the experiences of a graduate student intern in reference services who served as instructor for freshman English classes at the University of Kentucky includes suggestions for teaching techniques and relationships with students and comments on the effects of this experience on his professional growth. (RAA)

Offers suggestions from eight contributors regarding a number of teaching strategies, including a system for individualizing remedial reading instruction, a method for incorporating students' personal experiences in remedial reading instruction, a method for motivating students to read, and activities to prevent summer backsliding in reading…

Language activities based on connectivity, or social links between people and their experiences, can create a sense of history and belonging in a classroom community and can establish the foundation for educational curriculum. Levels of connectivity and their impact on educational curriculum are examined through a classroom example of…