The Salem Teacher Education Model (STEM) is a cooperative endeavor by Salem College, West Virginia, in partnership with the Harrison County Teacher Education Center and four West Virginia Public School Systems to design the best possible educational opportunities for pre-student teachers, student teachers, and teachers in West Virginia. STEM was…

Creative uses of labor training films, documentaries, and full-length feature films in labor education are examined and discussed. A need is seen for more authentic, professional training films. Typical discussion sessions are outlined for "The Shop Steward" and "The Grievance," two outstanding National Film Board of Canada…

This collection of 10 working papers is designed to contribute to analysis of issues and appraisal of recommendations in "Learning and Living: The Report of the Provincial Committee on Aims and Objectives of Education in the Schools of Ontario," the 1968 "Hall-Dennis report" commissioned to develop aims and objectives and to…

The effects on student teaching behavior of a relatively traditional, lecture-based, general secondary methods course are compared to the effects of a laboratory-oriented, competency-based course. The classroom performance of two groups of student teachers (30 of whom completed the competency-based course and 40 of whom completed the lecture-based…

This document describes a college-school system cooperative teacher education program of field experiences which was begun on the principle that a viable teacher education program must include early and continuing experiences with students in a school setting. It is indicated that this program, continuously evaluated and revised by a joint…

This manual introduces teaching strategies into teacher education through microteaching. The manual aided in the experimentation of accepted teaching behaviors by practicing them in classroom situations. The four basic divisions in the manual are microteaching concerns, process concerns, affective concerns, and personal concerns. The first section…

The purpose of this study was to determine if students having a laboratory-oriented science course at the ninth grade level demonstrate a different rate of development of certain psychomotor abilities than do students not having such a course. The three abilities tested for were: (1) motor coordination, (2) manual dexterity, and (3) finger…

The Demonstration Program in Special Education is the 1972 Distinguished Achievement Award Entry from Cheyney State College, Cheyney, Pennsylvania. This laboratory-based program facilitates the attainment of certification requirements in mental retardation for postbaccalaureate students. The program is reviewed as an alternative route to…

Reviews legislation and controls in effect, and needed, to reduce the hazards of violent reactions in the uncontrolled mixing of incompatible chemicals. (SL)

A laboratory teaching experience (L.T.E.) was designed to focus on three teaching behaviors. It was recognized that a behavioral approach to teaching simplified its complexity by isolating specific teaching behaviors. Discusses the development and evaluation of the laboratory teaching experience. (Author/RK)

Describes techniques for studying hand specimens of polished rock slabs. (SL)

Describes an open-ended chemistry laboratory project for organic chemistry laboratories. (SL)

Describes an experiment for an introductory chemistry laboratory for engineering students in the electroplating of dielectric substances. (SL)

Describes a contract grading technique which includes assigned and optional laboratory work and the grades attached thereto. (SL)

This paper contrasts the spread and change strategies in two applied behavioral science movements, psychoanalysis and the laboratory method of experiential learning. (Author)