A description of a child centered media program in London, England. (HB)

A discussion of special techniques for using the overhead projector. (HB)

Lists 22 activities that might serve as a useful starting point for those embarking on the teaching of literature in the target language for the first time. The key to the activities is to get the students to do the thinking. These activities are designed to build up to and complement conventional essay-writing. (CK)

Reports on a project in which children develop instructional technology skills while learning a great deal of science. Explains how children construct a multimedia presentation on the topic of invertebrates. (DDR)

Outlines the theoretical developmental principles on which the use of educational games is based and describes a school/college link program that applied these principles to a project designed to increase the confidence of adolescents attending a special school; student groups were encouraged to develop their own games. (MBR)

Describes the creation, by students, of a 5-hour-weekly course in English for Grade 12, dealing with educational problems and school policies in Great Britain and the USA. At all stages, the students acted as teachers. The various stages and a sample class hour are described. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Discusses how an understanding of how children learn can be used to teach them to read nonnarrative information books. Includes how to nurture reading of nonnarrative writing and text features that link with children's ability to learn. Concludes that spoken language reinforces student efforts to make sense of ideas being read. (DK)

This book contains case studies that demonstrate how design and technology activities can be incorporated in other areas of the curriculum in primary school, based on methods used in the British National Curriculum. The book is organized in eight chapters. The first chapter raises several issues, such as why design and technology have been…