Classroom observation is an integral part of teacher preparation. The observer must enter the classroom with a frame-of-reference: knowledge of the teacher's goals and objectives, awareness of the climate of the classroom, and knowledge of the discipline. Observation forms to objectively record classroom interaction, assess the learning climate,…

This paper presents a multi-model approach to early childhood education programing as a means of achieving the most rewarding experience for children of differing needs and backgrounds as well as maximizing the effects of teacher personality and style. The negative social consequences of inadequate programing, particularly for lower class and…

This paper summarizes the model used for science/society programs at the University of Houston. The model is examined with respect to the following perspectives: the best disciplinary locus for science-related social issues; optimum teaching style, instructional background, and grade level; appropriate instructional objectives; ethical problems;…

Confluent education is the intentional integration of the affective and the cognitive domain in curriculum design and classroom teaching. The purpose of this study was to define, operationalize, and empirically evaluate a confluent reading/English fundamentals curriculum for community college students. A theoretical model was developed to describe…

Despite recent advances in instructional technology, there still exist substantial gaps between technology's promise and its achievement. This situation is partly due to the fact that teachers who have a clear conception of the teaching-learning interaction are not involved in the implementation of technological innovations. Teachers and teacher…

A conceptual/cross-cultural model, developed to help elementary teachers cope with the problems of initiating cultural, ethnic, or anthropology studies, is presented in five sections. (1) A brief description of the structure and methodology of anthropology defines in outline form the fields of cultural and social anthropology, physical…

A person-centered model of instruction has been developed for use in designing instruction in virtual, Web-based environments. This model, based on the work of Carl Rogers, attempts to address several issues raised in the literature regarding: (1) the changing role of instructors and students; (2) the broadening of the notion of learning outcomes;…

Article provides models for reconciling academic theory with practical teaching situations. (RK)

This article presents an early intervention model for infants who are deaf-blind that focuses on the significance of infant-caregiver interaction. It proposes intervention strategies to develop contingent responsiveness in caregivers, promote active learning in infants, support mutually satisfying exchanges, and address the exceptional learning…

Presents an operational model which applies a technology-based educational framework to media, and then looks at work carried out by students in Media and Informatics at the University of Geneva working on this new program. Analyzes the coherence between a theoretical model and the conditions for its application within a training program. (AEF)

Based on his interactive visualization Web site, the author explores the Web as a tool to build better metaphors for students and emphasizes the pedagogical power of the medium, which, he asserts, remains largely untapped. Discussion includes the use of temporal, special, and parametric process models to increase the pedagogical value of teaching…

The Kansas Association of School Librarians (KASL) developed and tested a model that enables library media specialists to work with all grade levels and most subject areas to plan units of integrated information-skills instruction and to assess this instruction. The "Handy 5" Model (using Big Six framework) is explained, and research…

The transition from home to kindergarten, for most children, is the first and major ecological transition in their educational life. Kindergarten is the first educational setting in which children make sense about "school" as a place to learn and about themselves as "pupils". In this transition, children cross a cultural…

Contends that the American education system needs to abandon the current trend toward holding, sorting, and indoctrinating students to be workers and consumers, an inherently antidemocratic education model. Suggests that education's highest priority should be education for active citizenry in a democratic society. Presents and analyzes John…

A look at the evolution of Cameroon's preservice secondary teacher education notes the inadequacy of Cameroon's sole institution for secondary teacher education. Formal and nonformal models of secondary teacher education are described. Issues of selection of models, initial education, and teacher certification are discussed; government policy and…