Open door education attempts to bring into the learning situation a previously untapped student population, one that is drawn from economically deprived and politically disenfranchised central city residents. (Author/RK)

Discusses the teaching-learning psychological technique called transactional analysis and its application in the classroom (RK)

A paper presented at annual convention of National Council of Teachers of English (60th, Atlanta, November 27, 1970). (Editor)

Describes the uses of lipreading and the factors which aid the partially deaf person in acquiring it. Notes the acceptance which lipreading has gained as a valid tool of communication. Bibliography. (RW)

Describes how 18 teachers (in Wayland, Massachusetts), working with students at a variety of reading levels in third through sixth grades, taught reading via paperback books. (SW)

Maintains that English education must place more emphasis upon learning processes and the uses of knowledge. (SW)

Studies the research and other literature on "special care" children and its implications for practice. Concentrates on studies concerning the most severely handicapped children, but also makes use of work on children less severely handicapped, where there are clear possible ways of applying the work to the most severely handicapped. (Author/CT)

Being able to learn on one's own requires independence of thought and implies that a student be able to develop inquiry and interest without being guided, helped, led, or motivated by a teacher. (JD)

Describes and interprets what 65 elementary and secondary classroom teachers revealed about the techniques and importance of generating student interest in content areas. Finds that generating interest was considered a major aspect of teaching, and the most successful technique was "hands on" activities, including doing, planning, and…

Argues that the computer has many advantages over traditional technologies in learning, thinking, and problem solving. Argues that if reading and writing are taught as thinking processes akin to problem solving, then skills and experiences acquired on the computer should transfer well, with guidance, to print literacy. (RS)

Describes a process-oriented model of experiential learning involving critical relationships between learner and self, teacher, and learning environment. Outlines important elements: mixing content, process, and guided reflection; minimal teacher judgment; engagement in purposeful endeavors; the "big picture" perspective; multiple…

In this article, the author shares the details of her visit to India in 2004 where she had the opportunity to conduct two workshops, one in Mumbai, previously Bombay, and the other one in Chennai, formerly known as Madras. She details her observations of the two groups, focusing first on the preservice group and moving on to the experienced…