A complete course outline is offered to educators and others who would prepare an intensive seminar on the sharpening of teaching skills for college and university professors. The practical methods and principles used are derived in part from careful investigation, by logic, and most frequently by experience. Five units are outlined: preparing…

Physical activities, games, sports, teaching methods, and other topics concerning the physical education of students from kindergarten through eighth grade are discussed in this collection of 40 papers. (CJ)

A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO DESIGNING TRAINING IS DESCRIBED AND DISCUSSED, AND FACTORS BEARING ON TRAINING EFFECTIVENESS ARE CONSIDERED. AN EFFICIENT INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEM IS ONE IN WHICH THE COMPONENTS FORM AN INTEGRATED WHOLE TO ACHIEVE MAXIMUM EFFECTIVENESS WITH THE LOWEST COST. SYSTEM COMPONENTS INCLUDE PRESENTATION MEDIA, STUDENT MANAGEMENT,…

THIS ANNOTATED REFERENCE LIST IS A COMPANION VOLUME TO "PART 1, TEXTS, READERS, DICTIONARIES, TESTS," AND FOLLOWS THE SAME FORMAT. THE FIRST SECTION, BACKGROUND MATERIALS, COVERS TEXTS IN LINGUISTICS AND THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, BIBLIOGRAPHIES, AND PERIODICALS. THE SECOND SECTION, METHODOLOGY, COVERS LANGUAGE TEACHING IN GENERAL, PREPARATION AND…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS BULLETIN IS TO PRESENT AND CLARIFY SELECTED CONCEPTS IN OUTDOOR CONSERVATION EDUCATION AND TO ORGANIZE GUIDELINES FOR DIRECTORS, TEACHERS, NATURALISTS, AND ADMINISTRATORS OF OUTDOOR FACILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO USE THE OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT AS AN EFFECTIVE CLASSROOM. THE OUTDOOR EDUCATION TOPICS INCLUDE (1) A PERSPECTIVE AND…

THIS GUIDE WAS PLANNED PRIMARILY FOR USE IN THE SCHOOLS OF NEW YORK STATE TO FAMILIARIZE AN INSTRUCTOR WITH THE MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING ACT (MDTA) AND TO GIVE HIM KNOWLEDGE OF TEACHING TECHNIQUES FOR MDTA COURSES. THE EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON THE PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF THE MDTA AND THE PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF TEACHING, RATHER THAN ON DISCUSSIONS…

This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 20 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) voice in writing; (2) the effectiveness of an individualized humanistic writing program; (3) the effects of peer evaluation on eighth grade narrative writing;…

Major factors influencing goals and outcomes of foreign language education are reviewed in order to identify a common core of goals. Alternative approaches to specifying outcomes are discussed and sample lists of outcomes for three levels of study are presented. The review of the main influences on the educational scene during the past decade…

This publication is a compilation of twenty-four studies on Asian experiences with new educational techniques for preparing educational personnel in response to demands for the universalization of education. Ten of the studies were originally presented at a study group which met in Bangkok, Thailand, in the fall of 1978. These studies have been…

Presenting a formative evaluation of the 1976-77 Kodiak Island Borough School District Title IV Elementary Secondary Education Act Project involving 4 schools, 8 teachers, and 50 students in grades 9 and 10, this program evaluation addresses a model based on a philosophy of individualized and independent instruction employing self-paced and…

Developed by participants in a counselor educator conference, this manual is designed to provide performance-based life career counseling instructional materials for vocational counselor training. Two introductory chapters present a brief description of the genesis and evolution on the concept of life career counseling and a model for evaluating a…

The team teaching concept is examined in this study and three working models for team teaching an education course at Middle Tennessee State University are described. The goal was to develop a model that could be easily adapted to a variety of situations and disciplines, and one that would serve as a demonstration model. The first model consisted…

Operating under the philosophy that people can learn from each other, the Nonformal Education Project trained 24 Ecuadorian campesinos in seven rural mestizo villages to instruct their peers in basic litaracy skills, negotiating techniques, and the development of self-esteem. Within a year of operation some of the original "facilitators"…

In cooperation with the Hawaii 2000 Outdoor Education Center, a summer ecology course for teachers on the Island of Hawaii developed and conducted an environmental school in Hawaiian outdoor education for 18 children between the ages of 9 and 13. Thirteen teachers enrolled in a California State University field course in environmental education…

The purpose of this guide to the textbook of the same title is to provide ways and means for improving the teacher education program in which it is used. Each chapter is analyzed from the following: (1) basic purpose; (2) concepts; (3) competencies; (4) suggested approach; (5) suggested learning experiences; and (6) selected references. (JD)