The "Bulletin of the Caucus on Social Theory and Art Education" is an annual publication, with each issue devoted to a unified theme. The theme of this issue is the social ramifications of the teaching of art. This issue focuses on art teachers to gain a perspective on the art education process as a socially relevant experience. The volume…

The report presents findings from a 5-year investigation of teaching strategies and their effects on learning stages in severely handicapped students. Learning records of most of the students were found to resemble those of nonhandicapped learners, although some students demonstrated erratic variations in performance due to compliance problems. In…

This study looks at the effects of two types of inservice training--live and videotape instruction--on the subsequent acquisition of knowledge and counseling skills of correctional staff assigned to work with imprisoned adult offenders. (Author/RM)

A discussion of the effect of student evaluation feedback on instructor. (Author)

Teachers were videotaped teaching lessons. Lessons were seen as signal systems to participants. These signal systems were characterized along dimensions of continuity, insulation, and intrusiveness. Task involvement was used as the criterion. Results indicate most successful to least successful lessons, based on signal systems. (Author/SE)

A discussion of the effect of student evaluation feedback on instructor. (Author)

The paper reviews studies on performance objectives, task analysis, and prompting and instruction sequences as they relate to the education of handicapped students. The initial section, on performance objectives, reviews the development of the Vocational Behavior Checklist and the Subsequent Independent Living Behavior Checklist. The next step in…

The authors suggest that how a child learns is as important as what he learns. The school psychologist can help determine the most suitable methods of teaching for those students who are having difficulty learning, and pupil instruction can then be individualized. (HMV)

Address presented at the National Assoc. for the Education of Young Children (New York, N.Y., November 6, 1968)

THE RECENT CONCERN FOR THE PROBLEMS OF THE POOR IS BEING REFLECTED IN CHANGES IN EDUCATIONAL THEORY AND PRACTICES. EDUCATORS NOW FEEL THAT THE DISADVANTAGED YOUTH IS EDUCABLE AND THAT IT IS THE SCHOOL'S RESPONSIBILITY TO EDUCATE HIM. THERE IS, HOWEVER, THE DANGER THAT THIS PRESENT CONCERN IS ONLY A "FAD" AND THUS WILL PASS. IN THEIR INCREASED…

The purpose of this study was to determine the extent a set of teacher competencies thought to be generic were considered to be essential by all teachers regardless of their subject or level. A list of 52 competencies was compiled to be submitted to participants in a comprehensive survey of education professionals-- elementary and secondary…

The purpose of this paper is to provide a set of criteria within a format that teachers, student teachers, and supervisors can use to better understand what inquiry is and how to evaluate the extent to which it is being incorporated into classroom activities. The evaluative criteria are organized into an instrument and are divided into the…