Experiential education is a child-centered educational framework that is popular in Flemish kindergartens. In this study, the impact of five experiential practices (autonomy support, stimulation, emotional support, time for choice activities, and interest-based activities) and the moderating influence of initial achievement (language and…

Students are sometimes proactive and engaged in classroom learning activities, but they are also sometimes only reactive and passive. Recognizing this, in this article I argue that students' classroom engagement depends, in part, on the supportive quality of the classroom climate in which they learn. According to the dialectical framework within…

An open classroom advocate who believes that the virtues of a classroom rely on the presence of the teacher urges teachers to think creatively about themselves and the world they live in, rather than embrace unquestioningly another educational formula. (Author/CS)

Discusses the educational importance of the kinds of questions asked by teachers and reports a study indicating that teacher training procedures can improve the quality of teachers' questions so that they require cognitive functioning beyond factual recall. (DP)

The approach to discipline presented here suggests that optimal classroom discipline is directly related to teacher beliefs regarding pupils, himself, and teaching. (AJ)

This article discusses the effects of a teacher's values and attitudes, as reflected in his or her teaching, on the competency and value systems of students. (BRT)

Describes an approach to evaluating open classrooms based on the premise that the evaluation instrument used should be sensitive to the educational goals of the teacher. (SB)

Author concludes that perhaps it is time in teacher education to stress intuition and the aesthetics of teaching. (Author/JB)

If our schools are to become socially functional, it is imperative that we address ourselves to the basic theme that teaching must be in harmony with childlike perceptions and biases. (Author/WY)

Using an ethnographic approach, this article describes the factors influencing the curriculum planning of a fifth grade teacher. (Author/MP)

Compositions of 10 high-knowledge and 10 low-knowledge fourth-grade students taught by either academically-oriented or cognitive developmentally-oriented teachers were analyzed in terms of four types of propositions they contained to assess the relative influence of writers' prior knowledge and teachers' classroom lesson structure on students'…

Purpose of this study was to test the efficacy of the change-agent concept in the public school setting of Walla Walla, Washington. (Authors/CB)

Investigates the degree to which 98 elementary teachers were encouraged to use reflective thinking and teaching skills during their student teaching. Makes recommendations for changes in preparation of future teachers. (RJC)