Fifteen recommendations were developed by the Roundtable on Higher Education during the group's annual meeting June 15, 2004. Following the meeting, a survey was sent to the roundtable members to determine the extent of agreement with each of the recommendations. Survey results showed a high level of agreement among roundtable members on all 15…

This paper describes the use of focus groups as a qualitative research method. The focus group is a carefully designed discussion that allows people to express their points of view and provide researchers with indicators of program impact. Participants in focus groups possess certain characteristics related to the subject under study. They are…

This book describes the implementation of the Paideia program at Chicago's Sullivan High School in 1984. The Paideia program advocates quality education for all students and involves didactic teaching, coaching, and Socratic questioning of guided discussion. Its goal is to prepare students to earn a living, to prepare citizens for duties in a…

This paper discusses the technical features necessary for a good World Wide Web (WWW) discussion forum, the fact that it should be seen as part of a more general cooperative space, and psycho-sociological aspects that are essential for success. The first section introduces the paper and lists reasons why newsgroups are generally more successful…

The lecture is the primary method used to teach many college-level courses, including teacher education courses. While the lecture has its place, genuine classroom discussions can engage diverse learners in meaningful dialogue with their peers and/or the instructor. Learning to use different communicative forms is essential to promoting the ideals…

This article reports on the contents, processes, and outcomes of one mode of inservice training: the two-day workshop. (Author)

Controversy in the educational environment is a naturally occurring phenomenon. A change model is presented to show alternative ways of dealing with controversy and using it to bring about change. (MS)

It is the purpose of this article to explore poetry as a means of stimulating group development toward increasing directness of expression. (Author)

Author considers the value of in-basket programs. (RK)

Study investigated whether a training program could foster the maturation of moral judgments in prekindergarten children, and the differential effects of two training methods: discussion and verbal discrimination. (Authors/CB)

While there is probably no utopian solution to the problem of student boredom in accounting courses, a partial and relatively simple remedy may be the judicious use of teaching aids and classroom discussion based on data from an actual company's annual report. (KP)

A summary of a panel discussion on the school drop-out in which the panelists were school drop-outs. Presented at the IAPPN Convention, Washington, D.C., 1972. (JC)

Describes a series of classes called The Black Citizen in America Today'' conducted by the Extension Home Economist in Monmouth County, New Jersey. (MB)