Discusses how educational philosopher Joseph Schwab's conception of theory applies to curriculum development. Subtopics include the relationship of theory to practice; four universal components of education and their relationships; the curriculum development group, whose composition reflects the four components; and goal-directed versus…

Describes the group intermix procedure, a prediscussion strategy in which students work in groups to process the content of a single book. Suggests classroom applications. (FL)

Discusses questioning techniques and lists 10 mutuality-enhancing devices, including hinting, simplifying, and making use of hesitations and pauses. (DF)

Provides a worksheet and summary sheet for use in facilitating the sharing of experiences, expertise, techniques, and skills among a group of approximately 15 people interested in environmental activism. Describes how to organize the group and what procedures to use to achieve recommended goals. (BC)

Issues about computer use are addressed by a discussion activity designed to help students think about situations and understand various points of view. Four situations are given, each presented from the viewpoints of four persons. (MNS)

Outlines positive and negative features of the lecture method and the resource-based learning method, recounts a personal experience with the responsive lecture, and discusses its potential. (MBR)

Verbal transactions between students and tutors during radio tutorials for courses offered by the University of Western Australia and Murdoch University were studied to determine how the medium affected the tutorial process. It was found that radio tutorials were successful in providing students with the opportunity to participate in discussions.…

Tested the effectiveness of interactive cable television in disseminating new teaching ideas among elementary school teachers. Found an increase in the diversity of new ideas within word groups, but the increase was regulated by the group's interpersonal communication or "intermediation." Discusses conditions under which communication…

Presents several guidelines for creating lessons to teach critical thinking skills, a model lesson using these guidelines, and an analysis of the teaching strategies within the lesson that illustrates how the guidelines are applied. (HOD)

Presents four teachers' view on the role of Christianity in literature discussions. Suggests that the importance of Christianity in the formation of Western values and the development of Western literature cannot be ignored. (MM)

Sixty learning disabled students, aged 12 to 24, were assigned to experimental and control conditions, with experimentals experiencing discussions (e.g., obstacles to academic success) led by teachers trained in reality therapy. Among results of multivariate analysis are that experimentals attained higher academic aspirations and lower anxiety…

Against the background of the variety of language teaching methods currently in use, the actual daily classroom situation and the communication rituals it adopts are examined. Teachers are encouraged to draw on and expand classroom communication practices. (MSE)

Describes a program for teaching teachers to help children understand the special needs of handicapped children through the use of group discussions, agency experts, handicapped guests, role playing activities, visual aids, and field trips. (SB)

Describes the development of a groupwork program in an agency that had provided treatment through casework alone. (Author/SB)

The voices of college students and teachers vividly enlighten readers about the real-world challenges of multicultural education. Courses on diversity abound in American universities today. But open classroom discussion of racial and gender differences can evoke discomfort as much as new understandings. Negotiating these courses takes a toll on…