This document reports on a three 3-day workshops on the whole-language approach in early childhood education held in Thailand in 1997. There were 119 registrants, including graduate students, teachers, and university instructors. Workshops were translated into the Thai language. The first workshop introduced the whole-language approach and…

This essay develops the position that the basic public speaking course is in need of reevaluation. Topics discussed include the importance of adopting a critical pedagogical stance, Paolo Freire's (1983) banking versus problem-posing concepts of education, the problems arising from the prevalent use of teaching assistants as public speaking…

A composition course for preservice teachers that emphasized writing as a means of inquiry elicited mixed results on student evaluations. The reading and writing assignments were designed to foster what the instructor calls "arguing to inquire." The purpose of this kind of writing is not to take a position and convince others of its…

This study adopted a social cognitive approach to examine the association between academic delay of gratification and students' rating of teachers and course effectiveness. Also investigated were the motivational tendencies of students and teacher and classroom characteristics that served to clarify the association. Participants were 113 college…

Student-completed course evaluations are used almost exclusively in collegiate education. This paper proposes the use of student evaluations in secondary education, specifically in social studies, for the purpose of improving teacher and course effectiveness. The paper presents an informal method of student course evaluation by describing a…

Discusses the design principles and operations of a new program with emphases upon integrated curriculum planning, individually paced instruction, and mastery learning. Indicates that students succeed better both in pre-professional courses and in follow-up engineering courses than do those in conventional courses. (CC)

Author considered Western Civilization in the light of present realities and stated his reasons for believing that the course is not suited to the needs of the greatest number of those students who take it. (Author/RK)

Former graduate and undergraduate students in economics were surveyed to determine the initial use made of their degrees and to ascertain suggestions for modifications that might be made in the curriculum. (Author/JH)

The results of a survey of project work in three science and technology departments at two universities and the deficiencies apparently inherent in these activities in their present form is summarized. (Author)

Reports survey data on the relationship of personal characteristics to occupational success and the perceived importance of college course experiences to job performance. Concludes that practical judgment is the most important factor and informal activity experiences facilitate the development of interpersonal competence. (CC)

Five different teaching courses are available for student teacher-learners at the Park School, which creates unique opportunities for student teachers to critically interact with each other in a classroom environment. (RK)

Life Skills are defined as problem solving behaviors appropriately and responsibly used in management of personal affairs. (Authors)

Question and answer approach to providing a how-to" for open education. (AN)