The majority of the teacher candidates in my methods classes come from a background that is different from the primarily African American students at my professional development school. Because these teacher candidates continue to be predominantly White middle-class females, the gap between their cultural comfort zone and their students' cultural…

Since the late 1990s, the overall number of international students studying at tertiary level in New Zealand has increased over 400% and, although enrollments have declined recently, there are still significant numbers of overseas students. This situation has brought continuing pedagogical challenges for tertiary teachers and students. The main…

The following paper discusses the use of student centered teaching techniques in mathematics classes at the secondary level and at the university level. It appears that secondary mathematics teachers are more versatile than university professors in utilizing these teaching techniques in the classroom. This is partially driven by the No Child Left…

Based on the hypothesis that learning preferences tend to vary over cultures, this study compared and contrasted the learning approaches and learning styles between Chinese and American pre-service teachers in an attempt to know more about the learning/teaching landscapes in these two countries as "teachers teach the way they learned"…

A three-faceted investigation was conducted to critically analyze Witkin's conceptualization of cognitive style gleaned from his field dependence/field independence continuum, to identify cognitive style components within the instructional development literature, and to construct a paradigm of the intersections and commonalities between the…

Chronicles Henry David Thoreau's early positions as a nontraditional, progressive, futuristic teacher, tutor, and schoolmaster. Explains how Thoreau's disposition for observing, questioning, and evaluating led him to leave education and nurture his role as a naturalist and philosopher. (NEC)

Authors clarify the categories of non-verbal teacher activity and suggest how the individual teacher can increase the effectiveness of his non-verbal style. (Authors/CB)

The traditional concept of student teaching, as the culminating experience to prepare teacher candidates for the realities of the urban school, is no longer adequate. A program that provides teacher candidates with opportunities to recognize and cope with the realities of urban teaching is described. (CK)

Gives opinion on the imposition of moral values by teachers upon students. (LN)

Examines teaching-style preference as a function of individual differences in physiological arousal/stimulation seeking. Reports responses of 29 teachers to the Sensation Seeking Scale, the Two-Flash Threshold, and a questionnarie. Shows low-arousal teachers tended to prefer a "traditional style" and high-arousal teachers tended to…

Examines the two critical functions of the interpersonal skills (IPS) trainer: (1) to analyze trainee performance and (2) to provide effective performance feedback. Discusses training styles and recommends the Causal-Analytic style. Derives guidelines for effective trainer behavior. (MEAD Subscriptions, CSML, University of Lancaster, Lancaster LA1…

A model is offered which demonstrates the role of brain hemisphericity in teaching-learning strategies which implements affective learning without sacrificing cognitive achievement. (Author/BRR)

Personal recollections of the University of Chicago in the early 1930s, particularly of social science professors Frank Knight, Robert Park, Louis Wirth, Talcott Parsons, and Harold Lasswell. (SJL)

The author recounts his education as a physicist under teachers such as Robert Oppenheimer, Julian Schwinger, and Philipp Frank. (SJL)