Introduces the topic of strategies education, summarizing the contributions to this special issue on strategies education. Emphasizes the importance of collaborations between researchers and practitioners to ensure that strategies education programs are practical and implementable. (MDM)

Three teachers who had used reciprocal teaching for at least a year were observed and interviewed as part of an effort to develop a model of reciprocal teaching that would work well in classrooms. These teachers used conventional reciprocal teaching as a starting point for creating instruction they believed to be more powerful and effective than…

Examined through focus groups the feelings and reflections of Head Start parents regarding their initial experiences with the Reggio Emilia approach in their children's classrooms. Findings indicated that (1) parents did not feel comfortable in their knowledge of the Reggio Emilia approach; (2) although parents generally supported the approach,…

Explains how intentionally exposed steel, concrete, brick, wood, and sheet metal surfaces offer students of architecture an opportunity to learn about a newly renovated facility. (GR)

Presents transcripts of a "good" interview and a "bad" interview. Gives role-playing exercises for interviewing and using quotes. Instructs the teacher to make specific points about what was done well and what could be done better. Discusses how using these exercises can make learning to be a reporter fun. (SC)

Discusses how two first-grade teachers listen to their students in an effort to improve their teaching skills. Describes the transformational experiences in classrooms as being rooted in a progressive view of curriculum, in teachers' and students' inquiry and in an understanding that teaching and learning are political activities. Concludes that…

Describes how a group of foreign language teachers created and used a theatre set (called the "living lab") with changeable painted backdrops. Describes a number of ways to use the living lab in the language class; describes how one class wrote and produced an original 10-page drama in French; and describes the process of creating the living lab.…

Notes that the messages that the author took away from speeches at the 2000 meeting of the Association for Business Communication was one of inclusion and tolerance, a message that is both inspiring and encouraging to scholars and teachers in the business communication profession who desire to take pedagogical and methodological risks and to…

Discusses a new trend in college textbooks, where instructional content is presented in story format. The authors of these new textbooks say boring treatises are out, bodice-rippers are in; but some professors complain that the new books are selling students short. (EV)

Describes online learning in engineering at Deakin University in Australia, including: flexible engineering programs, computer-based learning, progression from individual efforts to formal centralized control, costs of information technology, experiences with grant-funded development projects, managing development of online material, student…

States that computer-based instruction (CBI) using multimedia and hypermedia is an approach to teaching that is becoming increasingly popular in academic and nonacademic settings. Reviews findings to help technical communication teachers and practitioners explain the value of audience analysis, goals analysis, and control analysis; accomplish…

Thirty-three rural Oklahoma schools participated in conference telephone calls, dubbed electronic "field trips," which allowed students and teachers to hear presentations from experts in politics, art, science, and the work world, and then ask questions. Presents evaluation results showing the program's strengths and weaknesses. Program…

Suggests that all stakeholders should share a focus on "innovations," referring here simultaneously to technologies and their social, cultural, political, and historical contexts. Introduces a new perspective through which writing center professionals can approach collaborative relationships with other stakeholders in the move towards…

Describes an elective clerkship rotation in pharmacy education for PharmD students designed to develop their skills and stimulate their interest in the teaching and service aspects of academic life. Student feedback and evaluations of the rotation were very positive. (EV)

Discusses the need for innovation in online learning and suggests that online learning in universities and corporate training should focus on problem solving. Recommends the implementation of problem and domain-specific problem architectures in online delivery packages and describes two possible examples of such architectures. (LRW)