A model program of occupational exploration was conducted for students enrolled in a two-year college and unsure of their vocational goals. The heart of the academic program was a six-credit sociology of work course invoving the psycho-socio-economic aspects of work. Supplementing this course were three other courses. Three components…

An overwhelming response to the model Extended Learning Programs in the greater Cleveland area and in southeastern Ohio, under the leadership of Ohio University, has indicated that there is a sizeable group of adults with interrupted college programs and unfulfilled career plans whose unique needs were not or could not be met by existing programs…

A local history course offered as a semester elective to seniors has as its purpose the study of the local community as a microcosm of the United States. The basic principle is to reinforce what the student has already learned in previous history courses. The course proceeds through a chronological sequence of units about various periods of the…

The use of television as a component of instructional programs designed for home-based students was studied. Three on-going programs--Chicago's "TV College;" Bavaria's "Telekolleg", and a Children's Television Workshop series, "Sesame Street"--were chosen for examination. The planning and development stages of these…

PROGRESS DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF THE OAKLEAF PROJECT, AN INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, WAS SUMMARIZED IN THIS INTERIM REPORT. THE OAKLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN SUBURBAN PITTSBURGH WAS USED AS THE PROJECT LABORATORY FOR PRODUCING A CURRICULUM IN AN EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT WHICH WOULD BE RESPONSIVE TO…

Self-regulated learning combines cognitive skill and motivation enabling handicapped students to select challenging tasks, apply effective learning strategies, and measure success against personal standards. Research on the development of specific techniques such as informed strategy training, self-control training, conditional knowledge,…

Discusses how hard it is to define the gifted child and the difficulty of enriching and extending gifted children in the areas of reading and writing. Recommends starting the gifted sooner or accelerating them more quickly through a program, among other strategies. (NKA)

Reviews history of supported self-study in Great Britain's secondary schools and describes the purpose, teacher role, teaching approach, and future of the Council for Educational Technology's Supported Self-Study Project. The project was developed in response to concerns that declining pupil numbers would lead to reductions in courses offered.…

This is the second text in a series of Mandarin Chinese learning texts. It continues with the theme of learning to communicate in various forms, especially with time and location, and the hanzi writing system is introduced. An MP3 file accompanies this book. Contents include: (1) Acknowledgments; (2) Introduction; (3) Unit Three, Time When:…

This paper argues that progressive pedagogy is a viable alternative to more limited basic skill approaches to school reform. Drawing on qualitative and quantitative data collected during the fourth year of a 7-year multi-site school reform initiative in a besieged urban district, the paper documents ways in which teachers have dramatically altered…

These eight papers focus on connections beyond the foreign language classroom. They include the following: (1) "Intercultural Communities: Rethinking Celestin Freinet" (Helene Gresso and Lara Lomicka); (2) "Beyond the Foreign Language: Making Connections Through Recorded Oral Histories" (John Chaston); (3) "Information…

The paper explores the nature of learning, focusing particularly on the theories of Biggs and Teffler (1989) and their research finding that the quality of learning is the result of the motivation for learning, and that this affects the learners' performance. An alternative theory of learning is offered and ideas for improving the teachers' role…

From the results of questionnaires, it was found that students in a Japanese English-as-a-Second-Language course tended to be highly motivated to learn. At the same time, however, they did not seem ready for autonomous learning. It is speculated that because of their past learning experiences, where the students were excessively…

Community colleges have been pioneers in the use of analog and digital telecommunications technologies, including the Internet, to deliver education and training to students on campus, in the community, and at greater distances. Members of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) believe that the strength of the nation's economy, as…

This document contains four symposium papers on workplace learning issues. "The Changing Role of Training Consultants in Organizing Work-related Learning" (Rob F. Poell, Geoff E. Chivers) draws on interviews with training consultants in 19 different organizations to describe how their role is changing in response to the trend toward…