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Peer reviewedMacGregor, Jean, Ed.; Cooper, James L., Ed.; Smith, Karl A., Ed.; Robinson, Pamela, Ed. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2000
This volume is a synthesis of interviews conducted with 48 teachers who are infusing their large classes (over 100 students) with small-group activities or are working explicitly to create student communities within large classes. The chapters are: chapter 1, "The Argument for Making Large Classes Seem Small" (James L. Cooper and Pamela…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Class Organization, Class Size, Large Group Instruction
Download full textNational Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL. – 1980
The twenty-four articles in this collection focus on the problems presented by the increasing numbers of exceptional students with whom the English classroom teacher must deal: physically, emotionally, and mentally handicapped; nonnative speakers of English; nontraditional students; speakers of nonstandard dialects; the gifted and talented; and…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, English Instruction, English (Second Language), Hearing Impairments
Peer reviewedRossman, Mark H., Ed.; Rossman, Maxine E., Ed. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 1995
This collection of articles on distance learning reflects the perspectives and concerns of the learner and the facilitator of learning in distance education setting. Eight chapters are included: (1) "The Evolution and Advantages of Distance Education" (John E. Cantelon) traces the history of distance education and demonstrates how it transcends…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cognitive Style, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education
Petrosky, Anthony R., Ed.; Bartholomae, David, Ed. – 1986
Intended for composition teachers and researchers, as well as those involved with educational issues apart from the writing community (legislators, administrators, researchers in other fields, parents), this book contains essays that take a critical step beyond the standard arguments of the profession, pushing hard for example, at some of the…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Process Approach (Writing)
Jakupec, Viktor, Ed.; Garrick, John, Ed. – 2000
This book addresses contemporary contexts of flexible learning and its practices and provides insights about directions that education and training providers may be required to follow to implement flexible learning in a variety of settings. Key issues and debates include the following: social and economic dimensions of flexible learning and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Educational Technology, Equal Education
Brantley, Clarice P.; Davis, Bobbye J. – 1997
This yearbook contains 17 chapters that provide a perspective on the changes in business today. The book is organized in six parts that cover the following: (1) the historical perspective for the changing dimensions in business education; (2) the forces that have an impact on changes in business education; (3) specific technologies that enable…
Descriptors: Business Education, Business Education Teachers, Change, Change Agents
Waterhouse, Lynn H.; And Others – 1980
The relationship between children's language and their knowledge of the various features of their language and their reading is examined from the perspective of several prominent theories about the link between thought and language. The first chapter contrasts features of five significant contemporary theories of language and thought--the Russian,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Developmental Psychology, Developmental Stages
Purves, Alan C., Ed.; Niles, Olive, Ed. – 1984
Intended to give attention to instruction in reading in the middle grades and beyond, this yearbook includes the following essays: (1) "The Challenge to Education to Produce Literate Citizens" (Alan C. Purves and Olive S. Niles); (2) "The Role of Print as a Medium in Our Society" (Charles Suhor); (3) "The Context of…
Descriptors: Censorship, Higher Education, Literacy Education, Microcomputers
Gibson, Chere Campbell, Ed. – 1998
The contributors to this book, administrators and faculty from a variety of higher education institutions in North America, reflect on current research and practices in distance higher education, and address specific facets of the distance learner. Following an introduction by Michael G. Moore, eight chapters include the following: (1) Distance…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Cultural Pluralism
Peer reviewedCyrs, Thomas E., Ed.; Menges, Robert J., Ed.; Svinicki, Marilla D., Ed. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1997
In this volume, experienced distance educators provide insights into new trends in computer-based teaching and learning in postsecondary education. The book is divided into four parts: (1) Issues and Trends; (2) Instructional Design Principles for Distance Learning; (3) Alternative Delivery Systems for Distance Learning; and (4) Administrative…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Computer Assisted Instruction, Copyrights, Delivery Systems
Ho, Kwok Keung, Ed. – New Horizons in Education, 2003
This journal, written in English and Chinese, includes the following papers: "Values for Creativity: A Study among Undergraduates in Hong Kong and Guangzhou" (Xia Dong Yue and Kok Leung); "The Present Situation of Family Education at the Turn of the Century: An Investigation in Three South-Eastern Provinces in China" (Feng…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cognitive Processes, College School Cooperation, Discipline
Burke, John G., Ed.; Eakin, Marshall C., Ed. – 1979
Questions of technology and change are explored in approximately 70 essays written by university and research scholars, consumer advocates, political philosophers, engineers, and bureaucrats. The book is part of a multimedia series developed to present college level course material to the general public through cooperation of newspapers, public…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Books, Change Agents, Controversial Issues (Course Content)
Comings, John, Ed.; Garner, Barbara, Ed.; Smith, Cristine, Ed. – 2000
This book contains eight papers on adult learning and literacy. "The Year 1998 in Review" (Fran Tracy-Mumford) examines educational legislation and policy and developments in adult education program development, program accountability, strategic alliances and partnerships, and instructional methodologies and technologies. "Lessons…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adolescents, Adult Education, Adult Learning
