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Friedman, Ellen G.; And Others – 1996
This book includes a selection of essays, narratives, and syllabi from the New Jersey Project, which, since 1986, has been pioneering the statewide transformation of the college curriculum away from the androcentric and Eurocentric canon toward an inclusive, nonsexist, nonracist, and multicultural curriculum. Part 1 describes the genesis and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Curriculum, College Instruction, College Role
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Evans, Emrys, Ed. – 1992
The report of the Cox Working Group on the British national curriculum, "English for Ages 5 to 16," includes recommendations for including in the curriculum the study of literature in English from other cultures. The papers of this collection show some ways in which the recommendations of the Working Group may be put into practice and…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Childrens Literature, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
McLaughlin, Milbrey W., Ed.; Oberman, Ida, Ed. – 1996
This collection of articles focuses on the practice and policy of staff development in terms of recent developments in teacher learning. Following an introduction by the editors, the book is divided into five parts. Part 1: New Perspectives on Practice contains three chapters: (1) "Reconceptualizing Teaching: Moving toward the Creation of…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Change, Educational Policy
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Lippitt, Linda; And Others – 1993
This document begins with a report of a study of the learning styles of American Indian students at the Sante Fe Indian School (New Mexico). Santa Fe Indian School is a secondary school of 550 students, primarily from the Pueblo communities of New Mexico. A learning style assessment instrument was administered to 459 students, Grades 7-12, in 4…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indians, Brain Hemisphere Functions
Roberts, David H., Ed.; And Others – 1992
This compilation presents materials associated with the 5-week summer session of the Samford University Writing Project, 1992. The compilation begins with curriculum vitae of staff, teacher consultants, and guest speakers. The compilation also presents lists of group and committee members and daily logs written in by participants in a wide variety…
Descriptors: American Indian Literature, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Friendship
Kupari, Pekka, Ed.; Haapasalo, Lenni, Ed. – 1993
This yearbook is the seventh for the Mathematics Education Research in Finland series and contains ten articles presented at the decennial jubilee colloquium. The first three articles discuss Constructivism both in general and with regard to mathematics education. Analysis is directed to the origins of constructivism, to the learning of…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Constructivism (Learning), Deduction, Difficulty Level
Means, Barbara, Ed.; Knapp, Michael S., Ed. – 1991
This document comprises six papers that discuss teaching advanced skills to educationally disadvantaged students. An introductory paper, "Models for Teaching Advanced Skills to Educationally Disadvantaged Children" (B. Means and M. S. Knapp), synthesizes the themes that characterize the collection of papers as a whole, and discusses general issues…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Children, Compensatory Education, Curriculum Development
Gast, David L.; Wolery, Mark – 1990
This final report of the Group Errorless Teaching Strategies Research Project is organized by the project objectives and covers planned and actual activities and outcomes. Objective 1 involved a review of the literature related to teaching students with mild and moderate mental handicaps in group settings and resulted in three articles which…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Classroom Techniques, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Costa, Arthur L., Ed. – 1991
This eight-part book contains 69 articles which address topics related to helping students become effective thinkers. The articles are organized under these categories: (1) the need to teach students to think; (2) creating school conditions for thinking; (3) what is thinking? deciding on definitions; (4) a curriculum for thinking; (5) thinking…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Concept Formation, Creative Thinking
Costa, Arthur L., Ed. – 1991
This book contains 29 articles which address topics related to teaching thinking. The articles include: (1) "Balancing Process and Content" (Marilyn Jager Adams); (2) "Structure of Intellect (SOI)" (Mary N. Meeker); (3) "Instrumental Enrichment" (Francis R. Link); (4) "Thinking to Write: Assessing Higher-Order Cognitive Skills and Abilities"…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Concept Formation, Creative Thinking
Kahn, Susan, Ed. – 1989
A collection of 16 articles addressing the future of faculty and instructional development in higher education is presented. The articles are categorized under four main subject headings: (1) Faculty Development: Where It Is; Where It's Going; (2) Building Successful Faculty Development Programs; (3) Issues and Approaches in Faculty and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Educational Change, Educational Trends, Faculty Development
Barnhardt, Ray, Ed.; Tonsmeire, J. Kelly, Ed. – 1988
This collection contains 15 essays by teachers who participated in the First Annual Rural Alaska Instructional Improvement Academy in Fairbanks in May 1987. The essays were written as a follow-up to the academy, based on the teachers' reflections on their own experiences in rural schools as well as on the academy workshops they attended and on the…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, Cultural Education, Curriculum Development
Baumann, James F., Ed. – 1986
Intended to help classroom teachers, curriculum developers, and researchers, this book provides current information on theoretical and instructional aspects of main idea comprehension. Titles and authors are as follows: "The Confused World of Main Idea" (James W. Cunningham and David W. Moore); "The Comprehension of Important…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Context Clues, Corrective Reading, Elementary Secondary Education
Kupari, Pekka, Ed. – 1987
This fourth yearbook on research on mathematics teaching in Finland contains five articles, four in English and the fifth in German. "Mathematics as a Cognitive Science" (C. Letteri) examines cognitive aspects related to teaching and learning mathematics, with the focus on the different levels of comprehension and an analysis of basic…
Descriptors: Algebra, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Educational Planning
Escobedo, Theresa Herrera, Ed. – 1983
A collection of 14 articles about bilingual education for Hispanic children emphasizes early childhood education. The articles explore language acquisition and development, the impact of culture on learning, and classroom strategies. Among the topics are discussed are: child bilingualism, code switching, cultural influences on cognitive style,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Child Language, Code Switching (Language)
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