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Etzioni, Amitai – Phi Delta Kappan, 1982
Claims that students' self-discipline is the key factor in learning and that the structure of the school is the key factor in developing self-discipline in students. Suggests ways schools can develop awareness of the effects of their structures on student behavior and learning and make appropriate improvements. (PGD)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Discipline, Educational Change, Educational Environment

Peak, Lois – New Directions for Child Development, 1986
Explains how the Suzuki Method introduces young Japanese children to learning situations in structured ways that develop their control of learning behavior earlier than is typical in the West. (HOD)
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Cultural Influences

Filax, Gloria – Journal of Educational Thought/Revue de la Pensee Educative, 1997
Contends that resistance is not adequately problematized in the critical pedagogy literature. Asserts that clarification is necessary to point out the multiple resistances in classrooms and their implications rather than situating resistance only with students and only in relation to social inequality or critical pedagogy. (16 citations) (VWC)
Descriptors: Behaviorism, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
Delker, Paul V. – 1979
During the next twenty years, a significantly expanding adult population and decreasing youth population will cause education for adults to be an increasing concern to the educational system. Out of necessity, an increasing proportion of the resources in education will be directed towards educating adults. Challenges which present themselves are…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Educational Development
Veatch, Jeannette – 1982
Four elements are essential for efficient, effective, and rewarding teaching of beginning reading. The first is the use of children's key vocabulary. Children are asked, in a prescribed fashion, what their very best word is of the moment. The teacher prints it in a prescribed fashion and uses it to help children acquire one-to-one correspondence…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Keywords, Language Experience Approach, Learning Motivation