Effective procedures and techniques for using a textbook along with a philosophy of textbook use in k-12 schools are given in this second issue. The social studies textbook is described as a tool to be used in conjunction with other supplementary instructional materials, such as audio-visual materials, reference books, periodicals, and lectures.…

An elementary music education program designed to encourage creativity and cooperative learning was evaluated over a year with 42 experimental and 61 control fourth-grade students. Results indicated that the elementary music teachers involved were able to adapt cooperative-learning models which influenced students' creativity and attitudes toward…

The purpose of this paper is to share some classroom materials that help undergraduates extract more sociologically relevant content from the ethnographic research publications they read. Aided by prototyping, discussion, and practice, the materials can help students develop ethnographic research projects that are better framed conceptually. The…

Social scientists, particularly sociologists, seem to place great value in small classes and group projects, especially in teaching research methods. However, in the authors' department, the sophomore-level research methods class ranges from 70 to 105 students, which would result in 14 to 21 small groups for one instructor to supervise without a…

This document lists various ways that a teacher can utilize recordings and transcriptions to achieve interest in the social studies classroom, and suggests some recordings that are particularly valuable as learning tools. Properly employed, these recordings can induce in students a feeling that they are personally acquainted with famous historical…

Designed to provide a concise description of traditional instructional techniques, as well as more recent technology-based techniques, this 11-part guidebook includes the following sections: (1) "The Value of Planning"; (2) "Aids to Effective Instruction," reviewing the reasons for employing learning objectives, Bloom's taxonomy of objectives for…