Describes a computer-based simulation program used in biology and physics classes in German colleges and universities. Concludes that the use of media in teaching has far-reaching possibilities which must be explored by teachers in higher education. (KC)

Library instruction can only succeed when fully integrated with the teaching of the subject. This requires greater consideration by geography teachers of the relationship between bibliographic knowledge and substantive knowledge. (Author/RM)

Utilizes an applicability paradigm to test the validity of the Students' Evaluation of Educational Quality (SEEQ) and the Endeavor questionnaire across seven countries. The similarity of results supported the instruments' applicability as measures of teacher effectiveness across different countries. Includes six tables of statistical data. (MJP)

The public science lecture, popular from the 1750s until the 1850s when a social revolution produced a class bound society, has played an important part in the genesis of modern scientific British education. Reasons include factors such as motivation and teaching methods which made audiences very receptive. (RM)

The Napier University Business School, Edinburgh, Scotland and the Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium embarked on a 3-year collaborative research project to evaluate lecturing techniques at Napier and to compare the results of the evaluation at Napier with those achieved at Leuven. Leuven had developed the EVADOC Questionnaire to monitor…

Forms and characteristics of small group physics instruction in the Russian university are examined and in some cases, compared to those used in Britain. Topics discussed include the lecture method, classroom communication during lectures, postlecture discussion, specialized small-audience lectures, problem solving, individual research projects,…

The education system is a failure and must be reexamined. Student teacher relationships and teaching methods must change. In the future, instead of learning by rote, students will have recourse to data banks to obtain the materials to be used as content for the exercise of what Piaget calls operativity. (RM)

The document contains eight lectures addressing a variety of educational trends, issues, and concerns. The objective is to heighten the awareness of educational challenges that must be met and to promote continued professional renewal activities. Lecture I discusses fundamental problems concerning world education, concentrating on hunger and…