Indiana's declining SAT scores prompted the publisher of a statewide magazine covering the literary, performing, and visual arts to take action and create a program to use the magazine as a supplemental resource for students. It was believed that such a supplemental resource could enhance critical thinking and writing skills and help raise SAT…

This study seeks to analyze the role of history teachers in instructional planning and their areas of autonomy in Turkey. The concept of teacher autonomy briefly refers to the authority and freedom of teachers in the planning and implementation of the instructional activities and the decisions made during the instructional process. The objective…

This paper reported on the findings of research into innovation in e-learning design and assessment through the development and implementation of online learning activities (e-tivities). The focus of the study was on Carpe Diem as a process to enable academic course teams to seize 2 days to design and embed pedagogically appropriate e-tivities…

In designing an EAP (English for Academic Purposes) course it is necessary that we consider several factors: students' objectives, needs, levels and interests, course and institution's goals, and availability of resources. In this paper it is strived to elucidate the differences between EGP (English for General purposes) and ESP (English for…

The introduction of new online technologies in Higher Education brings many challenges for staff, not only in learning new functionality, but in deciding how to use tools in pedagogically effective ways. This case study describes an initiative at the Open University (UK), which set out to provide professional development in the use of an online…

Collaborative learning is extensively applied in classroom activities, but the screens on handheld devices are designed for individual-user mobile applications and may constrain interaction among group learners. The small screen size may lead to fragmented and tete-a-tete communication patterns and frequently obstruct the externalization of the…

The author of this article thinks that the basic difficulties of wider introduction of media education in the Russian and French universities & schools first of all are connected with patent defect purposefully prepared of media educators; with the certain inertness of many educational establishments; with traditional approaches of the…

Academics preparing students for experiential placements within professional programs require considerable curriculum planning and pedagogical expertise. Communities of practice involving workshops and online processes provide opportunities for collaborative work in developing quality curriculum materials and also in supporting widespread…

Prepared as an aid to teachers, the document provides four outlined examples showing how to establish appropriate subobjectives and learning tasks when teaching Field Objectives from the Wisconsin Guide to Local Curriculum Improvement in Industrial Education, K-12. Examples seek to implement student understanding of the guide objectives and are…

This document is a draft of a design for a learning tool which is an integral part of the Georgia Educational Model for the Prepartaion of Elementary Teachers (ED 025 491). (The introduction notes that specifications for the model require that all instruction be related to teacher performance behaviors and utilize the proficiency module (PM) as…

A transdisciplinary staff of a preschool for multiply handicapped students worked with design students to develop learning boxes which include manipulable and tactile activities designed for stimulation and independent activity. (CL)

Tells of a project to develop and field test 10 role-play activities designed to enhance high school students' understanding of public policy issues involving science and technology. Seven references are listed. (FM)

Eleven teaching aids designed to help primary students master basic mathematics concepts. (CM)