The present study aims to explore the experiences of prospective physical education teachers on active gaming. The study, which used qualitative case study design enrolled 2 prospective physical education teachers (1 male, 1 female) who were included in extracurricular activities and physical education classes in 2015-2016 academic year. For data…

Jazz big band is a common extra-curricular musical activity in Western Australian secondary schools. Jazz big band offers important fundamentals that can help expand a student's musical understanding. However, the teaching of conventions associated with big band jazz has often been haphazard and can be daunting and frightening, especially for…

This book contains a compilation of papers presented at the International Conference on Education and New Developments (END 2018), organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (WIARS). Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the human…

Daily monitoring of signals from artificial Earth satellites presented some international aspects to an extracurricular space science program. (Author/KM)

We are delighted to welcome you to the International Conference on Education and New Developments 2013, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 1 to 3 of June. Education, in a global sense, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the human being, in the way one thinks, feels and acts. One of the…

The author has written this book to counter the assumption that all a teacher must do to conduct an open classroom is to have read the works of Neill, Holt, and others. He puts forth a number of guidelines for teachers who want to achieve an open classroom. Among the topics of the book are: possible trips and out-of-doors activities; classroom…

Several writers have criticized the traditional structure of the forensics programs--on college and high school levels--as perpetuating a "reality gap" between contest debate and actual public communication. There are methods, however, whereby high school directors can help to bridge this gap and can present a more interesting and enriching…

The vocational agriculture program at Greenville (South Carolina) High School centers around ornamental horticulture and jobs related to horticulture. Activities in the Future Farmers of America chapter program of work in ornamental horticulture account for the department's success in holding students. (MF)

Presents an interview with the administrators of a vocational school in Moscow. Explains that the school trains workers for the garment industry, hair styling, cosmetics, and food preparation. Discusses the school's history, programs, and goal-oriented approach. Describes the curriculum as experimental training with an emphasis on teacher…

A study was conducted to gain greater understanding of the nature of work of beginning home economics teachers. Their work was characterized by fairly heavy teaching schedules, responsibility for clubs and other extracurricular activities, difficulty with time and classroom management, and limited teaching techniques and ability to plan and…

This guide offers teachers and senior high school students the simple facts of how he can make a difference in the operation of the two-party system in the United States at the precinct level. It also attempts to show that students, teachers, the school curriculum, and our American political structure definitely need large numbers of high school…

This paper discusses research on activity structure design in a project-based science classroom and efforts to adapt designs from this setting to an after-school program involving historical inquiry. Common activity structures such as classroom lessons and Initiation-Reply-Evaluation (I-R-E) sequences are important cultural tools that help…

Five articles deal with concerns of teachers in the field of secondary speech education. The first article reports the responses of 84 speech education graduates to a questionnaire concerning their success in finding teaching jobs and their recommendations for course work for current speech education majors. Other articles discuss ways of helping…

A survey of Illinois secondary school speech teachers was conducted in 1970 so that a profile of the secondary school speech teacher could be constructed from the perspective of how teachers view themselves. Replies were received from 55 teachers representing 37% of the sample and 12% of Illinois schools with speech activity programs. Among the…

The purpose of this guidebook is to encourage activities advisors and directors to teach their student advisees, in the regular classroom setting, how to become effective leaders, and to provide school administrators and curriculum directors with a sound rationale for leadership classes. The booklet describes the need for leadership instruction…