Children are very resilient--but they are not unbreakable. No matter what their age, children are deeply hurt when they are physically, sexually, or emotionally abused or when they see or hear violence in their homes and communities. When children see and hear too much that is frightening, their world feels unsafe and insecure. This brief report…

Presents nine practical adages to help teachers motivate students. Topics include students' expectations, their uniqueness, and building confidence. (CH)

When a student asks a question, he invites learning and teaching. This article analyzes student questions and then uses that analysis to propose a pedagogical plan for responding to questions. (MT)

Discusses ways in which teachers and parents respond to children's artwork. Presents six traditional approaches to responding to children's art and analyzes these approaches in terms of each one's impact on the child artist. Suggests alternate and more appropriate ways to respond to children about their art. (BB)

Suggests that teachers need practice in differentiating their responses to student behavior in order that they may enhance the effectiveness of their responses. The author gives some alternatives to the use of praise and also examines four types of praise. (Author/HMV)

The purpose of the project was to continue with the development, analysis, revision, and dissemination of curriculum materials for use by home economics teachers with educable mentally handicapped students which had been initiated during an earlier phase. The developed materials were field tested with students enrolled in home economics classes…

Focusing primarily on the humanistic components of the educator's role, this document was developed as a resource to assist educators with the process of self-evaluation for use as a basis when planning professional development goals. The three major categories included are interpersonal relations, intrapersonal relations, and management. The…

As a result of the recent publicity given problems of physical and sexual child abuse, society now expects teachers to be fully informed, to educate both children and parents, and to actively intercede in abuse cases. Guidelines are given to help middle level teachers cope with these and related developments. (DCS)

Discusses several options for the incorporation of minimal coursework involving engineering ethics into an already tightly packed curriculum. Topics include integration versus the stand-alone approach; timeliness of course addition; outline of course content and instructional format; students' reflections and instructor's musings; and an annotated…

In 1991 and 1992, two workshops for community college practitioners in Canada were conducted on the subject of disruptive classroom behavior. The participants began the workshops by generating individual lists of what they found to be irritating student behaviors. They then formed groups and generated lists which, in turn, were compiled into a…

This workbook is designed to help student teachers and paraprofessionals involved in early childhood programs evaluate their reactions to problem situations and assess their teaching potential based on past performance, individual preferences and attitudes, and evaluations by others. The first section contains perforated worksheets presenting…

Discusses a series of steps and strategies that teachers can use to work with and help "troubled" children. (BB)

This publication is a guide for teachers using "The Changing World Today," an intermediate-grade student text which examines cultural change in Japan, Kenya, and India. A major portion of the guide consists of a summary outline of the text. Discussed in the outline are descriptive characteristics, rationale, antecedent conditions,…

This twelfth in a series of twenty-nine learning modules on instructional execution is designed to give secondary and postsecondary vocational teachers help in developing the skills needed to employ oral questioning techniques. Introductory sections relate the competency dealt with here to others in the program and list both the enabling…