This paper challenges a pervasive curricular justification for educationally acquainting young people with stories of genocide and other moral horrors from history. According to this justification, doing so favours the development of psycho-social soft skills connected with interpersonal awareness and the establishment and maintenance of positive…

In this article, the authors describe a cross course collaborative research project designed to provide students with an opportunity to integrate aspects of sociological study that are typically addressed in a compartmentalized course by course manner. They used this approach on two separate occasions. The first involved collaboration between a…

For years reformers have been recommending that language teaching and learning be viewed as a system of communication, with the ultimate goal being the development of functional ability in learners (Musumeci, 1997). Many U.S. world language teachers continue to focus on grammatical tendencies, using English as the medium of instruction. As a…

Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) is a unique technological institute comprised of eight colleges, including the National Technical Institute for the Deaf. At the institute, deaf students and deaf culture intermingle (not always seamlessly) with students from other nations, states, and cities. Like most other universities, its students are…

Presents guidelines for training and supervision in junior college tutoring programs designed to improve reading. (RB)

Author described his own strategy for helping people learn to compose music, which he called the improvisational approach. (Author/RK)

This study examined the teaching methods of the actor/teacher in hopes that the techniques developed at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry, England, can be propagated and used to advantage elsewhere. (Editor/RK)

Describes the role of the teacher and the reading coordinator in a vocational education reading program. (RB)

The current study addresses the efficacy of the tutorial mode of teaching as perceived by alumni who had recently completed a 30-unit Master of Public Administration degree. Their attitudes were quite positive toward the tutorial mode. (Author)

Tallahassee's New Adventure in Learning project seeks to show that positive thinking can generate important advances in the classroom. (Editor)

Presents objectives and materials for implementing an individualized reading program for sixth graders. (RB)

Describes the use of minimally trained role-playing clients in the evaluation of a counselor-training course. Results indicated that with minimal coaching a role-playing client could accurately and reliably play the role. This role stability allows students to be comparatively assessed in a life-like situation. (Author)

Description of tutoring programs now in progress, begins with the assumption that a majority of the nation's schools operate such programs. (RB)

Describes a technique for teaching reading which combines two divergent definitions of individualized instruction. (RB)

Describes a journalism program in news reporting at Northern Illinois University which is televised over the educational public access channel provided by the cable company operating in DeKalb. (RB)