Presents and expands upon a seven-step model that is used to identify factors that bear consideration in the development of audiovisual materials for presentations. (JD)

A description of a media project using local subject matter. (HB)

Author discusses CAI within the context of good educational practice, which he defines as viewing CAI as one approach to instruction and as a valuable tool for research. (HB)

AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY INCLUDES COMMERCIAL AND UNESCO PUBLICATIONS, MOST OF WHICH BEAR PUBLICATION DATES 1942-1965. INCLUDED ARE DESCRIPTIONS OF PROJECTS IN OTHER COUNTRIES WHICH MIGHT BE OF VALUE IN SETTING UP A PROGRAM IN BRAZIL, WORKS ON TEACHING METHODOLOGY AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, RECENT STUDIES IN THE USE OF TEACHING MACHINES, PROGRAMED…

Describes an information gap procedure to teach a new structure which requires students to look for and exchange information in order to complete a task in an English as a second language class. Illustrates the method with a set of materials and suggests ways for teachers to produce similar materials. (SED)

The "Rewriting Technique" (which reduces a textbook chapter, article, or story to a desired reading level) is a method for meeting the reading needs of secondary level learning disabled students. (SW)

Reviews findings from the behavioral sciences which are related to the referential, informational, demand, relational, and image-of-the-other characteristics of instructional presentations. The need for research which would extend knowledge about these items is also discussed. Five references are appended. (Author/LLS)

Creativity is an important ability in the teaching-learning process because of its contribution to the struggle to cope with complex problems, to ensuring satisfaction in life and to the improvement in professional development. Especially, creativity is one of the essential abilities that teachers need in teaching-learning processes in their…

Evaluates the following, gained in work with language teaching installations in the German Democratic Republic: perceptions, regarding meaningful utilization of tested elements of methodology, the actualization of the leading role of the teacher and the creation of special materials. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

The booklet describes ways in which puppetry can promote growth in special and regular education students. Current usage is traced in four categories: puppetry as a demonstrative teaching tool, as an approach to help develop language and communication skills, as a therapeutic tool, and as a form of theater and school arts. Guidelines are presented…

THE AUTHOR BASES HIS APPROACH TO TEACHING LANGUAGES ON THE PRINCIPLE THAT MOST PEOPLE LEARN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE BETTER WHEN IT IS PRESENTED AS ONE ASPECT OF COMMUNICATION, RATHER THAN AS AN ABSTRACT SYSTEM. THE AUTHOR SUGGESTS THAT THIS "MODULAR PRINCIPLE," WHICH HE HAS FOLLOWED IN FOUR FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTE BEGINNING SWAHILI COURSES,…

THE ART PROGRAM IS BASED ON FINDINGS THAT CHILDREN LEARN BEST BY EXPERIMENTING WITH MATERIALS AND GAIN THE CONFIDENCE TO THINK, FEEL, AND EXPRESS THEMSELVES WHEN THEY ARE GIVEN TIME TO WORK AT THEIR OWN PACE, WITHIN THEIR CURRENT DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE. SOME CHILDREN PASS RAPIDLY FROM STAGE TO STAGE WHILE OTHERS HAVE PERIODS OF LITTLE OR NO APPARENT…