This book looks at the field of special education with regard to students with emotional and behavioral disorders. Specifically, it reflects on some of the important events and people that have shaped the field of special education. This book not only recalls prominent events and individuals, it also seeks to draw reasonable connections from past…

This survey is aimed to determine the effective teacher behaviors that the students feel are more likely to contribute to their academic success. For the purpose of the study first, a stratified random selection 100 undergraduate students within Ankara University during 2004-2005 school year were asked to list the teacher classroom behaviors they…

This literature review explores the issue of disruptive students in the classroom and offers suggestions and possible solutions to the problem. The review was divided into three major areas: (1) definitions and characteristics of disruptive students; (2) reasons why students misbehave; and (3) suggestions and solutions for solving the problem. The…

By using analogies, artists and engineers have made many imaginative creations; moreover, when ninth-grade vocational students received training in synectics (an analogy-based technique) there was a highly significant increase in their originality and elaboration (Torrance creative-thinking tests), and their approach to shop projects and careers…

Although traditional methods have been useful in teaching values, these methods have not resulted in deep commitments; suggests schools develop plans to instruct students in value selection. (Author/RB)

Describes a method for helping children with learning disorders to improve their academic performance. (RK)

Several suggestions concerning affective teaching methods are made based on Hesse's novel, Siddartha.'' (MM)

Explains why the practice of round-robin oral reading leads to frustration, rejection and failure for slower students, boredom for better students. (DR)

The need to improve classroom atmosphere is questioned by scarcely anyone, but what causes hostility and conflicts in student-teacher relationships may not be equally clear. This article examines the problem and holds out the promise that some help may be on the way for vocational teachers. (Editor)

Based on a speech given at 1970 National Conference for Film Education, cosponsored by American Film Institute and University of Cincinnati, Educational Media Laboratory. (Editor/RD)

Discusses the concepts of self," self-identification," and self-experience" in traditional Western psychology and in the enlightenment of the East, represented by Zen, as they relate to the education of the individual. (MB)