This digest summarizes the issues involved in the instruction of college students with learning disabilities and offers a practical approach to teaching these students. It notes first that disability law at the college level is not as prescriptive as that for the elementary secondary level. Since the instructional climate in higher education is…

Innovation in medical education is needed in curriculum, teaching methods and testing programs, as well as involvement of administrators and faculty. (IR)

The idea of transfer of pedagogy is compared to that of technology transfer, in which knowledge and skills are translated from one environment into another. It is recommended that language instruction be made a truly intercultural endeavor and that educational and cultural exchange be undertaken to bring cultures closer together rather than keep…

Addresses those readers who are not familiar with EAP, offering an introductory discussion of its objectives and methods, in two parts. Devotes the first part to the needs that justify an EAP approach, and the second to its methodology, with particular attention to interdisciplinary, task-oriented instruction. Societe Nouvelle Didier Erudition, 40…

The Individualized Instruction Resource Program (IIRP) is a special program for underachieving freshmen and sophomores at Gordon Technical High School in Chicago. In operation since 1969, IIRP uses a coordinated curriculum, unique scheduling, and a practical, often individual approach, which has consistently increased the self-images of its…

The author argues that American art education has long been misled by its reliance on Lowenfeld's theory that creativity is the ultimate good and that children are innately creative. She proposes a more structured and technical approach to art education, based on developmental research with children and art. (SJL)

Outlines 11 core practices that define the Foxfire approach, emphasizing students' choice of and responsibility for their work, teacher's role as guide and model, peer teaching, teamwork, reflection, academic integrity of work undertaken, connections between classroom work and community and world, honest evaluations, and the value of aesthetic…

This article describes conditions in schooling, particularly the brutality, for boys and girls during the European Renaissance of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The English philosopher, John Locke, proposed an alternative style and content with regard to the education of the young. Locke's views and their influence are discussed. (IAH)

The nature of collaborative learning is examined, including some discussion of the role of the instructor. A collaborative learning situation in a women's studies course is described as an example of integration of the approach into content area instruction. (MSE)

This article discusses the relation between instruction prescribed by standardized commercial curricula and reading achievement of mainstreamed students with learning disabilities. An instructional template for use with these curricula is described and its results examined. Limitations of generic instructional procedures adapting mainstream…

Reviews research on learning strategies instruction that has been conducted on students with learning disabilities. Outlines instructional principles on how to teach learning strategies to at-risk students, according to which teachers should teach prerequisite skills before strategy instruction begins; teach regularly and intensively; emphasize…

Suggests that dissatisfaction with traditional teaching practices is fundamentally a moral complaint: teaching students as receptacles offends our sense of human dignity. Argues that students should be treated as moral agents and explores the concept of moral agency, identifying three necessary elements: choice, vision, and an end-in-view. (DSK)

One of a series of articles on principles of good practice in legal education, this article focuses on the importance of encouraging student-faculty contact. Identifies benefits of such contact to students and barriers to student-faculty contact. Suggests some ways to remove barriers related to institutional support, time, gender or race, lack of…

One of a series of articles on principles of good practice in legal education, this concluding article offers comments of law students from six law schools to questions about barriers and enhancements to learning. The comments are related to each of the seven principles of good practice in legal education discussed in previous articles. (DB)

Explores the way a high school teacher's intuitive teaching principles developed over time through an autobiographical analysis. Employs a tennis metaphor to describe feelings about the teaching process. Opines that it takes "not thinking too much" to teach well. (DSK)