Chronicles Henry David Thoreau's early positions as a nontraditional, progressive, futuristic teacher, tutor, and schoolmaster. Explains how Thoreau's disposition for observing, questioning, and evaluating led him to leave education and nurture his role as a naturalist and philosopher. (NEC)

Authors clarify the categories of non-verbal teacher activity and suggest how the individual teacher can increase the effectiveness of his non-verbal style. (Authors/CB)

The traditional concept of student teaching, as the culminating experience to prepare teacher candidates for the realities of the urban school, is no longer adequate. A program that provides teacher candidates with opportunities to recognize and cope with the realities of urban teaching is described. (CK)

Gives opinion on the imposition of moral values by teachers upon students. (LN)

Examines teaching-style preference as a function of individual differences in physiological arousal/stimulation seeking. Reports responses of 29 teachers to the Sensation Seeking Scale, the Two-Flash Threshold, and a questionnarie. Shows low-arousal teachers tended to prefer a "traditional style" and high-arousal teachers tended to…

Examines the two critical functions of the interpersonal skills (IPS) trainer: (1) to analyze trainee performance and (2) to provide effective performance feedback. Discusses training styles and recommends the Causal-Analytic style. Derives guidelines for effective trainer behavior. (MEAD Subscriptions, CSML, University of Lancaster, Lancaster LA1…

A model is offered which demonstrates the role of brain hemisphericity in teaching-learning strategies which implements affective learning without sacrificing cognitive achievement. (Author/BRR)

Personal recollections of the University of Chicago in the early 1930s, particularly of social science professors Frank Knight, Robert Park, Louis Wirth, Talcott Parsons, and Harold Lasswell. (SJL)

The author recounts his education as a physicist under teachers such as Robert Oppenheimer, Julian Schwinger, and Philipp Frank. (SJL)

Explored how a semester-long experience in a technology-rich classroom at Kent State University affected middle school teachers over the last two years in their use of technology in the classroom. Highlights include access to technology; technology utilization; benefits of technology; and impact on teaching style. (Author/LRW)

Task-oriented and patient-oriented styles were used to instruct 28 patients in a block design task. The patient-oriented style resulted in more nonverbal positivity. The task-oriented style led to higher scores during the first instructional period, whereas the patient-oriented style during the second period resulted in higher scores. (SK)

Considers how characteristics of adult learners (self-direction, experience as a learning resource, need for learning, motivation, and orientation to learning) in Knowles' model of andragogy apply to adults with learning difficulties. Concludes that these adults may need both prescriptive and facilitative teaching. (SK)

This study focuses specifically on teacher verbal behaviors that foster interaction in a two-way interactive television classroom. Studies research on taxonomies of teaching styles and discourse analysis to determine which components would comprise the most practical and useful set of behaviors for the distance education teacher and researcher.…

Teaching style is a predilection toward teaching behaviors and congruence between behaviors and beliefs. Educators can achieve congruence by reflecting on teaching choices and changing behaviors, beliefs, both, or neither. (Contains 30 references.) (SK)

Georgia secondary business teachers (n=25) and business teacher educators (n-22) completed Canfield's Instructional Styles Inventory and Learning Styles Inventory. Both groups preferred well-organized and logical learning situations, working with people, and hands-on activities. Both preferred teaching in an organized, logical manner, using…