Application of total quality management (TQM) in the classroom provides an opportunity to eliminate the minimally successful authoritarian management style. Classroom TQM differs because the customer-client relationship is not clearly defined, motivational factors have differing expectations, and there is less pressure in terms of the consequences…

Research on teacher effectiveness falls into two groups: research on teacher styles and research on teacher competencies. Both neglect the humanistic aspects of teaching. Offers a research overview to assess how well a school system is fulfilling its central mission of successful teaching and learning. (nine references) (MLF)

This article suggests that one way to involve the viewer of a museum exhibition in the balance between accessibility and scholarship is to approach the exhibition not so much as a lecture but as a conversation. References research done on the differences between male and female styles of communication. (LZ)

The Myers Briggs Type Indicator was completed by 82 preservice agricultural education teachers. All 16 types were reflected; the most common were Extrovert Sensing Thinking Judging (23%), Introvert Sensing Thinking Judging (18%), and Extrovert Sensing Feeling Judging (13%). (SK)

Comparison of a nursing course delivered by videoconferencing (n=21), administration course via audiographics (n=23), and education course via audioconferencing (n=31) showed that, regardless of the technology, learners were most influenced by instructor's teaching style. The importance of relational and interactive factors in distance teaching…

Examines ways in which a group of 13 gay higher educators in the United Kingdom draw upon their sexuality in teaching. Identifies three main themes: (1) teaching from the outside, (2) teaching as performance, and (3) teaching as a (gay) person. Suggests these approaches may disrupt dominant pedagogies and the masculinities which underpin them.…

Examines educators' feminist pedagogical behaviors within a dance education community. Discusses the performance of pedagogical philosophy. Notes the communication in ethnographic research in dance education. Considers the Feminist philosophy of dance education. (SG)

An experience on teaching a drama class and staging performances with available resources is described. Some of the more challenging circumstances are highlighted and it is demonstrated that a sense of humor and community support is needed for the show to go on.

Conductive education is a distinctive style of teaching and learning for pupils with physical difficulties. It is practised in the UK in some maintained, non-maintained and independent special schools and centres (here collectively termed conductive-education schools). In this article Mike Lambert investigates the extent to which these…

The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of students' learning styles on their chemistry achievement, and whether matching between teaching and learning styles also affects students' chemistry achievement. Two hundred and sixty-five tenth-grade students enrolled in a chemistry course and seven chemistry teachers participated in…

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) was given to 264 students in an undergraduate Pharmacy course at a military medical university. Selected MBTI personality types were compared for achievement in the course using a t-test to compare total points earned. High grades were earned by students stronger in the traits of introversion (I) and judgment…

Frequently the words "cooperation" and "collaboration" are used interchangeably; both words mean to develop relationships or to form associations by helping and supporting one another through organized teamwork and partnerships. Although both cooperation and collaboration feature working in groups to produce outcomes, the authors would like to…

As professors of management and organizational behavior mature in their teaching, they should begin to develop a teachable point of view. In this article, the author describes several attributes of a teachable point of view. Based on his own teaching experience, the author outlines five criteria for the content of the material taught--the what of…

This paper is concerned with "match-mismatch" problems. In particular it seeks to match students' questioning to different modes of teaching in undergraduate chemistry. Kolb's theory of experiential learning is used to bridge between learners' questioning and teaching formats. Three case studies illuminate both sets of characteristics, the…

This paper aims to discuss the role and impact that information technology (IT) has on the future and existing style of learning and teaching. It highlights the importance of acquiring computer skills and being literate in IT. The focus is put on certain areas related to IT and education which include pedagogy and training to build IT literacy…