A study of 14 experienced high school physical education teachers' views of and rationales for effective teaching used critical incidents, the Q-sort technique, and informal interviews. Analysis found that most teachers defined effective teaching as a hierarchy of pedagogical practices in which organization, management, discipline, and control…

Five steps designed to take anxiety out of statistics for social work students are outlined. First, statistics anxiety is identified as an educational problem. Second, instructional objectives and procedures to achieve them are presented and methods and tools for evaluating the course are explored. Strategies for, and obstacles to, making…

This article discusses instructional strategies likely to be effective with culturally and linguistically diverse students regardless of placement. It addresses assessment and misclassification; overreferral or underreferral; differing approaches to second language instruction; and the importance of transfer between languages, opportunities for…

The principles of supplementary instruction (SI), a college-level student academic assistance program that increases academic performance and retention in traditionally difficult courses, are examined. Several aspects are discussed, including the role of proactive assistance, staffing, institutional awareness and support, and traditional and…

The Danish education system has been characterized by democratic values, individual choice of education and institution, emphasis on general education, and teachers' freedom of teaching method. But these characteristics are being undermined by European unity and neoliberalist policies that see education as an element in the market economy.…

John Goodlad, professor of education and director of the Center for Educational Renewal at the University of Washington, discusses needed changes in teacher education including involving teachers in schools of arts and sciences, schools of education, and school districts. Includes 19 postulates addressing the simultaneous renewal of schools and…

This paper introduces management models for developing a collaborative language intervention process, implementation models for language assessment and Individualized Education Program planning, and multicultural issues. Strategy training for language and communication is introduced as a feasible example, with macrolevel and microlevel process…

Five principles of learning for young children with handicaps (functioning below a developmental age of one year) are presented, with descriptions of strategies that can be used to facilitate ascendance to higher levels of cognitive-social-communicative functioning. The principles include frequent adult-child interactions, meaningful context for…

The executive director of the Foxfire Fund and the codirector of the Institute for Democracy in Education discuss collaborative strategies for promoting democratic approaches to education, the history and current context of democratic education, and the importance of empowering teachers to implement student-centered democratic education. (LP)

This article compares recommended practices identified by the Division for Early Childhood (DEC) and the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). Similarities and differing emphases are noted in the areas of inclusion, family involvement, assessment, program planning, curriculum and intervention strategies, service…

Review of 44 studies exploring Latino students' psychological adjustment to postsecondary education revealed that, compared to Anglos, Latino students scored higher on academic and financial stress measures and valuing of education. Recommends ethnic classification for further studies be based on psychological indices of ethnicity, and not…

Harold Stevenson, author of "The Learning Gap," describes differences between schools in the United States, which he feels are in crisis, and those in Asia. The article includes important differences in staff development and in the working conditions of teachers in those countries. (SM)

Presents a review of developments in aesthetic education and discipline-based education and their impact on art education. Asserts that current trends and events suggest that major changes in art education could occur. Concludes that standardized testing of art learning is one possible result. (CFR)

Examines five major assumptions of "first wave" school reform and their negative consequences for Latino and other minority group students. Suggests that the reforms of the 1980s focused on excellence for white college-bound students while ignoring equity issues and the needs of at-risk, culturally diverse students. (SV)

Sketches a theory for designing teaching based on mathematical activity, situations, tasks, and interventions, exposing and resolving cognitive conflicts, changes of structure and context, feedback, reflection and review. Reviews the main psychological principles underlying this theory, then considers some examples of teaching designs in light of…