Outlines aims of professional conferences and discusses conferences as learning experiences and change agents. Discussion of conference focuses on ways to improve conferencing activities, participant preparation, and conference planning and organization. Appendices contain outlines of objectives of a conference on teaching and learning and a…

Seventeen five-member groups of secondary students were studied as they attempted to solve a science problem through group discussion. Results of the study show both advantages and disadvantages of this type of instruction. (MLH)

This collection of papers delves into reflection as a concept and provides specific, replicable tools for professional practice. Each chapter draws on a particular school situation, demonstrating the value of teacher reflection and describing the nuts and bolts of the process, offering protocols for handling many different circumstances. After…

Literature circles generally involve four or five students who are actively engaged in cooperative learning. Learners choose a library book to read based on interest. The same titled paperback might be discussed by participants in the literature circle. Alternative suggestions for literature circles include choosing a library book on a similar…

Online computer conferences used to assist distance learning courses often fail because the moderator-usually the instructor responsible for the conference-is not properly trained in techniques that build a community of learners. It has often been assumed that the skills required to create a vibrant classroom discussion translate easily to an…

These classroom guides, designed to accompany the daily CNN (Cable News Network) Newsroom broadcasts for the month of March 2002, provide program rundowns, suggestions for class activities and discussion, student handouts, and a list of related news terms. Lead stories include: the U.S. expands the War on Terrorism into the Republic of Georgia and…

Videotaped discussions were utilized to enhance communication between students and teachers. (RK)

Board members of Instructor have an informal discussion about important educational issues that affect each child's learning proficiency. (Author/RK)

This paper describes procedures used with a group fo ten-year-old children in an inner-city classroom in an attempt to discover whether the children themselves could identify their needs as members of a discussion group. (Author)

The growth of racism within secondary educational institutions is probably the single most important area that school administrators, teachers, students, and parents must recognize, come to terms with, and initiate positive action against if they wish to live in a free world. (Author)

This article illustrates the problems existing in the relationships between white social workers and black children clients. (AJ)

A psychologist suggests that in the coming years encounter groups and other techniques of the human potential movement will penetrate all aspects of our culture, as it allows people to get more in touch with their subjective inner experiences and to learn ways to communicate their experiences to others. (Author)