Contends that nothing can prepare a student teacher for their feelings the first time they step in front of a classroom. Presents reflections and suggestions for student teachers. Includes recommendations on classroom management, learning resources, and student teacher-student interaction. (CFR)

Presents six curriculum guides for art, social studies, reading/language arts, and science. Each one identifies library media skills objectives, curriculum objectives, grade levels, resources, and instructional roles. Also provided are a description and evaluation of the activity, and suggested follow-up activities. (AEF)

Uses data from New York State's Board of Cooperative Education Services (BOCES) to examine the interaction of rural school district size and wealth factors with BOCES size and wealth as they relate to expenditure levels for service provision. Findings suggest that opportunities available to districts through regional educational service agencies…

Discusses results of a Delphi study of secondary school library media specialists that identified difficulties of students in using online and CD-ROM databases, suggested design elements and curricular and instructional strategies to make them more valuable as learning resources, and determined policy issues relating to electronic information…

Provides the history and current status of environmental information (EI) and a bibliography of sources pertaining to the historical development of environmentalism in the United States. Discusses federal government and nongovernmental initiatives, print literature, on-line databases, CD-ROM databases, access to and availability of EI sources. (92…

Reviews organizational approaches adopted in different countries for resource management in distance education and compares the cost structure of distance education and conventional education. Resource implications of alternative organizational approaches are briefly examined. Ireland's cooperative approach is described and cost-effective computer…

Presents resource materials on the Caribbean for teachers and students. Lists works in the following areas: nonfiction for secondary students; background information and teacher guides; fiction by Caribbean writers; fiction anthologies; and poetry. Also identifies sources for books, films, and school district publications. (CH)

Discusses library staff training for microcomputer use. Topics discussed include size of training groups; trainer qualifications; length of time of instruction; resources; evaluation; media format, including audiocassette tapes, videocassette tapes, slides, and software programs; written documentation; and in-service training programs offered by…

Asserts that understanding cross-cultural issues has become one of the most important concepts in multicultural education. Presents two pairs of artworks that each juxtapose African and European religious traditions. Includes four full-page, color depictions of the artworks and teaching suggestions. (CFR)

Presents a lesson plan based on primary sources about the home in which William Howard Taft was born and grew up. Provides student objectives, instructional procedures, and suggested student activities. Includes two documents, two map exhibits, three student readings, and two photographs. (CFR)

Proposes the use of utility companies as an educational resource to teach about energy and other science topics. Partnerships with utility companies can enrich instruction through teacher workshops, media libraries, classroom presentations, on-site visits, and classroom materials. (MDH)

Ontario Agri-Food Education's curriculum unit, "From Both Sides," applies a cooperative-learning method of conflict resolution to environmental issues. Two groups of students are assigned polar views on an issue such as pesticide use. Five steps involve preparing and presenting a position, refuting opposing positions, reversing…

Describes how one group of students undertook a project requiring them to develop assignments and teaching materials for GNVQ science. (DDR)

Presents a lesson plan built around the life and career of Anna Kingsley. Kingsley was an African slave who married her former owner, acquired freedom, and became a prosperous businesswoman and landowner in the Spanish colonial territory of Florida. Includes reproductions of primary source documents. (MJP)

Outlines some of the similarities in the roles of the teacher-librarian, curriculum consultant, teacher educator, and administrators in general, and then describes new partnerships that can be nurtured when teacher-librarians move into other educational roles. Discusses institutional leadership, curriculum development, advocacy, management,…