The objectives of this paper are: to describe art education in New South Wales, Australia; to explain the Student Centered Art Appreciation (SCAA) Model; and to examine how and why the model works in the classroom. Art education is explored from four perspectives or theoretical frameworks: (1) the New South Wales Visual Arts Syllabus; (2) the SCAA…

Concludes that in reading words the understanding of meaning and the knowledge of probable letter sequences has a function at least as significant as familiarity with letter shapes. (RB)

Because of the inadequacy of the three models of English teaching in Australia (the skills, personal growth, and cultural heritage models) in carrying the impact of English instruction beyond its own confines, a new model--the person-process model--is necessary. The model focuses on the individual, but serves to locate individuals in their life…

The authors propose that students look at teachers and teaching. If they are going to imitate, they should have the best! (Editor)

A model for incorporating selected nursing practitioner skills at the University of Rochester School of Nursing (New York) begins the teaching of physical assessment skills with the neurological examination in the first year of the undergraduate nursing major. (EA)

After observing the models, students can exhibit the interviewing skills by role-playing or by the actual performance of an interview. (Author/KE)

This research studied the effectiveness of pretraining procedures in teaching college students to self-disclose. Three modeling procedures were used to teach this verbal skill: video model, audio model, and no model. Results indicated the video model group was the most effective followed by the audio model group. No sex differences were found.…

A three-part model is presented which has been developed for use in teaching a basic course in placement as a component of the rehabilitation process. Its primary foci are the interaction of traditional treatment strategies, placement as a process, and the concept of the client in the environment. The model allows for the presentation of a variety…

This case study is presented as a model for a sensitivity training program planned at Michigan State University. The goals, procedures, and criteria for conducting a program are illustrated. Based on the assumption that empathy is the mainspring of impression formation, and that empathy and evaluation interact, the goal is accurate evaluation.…

This article describes an instructional program which starts with the student and then identifies three elements which operate interactively as a means to achieving desired ends. The three elements (educational objectives, learning experiences, and evaluation activities), when specified and cross-checked, yield a configuration indicating what the…

The present controversies concerning competency-based/performance-based teacher education (CB/PBTE) are not new. The scientific approach to teaching, in the form of Herbartian theory, was prevalent at the turn of the century. At the same time however, Dewey's ideas on teaching the whole child and teaching as an art were beginning to enter into…

This paper describes a plan to help high school freshmen with their spelling, vocabulary, and sentence structure. The first part of the plan used the students' familiar spelling words as roots. Prefixes and suffixes were then added to these words to increase vocabulary. Finally, the words were placed into sentences and the sentences were examined…

Theoretical considerations suggest that the differential effectiveness of teaching models and associated feedback procedures stems from their distinctive cueing properties. This led to the development of three treatment conditions which may be labeled "rating" (rehearsal of key discriminations), "observation" vicarious reinforcement), and "direct…

A study examined the effects of verbal and perceptual aptitudes in relation to the efficacy of two different kinds of modeling procedures (written and filmed presentations) in the acquisition of a teaching skill (analytic questioning). It was anticipated that for Ss receiving the film-mediated model, criterion scores would show stronger relation…

This paper, which focuses on competencies needed to teach in a culturally diverse society, discusses three basic goals that are acceptable to a wide range of individuals, describes a model that is designed to provide instructional experiences that enable teachers to understand and respect different value systems, and discusses why competency-based…