Constructing a matrix model not only offers the teacher a theoretical and practical method for organizing his own knowledge about a topic, but provides a vehicle for the student to cope with contemporary knowledge explosion in a realistic and sophisticated manner. (Author)

Article is a record of author's experience in developing ways of integrating children's beginning reading into the total process of learning and living. (Author/MB)

If we, as teachers, can turn inward, we will discover much that is of value to ourselves and to our students. Genuine educational encounters are those involving humanness. There is no other curriculum. (JB)

The author sauggests that present inquiry methods are often missing their goal and offers a technique to engage students in creative inquiry. (Author)

A six-week course of study is outlined to prepare students for solo competition. Objectives are: to develop creativity; establish positive attitudes towards learning; encourage repeated public performances; teach students to apply previously learned information; develop interpretive independence; and expose students to information concerning the…

Describes a method of teaching problem-solving to engineering undergraduates at Coventry (Lancaster) Polytechnic. The teaching model, which consists of a series of component activities, employs a methodological approach to problem-solving in the area of engineering design. Applications of the model to other forms of problem-solving are briefly…

Distinguishes English teaching as science from English teaching as art. Opts for teaching as art. (JL)

Two instructional coordinators, working with elementary teachers in low-socioeconomic-status schools describe how they reviewed research on two relevant instructional areas (strategies which increase students' time-on-task and direct instruction) and condensed their findings into a form usable by teachers--an inservice slide/tape presentation.…

Argues that teachers' instructional practices reflect their concepts of the reading process and that, therefore, it is important for them to operate from a sound theoretical view of reading. Suggests an interactive model and schema theory as the basis for such a theoretical view. (FL)

Details the structure and content of an introductory family therapy course offered in an academic department. The parallel processes between teaching and therapy are used as a metaphor for the presentation of the course. Joining, restructuring, and consolidation are defined as the three stages of the course. (Author)

Examines three media of model and of self-generated performance feedback in a self-instructional learning activity in counselor training. Results indicate that learning is significantly enhanced when a written performance feedback component is added to a written modeling component. The same did not hold true for audio and video presentations.…

Ted Miller, professor of counseling and human development at the University of Georgia, defines developmental education and student development and then discusses the components of the Tomorrow's Higher Education Model for Student Development and the need for student affairs practitioners to foster student development rather than cater to…