The use of diaries helps students increase their understanding of everyday life of past historical persons. Using a diary is recommended as a tool for teaching the Bicentennial. One sample diary is examined. (JR)

This guide offers students suggestions on keeping a journal in which they record what they do, think, and feel. The guide examines the purposes of keeping a journal; discusses writing to a correspondent who will respond to the journal entries; shows how to express thoughts and feelings about events instead of just reporting on the events; offers…

This paper describes an English literature survey course in which journal keeping and abstracts are used as learning tools. Journals are useful because of the high degree of freedom and subjectivity which they allow students in writing: no assignments are given and there are no length requirements. Abstracts of articles and books that students…

This study explores the relationship of ego-stage development (based on the theories of Erik Erikson and roughly defined as psychological maturity) to experiences which a group of adults identified as leading to re-creation for them. The author believes that re-creation -- defined as a feeling of heightened well-being or a sense of renewal and…

A village primary school principal from Oxfordshire and a university lecturer from Liverpool recently swapped jobs for a week. Here is a report on the diaries they kept. (Editor/RK)

Writer's work diary shows how short fiction generated creative expression and creative writing by fifth- and sixth-grade students. Samples of student writing provided. (RL)

This book contends that, by putting pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard), young people can learn to express their true feelings, understand themselves, create, re-create, and explore who they are and want to be. The book stresses that besides developing and sharpening creative communication skills, personal writing is even good for mental health…

A logbook system for recording students' patient-care activities during a clerkship is described. It was designed at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine to provide data for assessing students and for evaluation of the clerkship itself. Student logbooks are collected at the midpoint and end of the clerkship. (MLW)

Describes five steps in producing for class use a slide-tape presentation of a vacation or sight-seeing trip. (CMV)

Describes the death of a friend and colleague so as to stimulate a wider discussion of relationships and loss among narrators of personal loss. Introduces these matters so as to educate future narrators over issues which may arise in their personal and professional lives, particularly the intimate connection between these two realms. (RJM)

Focuses on the study of geographies of children, offering advice on how to consult with children. Provides information on how to make contact with different groups of children, how to conduct the data collection process, and how feedback will be given. Includes references. (CMK)

Discusses how to encourage creative journal keeping among campers during camping trips. Tips include keep it simple, don't present it as an assignment, the counselor should make entries, allow an open format, vary the writing time, make it a group effort, and send it home. (TD)

Nonprescription drug use among university students was investigated using survey and behavioral diary methodologies to assess usage of nonprescription drug use and to compare survey and diary methodologies. Surveys were completed by 183 students (136 females and 47 males) that asked how often they used nonprescription drugs and what those drugs…

Teacher diaries have wide-ranging applications for professional development, as they give teachers an increased sense of responsibility and seek new ways of improving their teaching. This article shares my personal experience of undertaking three teacher diary studies at two-year intervals and reveals how my teaching methodologies and philosophies…

DRACON (DRAma for CONflict management) is an interdisciplinary and comparative action research project aimed at improving conflict handling among adolescent schoolchildren through the use of educational drama. The main purpose of our research has been to develop an integrated programme using conflict management as the theory and practice, and…