This paper discusses the effectiveness of small group interaction as opposed to teacher centered instruction. The following procedures are suggested in using this type of class instruction: (1) students are told that the class is not lecture, but one in which they will participate actively; (2) personal data is collected from each student; (3)…

Beginning with definitions of the mass communication process, this paper reviews mass media adult education literature from a variety of sources (social scientists, religious educators, experimental public affairs broadcasting projects, and others) relevant to the use of mass media in connection with group programs stimulated by religious…

This manual, the culmination of a demonstration project, is designed to aid school districts in adopting the microteaching minicourse as an inservice education program for improving specific behavioral skills of teachers. The introductory section describes the microteaching minicourse sequence of viewing an instructional and a model film, teaching…

The main objective of the training research phase of the maintenance management study was to develop and test training methods suitable for highway maintenance supervisors. Supervisors were trained by one of five different methods (lecture, group discussion, programed instruction, programed workshops, audiovisual instruction). The report documents…

This booklet provides guidelines for teaching units on preparation for retirement. Suggested topics for which units are outlined include financial aspects of retirement (covering budgeting, sources of supplementary income, etc.), maintaining physical and mental health, seeking personal fulfillment (volunteer work, cultural enrichment, etc.), and…

This study tested the hypothesis that group interaction skill and useful learning occur in a discussion group which is academically structured. A class procedure involving a cognitive map, member skills and roles, and group etiquette was incorporated into a class ("Education and the Contemporary Scene," Fall Quarter, 1968) at the…

Seventy-eight "classic" short, non-feature films, cataloged according to six themes--communication, freedom, love, peace, happiness, and the underground--are discussed in this guide. The standard critique for each film has a fourfold purpose: (1) to indicate content and style; (2) to pose questions which provoke discussion; (3) to suggest resource…

This book is an analytical history of the experimental study-discussion project, "Accent on Learning," developed by the Fund for Adult Education, a private program sponsored by the Ford Foundation from 1951 to 1961. The project prepared programs around a variety of subjects in the fields of political, international, economic, and social…

The final report describes the activities of The Fund for Adult Education since its organization by the Ford Foundation in 1951. The Fund was established to develop, encourage, strengthen, and expand programs, organizations, and research in liberal adult education primarily in the areas of world, political, and economic affairs, and the…

Trigger films are an audience involvement media designed to achieve attitude and behavior modification. They are brief (under four minutes), high impact vignettes which portray specific problem situations, focusing upon the agent's motivations, and structured so as to trigger an emotional response by the viewer and to act as a catalyst for…

Proceeding from the traditional principles of the directed reading activity strategy in the classroom, a group reading approach was developed to aid graduate students in a reading methods course both to study and comprehend their textbook and to provide a teaching method for future classroom use at the secondary or junior college level. The design…

The guide for teachers of academically gifted elementary school children focuses on the provision of challenging learning experiences designed to involve the students as active participants. Compared are approaches to identification of the gifted such as use of intelligence scores, achievement test scores, and teacher or principal recommendation.…

The relative and combined effects of short-term group brainstorming practice and video-tape training sessions on brainstorming performance were explored. Two hypotheses were tested: (1) under group and individual conditions, performance should improve with the use of a model of a well trained and experienced brainstorming group, group performance…

The further education of librarians has not been given sufficient consideration in the literature on the profession. Since a librarian is among other things, a custodian of books and therefore of knowledge and culture, he should keep himself in touch with the best and most up-to-date ways and means of making this knowledge available. In addition,…

This guide was developed as a resource for teachers and students in high schools. Ideally, it will be of major assistance to seniors and their teachers as they explore the possibilities and alternatives open to young people during the years immediately following high school graduation. The three broad goals and objectives of the guide are: 1) to…