This second evaluation progress report concerns a 5-year project that links technology and the visual and performing arts with other subject areas to transform the education of K-12 students in Nebraska and nationwide. The report states that the project's focus is to develop curriculum models of engaged student learning using technology and…

This fourth evaluation progress report concerns the "Community Discovered" project, currently completing its third year of operation, a 5-year project that links technology and the visual and performing arts with other subject areas to transform the education of K-12 students in Nebraska and nationwide. The report states that the project…

This paper is a report on an ongoing project at the University of Lethbridge (Alberta, Canada) to implement and evaluate prototype online delivery systems for graduate and undergraduate courses. In the hands of instructors who are good teachers, with course designs that are effective and adapted to course material and learners, and with adequate…

The Minister has initiated a comprehensive exercise to establish a new direction for Alberta's advanced education system. Through "A Learning Alberta," a new vision and policy outcomes for the advanced education system will be articulated. The process provides an opportunity for government, stakeholders, and the public to consider how…

Policy statements and position papers adopted by the American Association of Dental Schools address dental education at all levels, government relations, peer review, individual and institutional freedoms and responsibilities, national health programs, a definition of interdisciplinary education, use of ionizing radiation in dental education…

Identifying intended outcomes can mean renewing a sense of disciplines as viable, dynamic modes of thinking and acting for learners at any stage. The experiences of 11 institutions are discussed, showing that the process of clarifying outcomes has multiple effects that are worth the institutional commitment it requires. (Author/MLW)

Reports on a survey of English, social studies, and science teachers about perceived and actual classroom writing instruction practices. (RL)

Briefly reviews three programs which foster self-directed learning: "Unified Sciences and Mathematics for Elementary Schools,""Environmental Studies," and "Science 5/13." Includes a chart of words and phrases characterizing self-directed and other-directed learning. (SK)

Examines areas of concern that impact the psychologist's role in working with exceptional children: (1) conditions that are considered crucial for the development of teams, (2) the literature regarding psychologists' input to school-based teams, and (3) reactions of school-based team members to such an approach. (Author)

The key faculty teaching skills needed at McMaster University are those of facilitating problem-based, self-directed learning in small groups. A series of interdisciplinary workshops, offered to the school's medical faculty and to faculty from other health sciences centers to help them improve their skills, allows for direct observation, practice,…

The University of Tennessee offers an educational program to prepare Doctor of Pharmacy candidates for clinical roles in mental health care. The program consists of two core curricular elements: a didactic module and a clinical clerkship that devotes equal time to inpatient and outpatient care. Clinical guidelines and pharmacist goals are…

Describes the career development program at the University of Alabama, designed to enhance career development concepts of students and faculty by being more comprehensive, coordinating faculty and staff, infusing career information into the academic mainstream, establishing better community relations, providing career education in teacher…

Graduates of Boston University's accelerated Six-Year College of Liberal Arts-Medical Education Combined Degree Program are compared with their eight-year classmates. The results indicate that the six-year group achieved higher scores on standardized tests but that both groups were remarkably similar in other aspects, and that the liberal arts…

In teaching fifth-grade outdoor education in the forest and in an old gold rush town, the outdoor education staff seldom uses textbooks but does use many reading/communication techniques to help transfer knowledge of many disciplines in a direct way. (Author/SB)

Identifies and discusses six themes for teaching "History and Nature of Science and Technology" developed by a teacher enhancement workshop. The themes are designed to provide instructional guidelines for teachers developing courses in this area. Includes sample project descriptions, learning outcomes, and instructional activities. (MJP)