This paper describes and analyses an in-service education project, financed by the Belgium Technical Cooperation, to improve the quality of mathematics teaching in 138 primary and lower secondary schools in Cambodia. The project design drew on recent research in developing countries and prior experience of training programmes in Cambodia. The…

Ecology Art as a genre addresses sensitivity to our natural world and the interdependence of all living things, Over the past several decades Ecology artists have developed a distinguished tradition including a variety of international projects. In recent times, Eco Artists have also been exploring Internet technologies, and are being joined by…

Many tinnitus sufferers believe that their tinnitus has an organic basis and thus seek medical rather than psychological treatments. Tinnitus has been found to be associated with negative appraisal, dysfunctional attention shift, and heightened psychophysiological arousal, so cognitive-behavioral interventions and biofeedback are commonly…

This article uses the notion of professional identity within the framework of actor network theory to understand didactic practices within three faculties in an institution of higher education. The study is based on a series of interviews with lecturers in each faculty and diaries of their didactic practices. The article focuses on the use of a…

A professional journal, written by teachers and read by curriculum researchers, may help the collaborative process needed to produce effective curricula that teachers will use in their classrooms. A journal of this kind could help researchers understand teachers' thought and planning processes and why curricula may have been adapted in a special…

This booklet suggests ways to conduct meetings more effectively and to the mutual satisfaction of the participants and the chairperson. The publication differentiates among several types of meetings and delineates how each should be conducted. Suggestions are made concerning attention to content and process, roles of participants, agenda…

Offers selected passages from autobiographical and fictional accounts of the Holocaust by inmates and survivors and by artists as evidence that "everything is possible." Argues that, although the death camps cannot be completely comprehended, they can be sensitively imagined. (DMM)

This paper explains the purpose of using a student's diary as a teaching device for their sociology courses, its advantages, its disadvantages, and the mechanics of its utilization. Exemplary quotations from some diaries are included. (ND)

In an effort to induce British university teachers to devote more time to teaching, work performance of professors has come under scrutiny in the form of a work diary showing their daily activities at half-hourly intervals. (IR)

Analyses of Polish workers' diaries, oral histories and other primary sources illustrate problems of obtaining objective information. The author proposes a new system for reaching valid historical conclusions when using these kinds of materials. (AM)

Over 2-week period, 52 low-income single mothers of preschool-age children recorded stressful daily events and described how they attempted to cope with each episode. Most events involved stressful interactions with children, particularly child misbehavior. Stressful exchanges involving other adults were frequently recorded, as were financial…

College-age females (N=58) provided information about their risk-taking behaviors. Participants engaged in a variety of risky behaviors. Analysis showed that participants' justifications were largely goal-oriented or reflected a preoccupation with personal needs. These results are contrary to the widely held belief that adolescents' risk-taking is…

In Studies 1 and 2, the authors evaluated deliberate practice theory through analyses of the relationship between practice and performance for 2 populations of athletes: triathletes and swimmers, respectively. In Study 3, the authors obtained evaluations of practice from athletes' diaries. Across athletes, length of time involved in fitness…

This study examined the reliability of a retrospective recall methodology for providing evidence of deliberate imagery practice. A secondary purpose was to determine which imagery activities constituted the sport-specific definition of deliberate practice (Starkes, Deakin, Allard, Hodges, & Hayes, 1996). Ninety-three Canadian athletes from one…