The purpose of this article is to inform instructional design and development specialists on the importance of harassment prevention training in organizations. The review includes a summary of relevant case law, a review of litigation costs associated with harassment litigation, and the value of return on investment for such instruction.…

This paper represents the final layer of analysis carried out in a study investigating the conceptions of and approaches to creativity of three expert specialist dance teachers within late primary age dance education in the UK. This research journeyed through a number of phases culminating in an analysis of the pedagogical dilemmas encountered by…

According to one of the authors, teacher/librarian collaborative instruction is still the most effective means to teach information literacy skills in order to improve student achievement. Numerous studies have confirmed the importance of library media center and library media specialists (LMSs) in improving student achievement. In this article,…

In "Effective Literacy Coaching: Building Expertise and a Culture of Literacy," literacy experts Shari Frost, Roberta Buhle, and Camille Blachowicz provide more than 50 practical activities designed to help K-12 literacy professionals: (1) Assess the current literacy program; (2) Plan changes that will foster a culture of literacy; (3) Collaborate…

Objective: Family practitioners are significant providers of mental health care and routinely report difficulty acquiring timely support in this area. The Collaborative Mental Health Care Network assembled groups of family practitioners and provided them with mental health practitioner mentors. This article addresses communication in the Network,…

This article reports on the results of a survey examining the perceptions of university faculty regarding the importance of graduate programs preparing reading specialists for a leadership role. The results of the survey indicate that slightly more that half of the programs require a leadership course and less than half of the reading specialist…

WRITTEN IN RESPONSE TO INQUIRES FROM UPWARD BOUND PROJECT DIRECTORS, THIS ARTICLE PROVIDES BRIEF DISCUSSIONS AND SELECTED REFERENCES FOR (1) INSTRUCTIONAL USES OF FILMS, (2) TYPES OF FILMS, (3) SUBJECT MATTER OF FILMS, (4) AVAILABILITY, SOURCES, AND EXPENSE OF FILMS, (5) STUDY OF THE FILM AS AN ART FORM, AND (6) FILM PRODUCTION. THIS ARTICLE…

A discussion of why schools, at all levels, need the continuing and contiguous services of specialists in message design, media design, media production, and validation. (Author)

A paper which resulted from a UNESCO meeting of 16 media specialists that looked at cost effectiveness in instructional resource centers from an international perspective. (HB)

A description of a learning center program for the school media center. (Author)

Analyzes the split between teaching film study and teaching film making. (CH)

A humanistic assessment of the "structured" films of the New American Cinema. (CH)

A statement of an evaluation criteria for outside training programs for television production. (HB)