If the modern conservatorium is to prosper in a rapidly changing cultural and economic landscape, it will need to provide a learning experience that produces multi-skilled and adaptable graduates who are self-monitoring and self-directing. By implication, teaching practices that have dominated in the past will need to be re-thought, and…

This article explores the benefits and challenges of blended learning in higher education from the perspective of students, faculty, and administration that have had direct experience with this form of course delivery. Students indicate that a blended learning model provides them with greater time flexibility and improved learning outcomes but…

Several national trends are converging to impact adult education today. First, the increasing presence of adults in higher education is accentuated by the expansive Baby Boom generation who are demanding greater access to the higher education system in the United States. Second, regarding workforce and economic development in the 21st century,…

The cost of health and safety (H&S) failures to the UK industry is currently estimated at up to 6.5 billion British Pounds per annum, with the construction sector suffering unacceptably high levels of work-related incidents. Better H&S education across all skill levels in the industry is seen as an integral part of any solution.…

In an effort to translate their students' inert, classroom learning into action aimed at generating a common good, a quest for citizenship, a paradigm of morality, Morris Brown College (Georgia) instituted a service learning program. One of the program's goals is to strengthen the connection between African-American institutions of higher learning…

This instructional resource for classroom teachers and teacher educators who are actively involved in the development and enhancement of mentoring relationships between classroom professionals describes a mentoring relationship between an experienced teacher and a first-year teacher in middle school language arts. The resource outlines lessons…

Current reform efforts in education emphasize role changes for students and teachers within classrooms and schools. A phenomenological study examined one teacher's internal conflict while negotiating the shifting boundaries of power relations between teacher and students. The goal of this study was to explore the processes and constraints involved…

A study used protocol analysis to trace a group of specialized journalists' cognitive processing of information. Science writers were selected because they were hypothesized to be particularly sensitive to the needs of their audience and to rely more on audience knowledge when making decisions. Five science journalists (of about 25 contacted at…

This guide offers suggestions to Peace Corps returnees for getting college credit for Peace Corps service in the context of how prior learning (experiential learning) relates to mainstream academics. It offers a set of writing exercises to help the ex-volunteer evaluate his/her Peace Corps service. It gives suggestions for putting together a…

The author discusses the educational concept of "learning to do" (interrelated activities of learning and doing) and the role it plays in relation to primary education, secondary education, out of school programs, and non-formal education. (BP)

Discusses the idea that the attitude of a student is the most important factor that will determine his success in college work. Teacher-student relationships are important in determining attitudes. Setting the best pace in the beginning of the class results in an optimistic feeling during the entire course. (Author)

The university is in need of change. The mature adult is envisioned as playing a vital role in that change by forcing the university to reexamine its goals. Paper presented at 27th Annual Meeting of Gerontological Society, Portland, 1974. (Author)

Four curricular models are contrasted: the performance model (which is exemplified by most college curricula), closed and open contrast models, and the "experimenting community" in which learning experiences emerge from a process of interaction. This latter approach is elaborated upon in terms of its emphasis on nurturing improvisational learning,…

Several undergraduate student projects at UCLA are described which incorporate the development of objectives, the formulation of problems, and execution and evaluation strategies in a comprehensive attempt to integrate formal and non-traditional approaches to learning. (EH)

Issues of structure, exclusion and "choice" mean that participation in HE is an inherently more risky, costly and uncertain exercise for working-class groups and there is a need to consider how educational cultures and practices themselves might create and perpetuate disadvantage. Active engagement in the teaching and learning process is…