Acquisition of style recognition was studied in a category abstraction paradigm. Subjects classified impressionist paintings, according to artist, and were tested for immediate or delayed transfer. Experience with examples of a style yielded greater classification accuracy for new examples. Conceptual structure was correlated with transfer…

Strong leadership in education is mandatory if change is to occur. Issues examined include: (1) the special needs of a modern democratic society; (2) an environmental versus hereditary view of human development; (3) academic achievement and the effect of schooling on children; and (4) methods for effective preparation of teachers. (JN)

Describes how a teacher, faced with the task of taking an inventory of classroom materials, used the situation as a meaningful method of teaching mathematics, social studies and language to her third-grade pupils. (Author/MP)

Refutes six common misconceptions about Piaget's theories, including their educational implications; Piaget's position on heredity v environment; and the relationships between developmental stages, age, and brain growth spurts. Condensed from "Impact on Instructional Improvement", Winter 1981, p7-11. (SJL)

School children in Israel from different cultural groups perceive the positive roles that elderly persons play. Conditions that promote the role of the aged person as teacher and aspects of the teacher role as perceived by children from different cultural origins are specified. (Author)

Presents points relevant to learning skills in the areas of observation and perception. Indicates that a knowledge of the categories into which stimuli may be sorted may provide a framework for perception. The interpretation of perception is based on preciously learned knowledge, intellectual skills and cognitive strategies, and mental set. (GS)

The integration of classroom learning with field experience provides students of recreation with an understanding of the applicability of their college course work to the problems facing recreation professionals. (JD)

Argues that mutual trust and understanding between teacher and learner are essential to a beneficial learning experience. What students learn depends on their interpretation of the experience, and attempts to control learning result in undesirable side effects. Congruity of external and internal evaluations is a significant consideration…

Assesses the knowledge of and attitudes towards teaching reading to students enrolled in a reading methods course and assigned to one of three different experiences: regular classroom, special reading class, or university-based program. Notes differences between groups for several attitudes towards teaching reading. (Author/RL)

This article presents a description of a course on sex-roles given jointly by the Counseling Center and the Psychology Department at Southern Illinois University. The primary objective is to provide an atmosphere in which each student can examine his/her current conceptions of male and female. (Author)

Discusses how to teach students about the music of Richard Rodgers in an effort to educate them about music in the twentieth century. Explores his work over the years, particularly in association with other composers. Includes a collection of resources and a lesson plan that focuses on "The Carousel Waltz." (CMK)

Explains that the objectives of Sociopoly encourage students to think critically about social inequality, help them to understand the structural constraints that govern economic choices, recognize that economic failure is not usually linked to individual or character defects, and realize that social inequality is rooted in economic position,…

Reports on an experience teaching online internationally, between a lecturer at the University of Georgia and library science students at the University of Botswana, using an auto-ethnographic method to discuss classroom teaching experiences in Botswana and how they influenced course design, teaching style, and desired student learning…

Explores the relationship between one individual's own English learning and teaching experiences. Employs the self-study method of inquiry in the form of narratives to illuminate how learning experiences influence beliefs and practices in language teaching. (Author/VWL)

Discusses factors that contribute to powerful learning experiences based on the results of two studies that examined diverse groups and more coherent groups of individuals. Topics include the highly individual nature of learning; problems that can create for instructional designers; relevance of learning to life and/or work; active learning; and…