Does the artist or the art teacher teach art more effectively? What does the artist really have to offer the students that existing school personnel and programs do not? While one art educator found the Artists-in-Schools program ineffective for student development, another art teacher thought the program should be supported. (Author/RK)

Introduces the concept of formal and informal groups in a variety of settings, including the classroom. Argues that informal group processes in the classroom do make a difference in the accomplishment of formal learning goals and provides suggestions for legitimizing communication about student feelings and for giving to students formal…

A teacher at a private school in Bethesda, Maryland, recounts what a private school was like when she was a student in the early 1950s. (Author/RK)

Author argues for greater attention to be given to learning through images rather than concepts. (Editor/RK)

This study explored the learning problems Chinese graduate students face in U.S. social science classrooms and how they cope with these problems. The focus was on the conflicts students perceived between their own learning styles and the American way of teaching and learning. Interviews were conducted with three Chinese graduate students in the…

This monograph uses a set of questions and propositions to form a framework for thinking about the research, ideas, and suggestions that are presented concerning the current landscape of student affairs work. The questions include: (1) In what ways must the student affairs landscape be altered to become more learning centered? (2) In what ways do…

The Teacher Professional Development Institute employs Internet technology to support distributed professional learning communities. The Secondary Teacher Education Program (STEP) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will soon employ a similar model in its program. Work and learning within STEP evolves around instructional design teams…

School-level environments differ from the classroom environments. Classroom environments involve students' perceptions of their relationships with teachers and other students in their classrooms; school-level environments involve mainly teachers and school staff's perceptions of their work environment, their relationship with other teachers,…

It has been suggested in the existing literature that the use of constructivist approaches in the educational setting contributes to active learning and knowledge transfer for students. This paper provides an overview of constructivist approaches used in a graduate-level instructional media production course at a midwestern comprehensive…

Results confirmed previous research indicating levels of facilitation can be increased, whether assessed from written or oral modes of responding. Prerated moderate trainees appeared more able to use the training for formulating higher facilitative oral responses in a counseling interview than low-level counselors. Posttraining levels of…

Author dealt with techniques for individualizing music education. (Editor/RK)

This program corrects the deficiencies of existing extension, television, and correspondence-oriented prison education by operating with student personnel workers and faculty inside the prison on a full-time basis. The following program components prove essential: the goal is rehabilitation; the methods are post-secondary education and counseling…

Teachers should not only want students to learn from course experiences, but should want him or her to start to learn how to begin lifelong learning. (PG)

Article focused on whether or not to use behavioral objectives in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of their educational efforts. (Author/RK)

Interdepartmental centers and programs dealing with environment are discussed as well as the role of education in combating environmental problems. (Author/RK)