During the last two decades learning communities, which are felt to have benefits that extend beyond students to faculty and the institution, have expanded to include many different models. This digest reviews five major higher education learning community models currently in existence: (1) Linked courses, which link cohorts of students taking two…

One of the most popular innovations in learning community programs involves paired or clustered courses. The demonstrated ability of paired courses to enhance student retention and performance levels has contributed to their growth on campuses across the country. However the development of paired courses presents instructors with unique obstacles…

Much about designing learning experiences and supporting environments has been learned from the New Designs for Learning process. Looking at the history of education in the United States and high school change initiatives in other countries, project staff have found that designing schools for the future is a learning process in which staff,…

Discusses the problems to be solved in designing behavior modification systems for teacher education. (Author/RK)

The Senior Seminar/Freshman Colloquium at the University of Notre Dame, Fall, 1970, illustrated that teaching and learning are correlative and inseparable activities. Seniors and Freshmen learned from one another as nonspecialists by every standard of what constitutes intelligent, humane, liberal learning. (Author)

Home management students aid couple with cerebral palsy in solving home management problems with a systems approach. (AG)

Article discusses means and methods of teaching blind adults and enriching their learning experiences. (PD)

Common themes emerge from the writings of John Dewey and George Herbert Mead on four educational topics discussed here: (1) play; (2) science teaching; (3) history teaching; and (4) industrial education. Both men deplored the fragmentation of education and believed moral insight could be furthered through social understanding, science, and…

According to Alfred North Whitehead, education precedes through three stages as it develops students' minds: (1) romantic; (2) precision; and (3) generalization. These stages are related to Whitehead's ideas about prehension and symbolic reference. Educational practices should strike a balance between the stages to encourage learning. (PP)

Constance McCullogh, a former president of the International Reading Association who was rendered illiterate by a brain hemorrhage, describes difficulties she faced in learning to read again, and compares her problems to those faced by beginning readers. Advice to reading teachers is included. (PP)

John Dewey's doctrine that education is a process of continuing growth is analyzed and critiqued. Dewey's principles of interaction and continuity and his commitment to scientific problem-solving and democratic values are discussed. Inconsistencies in Dewey's thought are pointed out. (PP)

Biology teachers can take advantage of educational experiences while vacationing during the summer. These experiences include activities at Colorado's Keystone Environmental Center, in the Caribbean, and at National Audubon Society summer camps. (JN)

Describes a model which recognizes active and passive roles of teachers and learners as a means of identifying five basic methods of teaching. (CHC)