This paper asks what it means to construct classroom practice so that the expertise of students and teacher is called forth to respond to the challenge of meeting students' needs for English in the world and for the world. The paper suggests a model and metaphor of the classroom as an atelier--a place of artisanal practice in which the expertise…

This paper examines the impact of storytelling in educational venues. Specifically, the paper compares data and findings from four ethnographic, qualitative, arts-based studies that examined either students' or teachers' reactions to oral narration in classroom settings. It suggests that, through stories and storytelling, people are exposed to…

Talk is an important medium of instruction and assessment in schools. By talking to pupils and listening to what they have to say teachers assess and support pupils' learning. For pupils to be successful and make the most of the learning opportunities offered, it is important that they become active participants in the discourse of the classroom.…

Talk remains by far the most used medium of instruction and classroom action. Classroom talk is typically dominated by triadic dialogue or an I-R-E (Initiate-Response-Evaluation) pattern of talk noted in the literature as consistent across grades and subjects. Studies seem to indicate that teachers utilize traditional forms of talk, even though…

This study attempts to evaluate the effects of one specific positive-reinforcement-oriented contingency management program on students' total and school-related self-concepts as well as their personal and social adjustment. (Author)

An educator, concerned with the state of current elementary school writing methodology, suggests a positive approach based on the principle of children writing what they want to write for a real audience of peer cohorts. (CS)

It was shown that observation of a high-rewarding teacher was directly related to increased imitative behavior by students. (Author)

Truly integrated learning calls for all the school's resources and careful planning by teachers and pupils. (Author)

Reports results of study conducted in suburban school districts to determine relationship existing between perceptions teachers hold of themselves and their patterns of verbal interaction in the classroom. (DS)

Article reports on a study of effects on students of high and low teacher expectations. (Editor)

Lists advantages and disadvantages of individualized instruction. (Author/RK)

Attempts to expose readers to the scope of nonverbal communication and to outline some of the available methods of nonverbal skill development. (AN)

This paper is part of a systems analysis begun during the fall semester of 1970, and conducted by the School Psychology Department of George Peabody College. (Author)

The purpose of this paper is to justify a technique, called reconstruction, that provides for the inclusion of implicit information in content analysis. (CK)