Teaching is essentially interpersonal interaction. Nonetheless, there are some techniques which many teachers have found helpful. There are three basic teaching techniques: the expository approach; the discovery approach; and the experimental approach. These can be subdivided into many specific teaching methods. Eighteen of the better, more…

The author responds to an article by J. Throne which criticizes deinstitutionalization. It is pointed out that the concept of deinstitutionalization should not be criticized because the process has not always been of uniformly high quality. (SBH)

Five concepts are discussed in order to explain that research is a multifacted problem-solving process: (1) analysis of a concept, its context, and data analysis; (2) treatment or experience; (3) representativeness; (4) measurement, and (5) logic. (GDC)

Discusses the history of vocational education legislation and the opportunity and responsibility that Congress has to shape and redefine the scope of vocational education. (JOW)

Confusing definitions presented in textbooks are reviewed. Many texts used the terms incidence and prevalence interchangeably, some did not define the terms at all, and others presented completely contradictory definitions. A definition is recommended for use and clarification. (Author)

Oral history, the art of production, questions a library might consider before making a commitment to a collection, and uses in an academic setting are presented. (MBR)

Community educators must stress that "community" involves a sense of collective responsibility, with collective defined in a sense that transcends the boundaries of the immediate residential neighborhood. (Author)

Surveys definitions of career education and summarizes their key components. (DD)

A humorous glossary of psycholinguistic terminology. (DD)

In the absence of a clear definition of learning disabilities, it has become an educational simile with children described as "like a learning disabled child." The learning disabled label has become reflective of a problem related more to social structure than to children. Greater attention should be given to individual needs and less emphasis…

Offers a definition of generic criticism for discriminating among different approaches to the classificatory study of public rhetoric. Focusses on one approach to generic criticism which centers on the situational nature of rhetoric, providing a method for that approach; and identifies the three operations for the study of rhetorical genre. (JMF)

Provides definitions and sample citations for eight new English words and expressions. Journal availability: see FL 512 512. (AM)

Approaching poetry from the nigh impossible task of defining it leads to a fruitful discovery of some of the most important aspects of it. (DD)

The search for a definition of literacy is discussed under three headings: Literacy defined by its opposite, literacy defined by its properties, and components of the abstract concept. (TA)

Briefly discusses theories and techniques of humor. (MH)