This demonstration project was designed to develop and evaluate a pre-retirement planning program, and to train representatives of various organizations to develop their own programs. The seven-session pre-retirement program involved 1,329 participants during its 3 years of operation. The program was evaluated through participant evaluation,…

The present situation of biology teaching in Australian secondary schools is described in Part 1 of the proceedings of the 1970 conference on "Biological Education in Australian Secondary Schools." The six papers discuss the relationship of biology to other science and non-science subjects, enrollment trends, teacher qualifications, and…

This paper is an analysis of some of the literature concerning group mediated risk taking. Jhangiani explores Brown's V-theory, which states that members of a society try to realize its cultural ideals in their behavior; Nordhoy's theory of cultural values, which states that "In the group, the impact of values which are commonly accepted in the…

This document presents a brief analysis and synthesis of seven teaching methods. These methods include the pedagogy of the oppressed (i.e., a critical analysis of the uses of power to control man's behavior), the wardha scheme (i.e., craft-centered education), small-group methods, the open classroom approach, the British style debate, panel…

This introduction to the potential of media is directed to three audiences: teachers, churchmen, and youth-serving agencies. So that each of these audiences reads the sections relevant for them, the book is organized like a programed text, using a branching system. The point of the book is that film and television, when they are creative and…

Four groups of gifted, underachieving students in intermediate grades were given different treatments for 6 months during the school year 1961-62. Results were based on 36 students, 10 in the human relations group, 11 in the academic group, 8 in the individually counselled group, and 7 in the control or maturation group. Following the treatment…

The Good-Bad Class, one in which anxiety is minimized and communication is maximized, was evaluated in terms of its real value for student development and effective learning. (RK)

Cites the advantages of studying the group process through the historical example and notes specific principles that students can draw from these models to apply to their own discussion groups. (MH)

Teachers were anonymously surveyed for their views on the ethics of teacher discussions of individual students in formal and informal settings, the latter signifying the teachers' lounge, hallways, etc. (SJL)

Yes! "Pass 'Go'" on your way "to the head of the class" and take a look at some skill-building games students made themselves. (Editor)

In order to gain a better understanding of the way students analyze and interpret experience, this research incorporates a cognitive dimension into the analysis of classroom discourse. Monitors both the levels of thinking of individual students and their social interactions during discussion in formal and informal classroom contexts. Results…

Outlines techniques for using group discussion and story dramatization activities to teach speaking and listening skills to elementary students. (GW)

Courses in theoretical ethics are unrelated to the moral delemmas that nurses encounter in practice, according to the authors. They present a method for moral education in nursing curricula utilizing seminars for dilemma discussion that can help students to progress in moral judgment. (MF)

How schools can be restructured to make them sources of ethical experiences is discussed in this article; responses to the author's point of view by other writers are printed at the end of the article. (JD)

In attempting to encourage students to "open up", teachers have tried such techniques as role-playing, improvisations, and panel discussions with varying degrees of success. Here, another worthwhile strategy, the guidance drama is used as a source of developing fruitful class discussions. (Author/RK)