This lecture cites the need for teachers to use all the learning environments available to them, especially the outdoors. Outdoor education can make the educational process full of wonder and excitement; it can also develop humanistic characteristics that permit children to become worthwhile citizens in society. (DS)

The complete issue is devoted to educational administration in the U.S.S.R. Topics include the Communist Party and the development of public education, Leninist principles of educational administration, ministry of education, legislation, and educational research. (KC)

Remedial education is contrary to traditional educational principles, for it operates only after a child has failed. Instead failure should be prevented by developmental, individualized instruction. Furthermore, remedial education isolates and emphasizes skill deficits and may lead to teaching for the test. (Author/SJL)

The author affirms his position that vocational agriculture teacher educators cannot be all things to all people and should concentrate on teaching vocational agriculture for employment in agriculture-related jobs that do not require a 4-year college degree, rather than stressing general baccalaureate programs. He centers his remarks on the need…

British educational writings from the period 1770-1850 are examined for theoretical treatment of the mind, nature of thought, and relationship between knowledge and thinking. Special concern is taken with how the theories devise and justify educational programs. (Author/ND)

Offers a brief overview of the evolution of writing center theory and practice (discussing process-oriented pedagogy as well as the shift to social constructionism) over three decades. Stresses the continuing presence of the principles of formative assessment. (SR)

This article discusses principles of cognitive elaboration which can help students retain and recall information. Eleven elaborative methods are described, including transformational and situational methods at the microlevel and generality and general-to-detailed methods at the macrolevel. Implications for teachers working with students with…

Explores pragmatism's association with relativism in order to highlight how aspects of the classis pragmatists' positions support qualified relativism. Addresses qualified relativism and the characteristics of qualified relativists. States that qualified relativists can claim roots to their position in Peirce, James, and Dewey, some of the…

Describes an evaluation of Web-based instruction at the University of Houston-Clear Lake (Texas) that showed that the design team had been distracted from many first principles of instructional design by the creative chaos on the Web and discusses how self-reflection and role definitions allowed the team to overcome these disappointments and…

Applies principles of whole-language instruction to the teaching of sign language skills. Emphasis is on the holistic use of sign language in natural communicative situations. Some materials for this approach to sign language instruction are suggested. (DB)

Examines the World Bank's 1995 policy statement, "Priorities and Strategies for Education: A World Bank Review." Reviews the bank's evolving policy of the past 35 years. Interprets the statement in light of recent structural adjustment strategies and end of the Cold War, which have sharpened bank attitudes about economic, social, and…

Basic principles of instruction to effect cognitive change are examined, particularly within the context of South African higher education. Principles include: creating and engaging in conflict between existing knowledge and demands of an unfamiliar task; empowering learners to address the unfamiliar; scaffolding between learner and task; testing…

This article identifies six core elements that have empirical support and should be included in instructional programs for students with autistic spectrum disorders. They are: (1) individualized supports and services; (2) systematic instruction; (3) comprehensible/structured learning environments; (4) specialized curriculum content; (5) functional…

Illustrates the use of representation of equality, perimeter and area, measurement, and data in the mathematics classroom. (KHR)

Describes evolution of the Montessori perspective as Montessori adolescent programs attempt to reinforce the elementary and early childhood stages. Asserts that although development of these programs is experimental and undefined, a crystallization point around the whole of Montessori may occur amid diverse implementation. Asserts that Montessori…