This conference paper discusses the use of cooperative learning (CL) in second language (L2) instruction. After two brief definitions of CL, key areas discussed in the paper are: a) how CL relates to theories of L2 acquisition, b) CL principles, and c) some CL techniques and lesson plan considerations when using CL in L2 instruction. An appendix…

Article considered thirty principles of college and university administration which could be applied in the day-to-day operation of an institution. (Author/RK)

Described some principles underlying a concept which involves a community college without walls - a Community Renewal College. (Author/RK)

Article presented an outline in general terms of the kind of institutional framework and attitudes necessary to stimulate changes in instruction. (Editor/RK)

In the period 1917 to 1934, from being a country where almost ninety percent of the population consisted of illiterate peasants, the Soviet Union was transformed into an emerging industrialized society, where almost ninety percent had achieved literacy. The massive campaign which achieved this is described in this article. (Author/CB)

This paper is a case study of one portion of China's pre-1949 educational experience-Peking University (Peita) during the Chancellorship of Ts'ai Yuan-p'ei (1917-1923), with special emphasis on the May Fourth Period. (Author)

Presents some educational principles, which are intended to ensure conditions indispensable for the all-round development of each individual, and suggests those principles as a basis for modernizing the present educational system and adult education. (Author/RK)

This paper was the keynote address at the International Conference on Teaching and Learning English" held at the University of York, July 1971. (Editor)

Founder of a "deschooled" school, Mrs. Davis sees no future for colleges unless they are dismantled and a new form of learning permitted to exist. (Editor)

Adapting to the needs of a socially, economically, and culturally changing neighborhood was the aim of a parish school in Milwaukee. (MF)

The author discusses several dimensions of evaluation utilization in educational settings as a step toward clarifying the meaning of the term. Definitions of evaluation and utilization are offered, distinctions are made between use and utilization, and the processes necessary for determining if an evaluation use is a true utilization are outlined.…

Surveys the history of composition instruction in America and concludes that imitation exercises may still be valuable to modern students. (JL)

Reports a survey of elementary/secondary teachers' perceptions about moral education: who should teach it; how it should be taught; whether it involves reasoning and/or behavior; whether it should be a separate course; what teaching resources are necessary; and, most importantly, what the crucial questions in moral education are. (Author/SJL)

The author examines the purposes for art education presented in chapter two of the NAEA Commission on Art Education report. Finding that they are not the strongest claims for art in the schools, he presents three recommendations for an alternative theoretical model for art education. (Editor/SJL)