The authors cite many of the educational programs available on public television and suggest that teachers make use of them to reinforce classroom learning. (SJL)

Reliable and valid methods of student assessment in Newcastle University's new undergraduate medical curriculum are examined as indices of competence within the constraints of the educational program objectives. Considerable attention is given to the assessment of sciences basic to medicine through assessment instruments developed from clinical…

The author outlines the learning benefits of teacher-led small group discussions. (SJL)

This essay identifies several things teachers can learn from students or from the sheer act of teaching: about their own personalities; about ways to improve their teaching; and about subject matter, through simplifying and organizing it for presentation, through student questions, and through the natural flow of ideas. (Author/SJL)

Offers four action-oriented concepts a counselor needs to understand to be effective in fostering development of human potential within the school system. Priorities offered for elementary grades include kinesthetic-oriented learning, an emphasis on fostering curiosity and creativity, and the holistic approach to learning. (Author/BEF)

Presents a vision of how a school of running could provide young people with learning experiences encompassing body and mind. The school would have four tracks: running, body work, inner space development, and academic subjects. Sea Pines Resort in South Carolina will be ideal for the kind of education described here. (Author/BEF)

Describes an academic course with emphasis on personal growth beyond the confines of the classroom. The primary objective was to have students reduce fear of death. Lectures, personal notebooks, and experience assignments were used to achieve this end. (BEF)

Describes a university program which provides students with a practical experience in television and radio broadcast programing and production. (CMV)

Children form concepts about death from a very early age; the appropriate time to talk about death is when it is part of the child's experience. (JD)

Activity-based approaches give the museum-school connection new zest and dimension. (Editor)

Suggests some ideas for introducing students to zoos--their learning advantages, the backgrounds of their animals, and their maintenance--including five learning activities. (RK)

Defines the role of dance in the university as a form of physical education and as a creative movement activity for all. (Editor/RK)

Attempts to underscore the relevance of an anthropological perspective for the study of what educators call "educational problems". Considers the area of cross-cultural studies of education and socialization in the broadest sense, the comparative study of schools as institutions within a particular socio-cultural context, school ethnography, and…

A geographer and a teacher present 12 "action packs" to show you how to obtain your goals for geography instruction. (Editor/RK)

Some form of individualized teaching helps to develop the potential of pupils and provides variety in the learning experience. (JD)