The Counselor Education Department at the University of Houston has developed an affective training program for counselor education at the graduate level. The goals of increasing self exploration and interpersonal effectiveness are achieved through the following experiences: a retreat, psychological assessment, modular learning and videotape…

Designed for resource teachers of gifted children, the resource guide explains the inquiry educational method and presents seven lesson plan designs. The inquiry learning process is said to encourage use of any communication style that relates to the individual and develops the following learning and thought processes: identification of study…

In this speech, the author explains that metamethodology is a system designed to develop and test a methodology for a specific, definable purpose; and, as such, to provide for the development of, and the research into, methodologies. The paper begins with a brief clarification of the difference between methods and methodology and a discussion of…

During 1970-71, the Select Subcommittee on Education of the House Committee on Education and Labor held 8 days of hearings on the establishment of a National Institute of Education. This document is the second of three appendixes on the hearings and contains essays by scholars who have studied the aims of education, the issues of educational…

The authors describe their clinical experiences in working with learninq disabled children who have emotional disorders as well. Their approach, "psychotherapeutic remediation," is explained to combine psychodynamic psychotherapy methods with special education techniques, and to fuse the tutorial role of a remedial teacher and the therapeutic…

Competency Based Teacher Education (CBTE) proposes changes in the traditional teacher education system, which include establishing behavioral objectives for student teachers and modifying basic teaching tools that all students must learn to master. CBTE also proposes that teachers colleges be conducted without failure. Critics of CBTE question the…

A "world of work map" based on the data/ideas and people/things work task dimensions is described and suggestions are provided for its use in career guidance. (Author)

The article describes a math-oriented approach to remediating learning disabilities in children. (SBH)

The potential undermining effects of a reinforcement program were examined in two studies with kindergarten-first grade children. The procedures were designed to provide an analog to typical classroom incentive programs. The subjects' initial interest was low in one study and high in the other. (Author)

The authors purport that before teaching tasks to individuals with severe learning problems, it may be necessary to deliberately plan for and systematically evaluate the factors of selective attention, information feedback, retention, and generalization for each lesson. (Author/SBH)

An introduction to the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) and its use in engineering education. (BB)

Over the past decade, increasing numbers of educators have used diagnostic/prescriptive instruction as a remedial system when working with problem learners. A basic philosophical controversy exists regarding two fundamentally different models--task analysis and ability training--which popularly serve to undergird diagnostic/prescriptive…

Two California programs (one elementary and one secondary) which demonstrate specified promising practices in the area of bilingual special education are described. Programs exemplify such practices as parent involvement, interface between bilingual and special education, and attention to both primary and secondary language development, and…

This study investigated the social studies curriculum perceptions of 66 pre-methods undergraduates and 164 student teachers surveyed after their field experience. Perceptions were measured on a 21-item Likert-format questionnaire developed from the curriculum guidelines of the National Council for the Social Studies. Results showed little…

Asserts that research and foundational deficits revealed in the literature may be contributing to the lack of consistent and widespread art criticism instruction. (JDH)