This digest explores media options as they relate to instructional design for distance education, because the function and design of each medium needs to be understood, if it is to lead to learning. It also describes other types of delivery media used in the history of distance learning before online learning programs: print, radio and telephone,…

The articles in this issue of Learning Quarterly, published by the Centre for Curriculum, Transfer, and Technology (British Columbia), discuss the relationship between assessment and learning. Assessment can be used for three purposes in education: (1) to evaluate and credential (grade); (2) to determine institutional effectiveness; and (3) to…

Constructive-developmentalism is a theory of learning that incorporates two major concepts: (1) that students construct knowledge by organizing and making meaning of their experiences, and (2) that this construction takes place in the context of students' assumptions about and creation of knowledge. A gap often exists between instructor and…

Of the educational work of the Young Women's Christian Associations only a part is done in the educational departments. The whole association is an educational project. For specific pieces of education, it organizes educational committees and departments in those associations that are large enough, and classes in those that do not maintain…

The author cites facts about the deaf population, acoustics, and physiology to support her contention that total use of residual hearing in deaf persons should begin as early as possible and should be related to speech. (GW)

Author describes problems of mythical small church-related" liberal arts college. Discusses difficulties such colleges have in meeting today's changing educational demands, and problems of obtaining funding from conservative alumni, who wish schools to remain bastions of traditionalism. (JB)

Describes the recently-established New School of Behavioral Studies in Education at the University of North Dakota in terms of its impact on teacher preparation and education of inservice teachers. Bibliography. (RW)

Follow Through is a large compensatory education program that operated in scores of communities across the United States throughout the seventies. This study was conducted in an attempt to obtain a more definitive answer to whether different educational approaches actually lead to different achievement outcomes. (Authors/JN)

Presents self-assessment questions in fifteen subcategories: conducting training programs, conducting on-the-job training, training managers and supervisors how to train, applying criteria for selecting program participants, establishing and maintaining resources, using techniques (behavior modeling, role playing, simulation, laboratory training,…

Describes the use of a polyfunctional system, partially based on modular learning, in developing educational methods aimed to improve the living conditions of people in depressed areas of the world. Notes that the system should consist of series of preconstituted constant learning elements, echoing typical situations and open to adaptations…

Discussion of the scholarship of college teaching looks at its nature, its definition, and how such scholarship can lead to development and advancement of teaching. Examples of the scholarship of teaching and of institutional policies supporting it are drawn from Canadian universities. Lists of journals and conferences at which to publish and…

This article addresses three issues concerning the development of social skills in young children with special needs, especially children with severe social limitations. First, the importance of children's social skills is stressed; next, specific peer-related social skills that should receive priority in early intervention are identified; and…

Explores the idea of critically reflective teaching in general, and in particular, teacher decision-making and classroom assessment. Asserts that in community college settings-the ultimate in diverse, open-entry, mixed-ability classrooms-critical reflection on core assumptions can ground teachers in a moral, intellectual, and political vision of…

Argues that art skills can be taught, but the way that individual artists use those skills cannot be taught. Discusses how teachers in the arts require different preparation from that provided today and that new approaches are needed to teach art lovers and aspiring professionals. (KM)