This monograph provides a comprehensive description of the science technology, and society (STS) movement in science education. The STS approach strives to broaden the scope of science education by integrating into the science program accurate presentations of the nature of science, the nature of technology, and interactions of science and…

This study investigated the effect on teachers of observing or implementing an alternative form of instruction in a primary-grade arithmetic class. Under consideration were the relationships between the beliefs teachers held about mathematics and about teaching mathematics, and their recognition and internalization of the principles of the…

It is argued in this book that postsecondary instructors have to improve their performance in the classroom not only by achieving a better understanding of how teachers teach, but also of how learners learn. Most postsecondary teachers are well trained in their disciplines, but few have received formal training in how to teach or have acquired an…

The banking model of education views students as empty passive minds to be filled by the teacher. As Paulo Freire perceived the model, the teacher is seen as possessing the currency of knowledge and distributing it to students. In the changing dynamics of the college literature classroom, the relationship between teacher and student should be more…

College students read a description of a male or female teacher of engineering or nursing who used an active, masculine or a passive, feminine teaching style. Ratings were made of variables reflecting the teacher's ability and performance, his or her masculinity, and his or her status. (Author/BJG)

This article discusses the usefulness of French courses designed for voice majors. Basic areas of instruction, including phonetics, prosody, and French literature, are discussed, and a model course is described. (CLK)

This article stresses the need for combining language instruction and cultural education, and outlines a teaching model designed to accomplish this goal. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

Research on the relationship between teaching strategies and student outcomes supports the use of inductive/indirect teaching strategies. Research shows that this can be achieved through the analysis of model lessons with a systematic observation instrument. (MLH)

Table lists skills for second language learning on one axis and levels of complexity on the other. Uses of table by classroom teacher in assessment are discussed. (RM)

A sequential, developmental plan for teaching reading via the auditory process is discussed. (JC)

This proposed alternative instruction model is based on the teach-practice-apply (TPA) paradigm. This paradigm provides a structure facilitating change, while ensuring the enhancement of instructional effectiveness. Suggestions are provided that secondary teachers can use in their classrooms. The steps inherent in the use of each teaching strategy…

Intended to help freshman composition teachers develop productive audience strategy in their students, this paper explores useful and functional techniques elicited from expert writers to facilitate the generation of internal audiences for the typical college student in a required writing class. The paper encourages small-group peer discussion to…

In its report "Becoming a Nation of Readers," the Commission on Reading defines reading as the process of constructing meaning from written texts, a view of reading that makes the use of strategies seem probable. If a book is a source of partial information, and readers are supposed to use knowledge they already possess to determine the…

This paper argues that research findings from the study of teaching could be very useful in enhancing knowledge and tools for the design of both conventional and intelligent instructional software. It also suggests that if the ways in which teachers effectively conduct instruction are different and in certain ways better than other media, and if…

Growing Thinkers is a teacher in-service program, designed and instituted in the Houston (Texas) Independent School District, which focuses on the development of higher-order thinking abilities. The three overall goals of the program are: (1) to recognize and further develop excellence in teaching; (2) to enhance the development of higher-order…