Describes an apprenticeship program for high school juniors and seniors at the EHOVE Career Center in Milan, Ohio. Discusses the Federal Committee on Apprenticeships' suggested program components and the Office of Work-Based Learning's program development guidelines. School staff should consider area employment needs, define occupational targets,…

A study of 20 Vermont secondary principals and ex-principals examined what induced some to stay and many others to leave the profession. There are four significant issues: role definition; shifting power and authority; work relationships; and respect, recognition, and rewards. Survivors manage to maintain perspective, detach themselves, and escape…

The National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education has launched a project to align content standards with new performance-based standards for teacher preparation programs. Success depends on gaining consensus on content standards, defining "performance-based" in an accreditation setting, and determining curriculum…

Guidelines for providing appropriate education to hospitalized children are offered, based on 1994 standards developed by the British Government. Four case studies illustrate the variety of student needs and hospital settings. (DB)

Shows that one risk-prediction device forming the basis of an operational guidelines system is correlated with race and gender, but that the approach suggested by some critics does not overcome this. Control factors will remain correlated with the final model even after second-order policy controls are implemented. Demonstrates unbiased models.…

Conventional science instruction often fails to address or change students' misconceptions about physical phenomena. Students stubbornly cling to anthropocentric, causal, and product conceptions about energy. This article explores scientific and pedagogical arguments favoring development of a spiral curriculum for teaching energy in (Israeli)…

Outlines Web-based training (WBT) options (page-, frame-, and screen-based), provides general guidelines for designing Web-delivered instruction. Discusses case studies of a teacher's guide to the Holocaust and sales training for a telecommunications company. Provides addresses of sample WBT sites. Includes reader reactions and author responses to…

Provides strategies that can help middle and high school bands improve their articulation in ensemble performances. Focuses on the clarity of the beginning of a note and how a tone is released. Offers rehearsal techniques that can help ensemble students produce consistent note length and expressive articulation. (CMK)

Too often, ideological debates, not scientific evidence and public-health concerns, influence decisions about sexuality education. Comprehensive, developmentally appropriate, and culturally sensitive sexuality education should be an important component of all grade levels. Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS)…

Principals desiring to develop a school-uniform policy should involve parents, teachers, community leaders, and student representatives; beware restrictions on religious and political expression; provide flexibility and assistance for low-income families; implement a pilot program; align the policy with school-safety issues; and consider legal…

Presents a weaving project for sixth grade that employs weaving in layers with octagonal mat boards, instead of the traditional round board. Discusses the process, providing a list of 12 steps, diagrams, and learning objectives. (CMK)

Offers guidelines to faculty and designers in higher education regarding transitioning from face-to-face classroom instruction to Web-based instruction. The framework used involves four perspectives: managerial, including student needs; pedagogical; technical; and social. Compares Web-based design under objectivist and constructivist assumptions.…

Focuses on the use of assessment rubrics with musical composition. Provides guidelines for musical composition assignments and describes the construction and use of rubrics. Includes four example assessment rubrics. (CMK)

Maintains that research fails to capture the diversity in teaching. Advocates caution in assuming one correct child rearing or educational practice. Discusses whether categories such as developmentally appropriate practice or developmental stages are facts of nature, interpretations, or perspectives on social processes; and whether developmentally…

Offers practical suggestions for incorporating music activities into the adult English-as-a-Second-or- Other-Language (ESOL) classroom. Focuses on reasons for using music, guidelines for selecting songs, categories of music activities, guidelines for structuring classroom music activities, and ways to use music in adult ESOL classes. (Author/VWL)