Few graduate social work curricula include training in private practice. A study found that attitudes of social work faculty and students concerning this issue differ significantly. It is suggested that creative approaches for integrating the realities of professional practice with the traditional values and mission of social work be developed.…

Results of a survey requested by the International Council for Educational Media (ICEM) measuring the extent that video technology is used in Hungarian elementary and secondary schools show that it is a positive and complex element. (AEF)

Describes correspondence studies at the University of Zambia; and examines their management, teaching methods, course organization, problems in maintaining the courses, and possible resolutions. (Author/AEF)

Presents a study of Archimedes as a HyperCard reference tool at the University of Michigan, and compares uses to similar projects. Results from studied points (i.e., system design and use statistics) support Archimedes: the system sees more use during reference hours when a librarian is unavailable, and user time is comparable to time spent with a…

Presents a model and description of Northern Arizona University's preservice teacher education program for middle and secondary teachers, planned and implemented to use recommendations, findings, and criticisms of the preparation of science teachers. Describes the science teacher training programs and each college semester of coursework. (LZ)

Discusses a project to implement an alternative system for university admission based on clearly defined competencies in several subject areas, i.e., culture, writing, speaking, listening, reading and transferable skills (provisional). Developing national standards will inform this project, assisting in the creation of common goals in foreign…

Discusses the role of the academic library in training undergraduate students in research methods. Highlights include changes resulting from the electronic dissemination of information; the tradition of apprenticeship, journeymen, and master; information and knowledge; electronic scholarship; layers of learning in research in an electronic…

Describes the system architecture and user evaluation tools for Cheshire II, an online catalog and full-text information retrieval system being developed at the University of California, Berkeley, that uses advanced information retrieval techniques to overcome the problems of topical searching in online catalogs, search failure, and information…

Teaching pedagogy involves more than applying techniques of curriculum and instructional development in the classroom. Metaphors of teaching are used to explore hidden assumptions about teaching, learning, knowledge, production, and culture embedded in traditional teaching paradigms. The role and function of teachers, given the differing…

Discusses the rationale and basic features of an educational partnership between Boston University (Massachusetts) and the Chelsea Public Schools (Massachusetts) designed to rebuild Chelsea's school quality. It reviews the reasons for the educational quality decline in today's urban public school system and highlights the underlying principles and…

Six instructional design principles are recommended to enable students with learning disabilities to comprehend and compose expository materials. The instructional principles are illustrated using the compare/contrast text structure. Charts provide examples and clarification of the strategies. (SW)

The situation created by a glut of lawyers in the profession is examined, particularly heightened competition and need for technical legal skills. Eight recommendations are made concerning the financing of legal education, curriculum design, field experience program changes, and expansion of access to legal services. (MSE)

Investigated whether program type or content have an effect on middle elementary school children's software preferences and whether gender differences surface when children choose software programs of different type and content. Analysis indicated that children, regardless of gender, preferred a drill and practice mathematics program over the…

Compares participatory research and alternative activist approaches, based on the literature on participatory research and interviews with nine sociologists who use alternative approaches. Concludes that all types of activist research are more effective in challenging inequality if they involve activist community organizations. (CFR)

A Tel Aviv University (Israel) study applied qualitative methods to evaluate a model for improvement of university teaching. A departmental instruction specialist treats instructional quality issues comprehensively within a department. Two years of implementation in the physics department have resulted in increased instructional quality, faculty…