Provides practical suggestions for teachers to integrate cultural pluralism in three reading strategies: (1) reading workshops; (2) writing workshops; (3) language experience approaches that make a valuable contribution to students of all cultural backgrounds. (Author/VWL)

Proposes that when teachers structure the classroom around the student, differentiation starts to happen. Outlines the following suggestions in order to do so: make it meaningful; make it authentic; differentiate content; make it interdisciplinary; and practice what you preach. Concludes that if educators are willing to eliminate ineffective…

Presents a case study focusing on a gifted student writer whose shyness and strong personal commitment to her writing is not well suited to the atmosphere of peer writing workshops. (MG)

Addresses three questions: (1) what individual paths lead selected nonmainstream writers from the "Tenderloin" inner-city area of San Francisco to their craft; (2) how the contexts and relationships with the community support the growth of written expression; and (3) how this support affects individual and community growth. (MG)

Reported are some of the highlights of a panel discussion held at the Joint Annual Meeting of the Mathematical Association of America in January 1987. Discussed are precalculus courses, challenging better students, calculus workshops, courses with projects, career awareness, coop programs, remedial programs, recruitment, seminar courses, and…

Discusses scholastic press association directors and high school journalism workshop directors' assessments of their duties. Offers the directors' suggestions for publication advisers--what they can do to make the life of the director less stressful. (MS)

The paper describes three intensive one-week classes concerning hearing impairment held by Gallaudet University through the Elderhostel program for people 60 years of age and older. The courses (Hearing Loss and Hearing Aids, Speechreading and Communication Strategies, and Psychosocial Aspects of Hearing Impairment) all include experiential labs.…

Seven principles for good practice in undergraduate education provide a foundation for organizing a workshop on improving undergraduate education in a large university. In such a workshop, each participant responded to five questions concerning the principle of his or her choice, and the implications for a given institution were discussed. (MSE)

Describes a New York Girls Club program designed to educate children and young adults about AIDS. Program involves use of prevention posters, puzzles, compositions, simulated game shows, debates, problem-solving and role-playing exercises, risk assessment exercises, and rap groups. (RJC)

Describes an intergenerational reading program using children's literature in adult literacy classes. Discusses the adult literacy training sessions and the adaptations of the model in a variety of instructional settings. (JOW)

A case study of a workshop in health education/promotion is described in which an impact evaluation was carried out six months after the workshop. Results indicated that the materials, information and strategies were used and most participants implemented their plans to a moderate or great extent. (Author/MLW)

Describes New Jersey's Academy for the Advancement of Teaching and Management, a central, state-funded training center designed to improve students' education by sharpening teachers' and administrators' professional skills. The program's success depends on three critical qualities--relevance, consistency, and continuity. (MLH)

Develops models for participants' behaviors in games, simulations, and workshops based on Catastrophe Theory and Herzberg's two-factor theory of motivation. Examples are given of how these models can be used, both for describing and understanding the behaviors of individuals, and for eliciting insights into why participants behave as they do. (11…

Reports on a biochemistry education workshop held at the University of the Philippines, in October, 1987 sponsored by the Philippine Biochemical Society. Discussed are biochemistry research, and the problems of biochemistry education in the Philippines. Four addresses made at the workshop are summarized. (CW)

Described are discussions held concerning the problems of biochemical education in Brazil at a meeting of the Sociedade Brazileira de Bioquimica in April 1988. Also discussed are other visits that were made to universities in Brazil. Three major recommendations to improve the state of biochemistry education in Brazil are presented. (CW)