Sees an overriding tendency in teaching and in academic writing to emphasize analysis over celebration, and thus to rush to judgment. Sees celebration as foundational to English education, the embodiment of the lived experience of teaching. Suggests that what moves teachers is not sermons disguised as analysis, but the sharing and testing of…

Explores the use of autobiography as a tool for increasing student participation, uncovering student attitudes and values, and as a source of examples for lectures and class discussion. Concludes that information gathered can be used to alert students to potential problems of using summary statistics and nonrepresentative samples when generalizing…

The various resources used by the students enrolled in the School of Educational Change and Development at the University of Northern Colorado is reported in tabular form. (HMD)

Two Chinese-American educators who separately toured China report on teaching practices in that country. (Editors/JA)

In view of the sixteen-year tenure (1933-1949) at Black Mountain College of Josef Albers, a former Bauhaus Master, and his wife, Anni, a Bauhaus graduate and teacher, exploration of the influence of the Bauhaus on this small, progressive, art-centered college in the mountains of North Carolina is warrented. (Author)

It is suggested that teachers may indoctrinate while they educate by reifying the rules which govern social relationship and implicitly denying the true negotiational basis of the relationship between teacher and taught, superior and subordinate, and government and governed. (Editor)

Comparative educationists are in the process of building up a special branch of scientific enquiry, with benefits both as a generalizing science and as an applied science. (Author/AN)

The author enters a plea for educators to use their new-found muscle to effect important curricular and methods changes in their schools. (Editor)

The author points out six ways that a teacher may be hindering a learning-blocked child. The author suggests how the teacher can help a child that has learning problems and gives six ways to help the child overcome his problems. (MS)

Paper delivered at the 18th Annual Meeting of the National Association for Gifted Children, Chicago, Illinois, May, 1971. (CB)

The authors discuss small-group induction to the first speech given by students in a speech course. The authors have found that a practice session helps the students to gain confidence. The induction group is a practice technique. (MS)

Details extensively the advantages and disadvantages of the individualized approach to reading instruction, suggests combination programs as a means of phasing in the individualized approach and indicates the need for highly competent teachers to handle the complexities. Includes a pro-reaction and a con-reaction paper. Bibliography. (WB)

This selection of Freire's writings is a circular, sent by the author to coordinators of study groups in Chile. The circular stresses the two-fold nature of the programs: to educate the peasants and to help them gain a critical understanding of their environment through discussion. (Author/RR)