A framework to describe, classify, and compare a variety of teacher education programs is offered. Examples of how the framework has been used for types of school organizations are given, along with an explanation of how the framework can be applied to alternative approaches to teacher education. (MLW)

The correlation between teaching excellence and research efforts is investigated in a study done at the University of Maryland. Data suggest that productive faculty--as evidenced by their writings, addresses, and external funding--are among those identified by both their students and their professional colleagues as proficient instructors. (MLW)

A distinction in the educational process is made between that which is taught and learned, and the learning event itself. The ultimate result is seen as an appreciation and awareness of one'e existence in reality and a heightened sense of the humanly enhancing experience of thinking. (MLW)

A course emphasizing the relationship between literature and human rights can provide opportunities to examine the history of social protest literature and to look at the distinctions between authors and cultural or historical contexts. One such course used guest lecturers involved in human rights struggles and special events outside the…

In the decline of public confidence in education, the underlying issue, what the act of learning is, is exemplified in the attack on humanism in the schools, resulting in a confusion of the process of gaining knowledge with knowledge itself, a shift in responsibility from the individual to the institution, and devaluation of ideas. (MSE)

An approach to teaching students how to develop ideas, a major learning and study problem found among college students, is described. The strategy is a practical one that teaches the process of ordering concepts and data, and then how to use this process to solve problems and think critically. (MSE)

A college teacher with a recently developed visual impairment discusses four aspects of living and working with the disability: reading problems (research, preparation of course materials, and written assignments); the classroom (replacing the lecture method); lighting problems; and the attitudes of those around him. (MSE)

It is argued that the modern college curriculum should include both skills and liberal arts components, and a three-part curriculum model is presented that provides an arts and sciences base, adds a segment of theory in a given field, and builds a core of skills on the other two components. (MSE)

A special workshop at Coppin State for students who succeed in the freshman remedial mathematics course but fail on the final test is described. The two-week review provides a relaxed atmosphere, a tutoring format encouraging more active participation, and a test-anxiety workshop. (MSE)

A plan is proposed for improving the teacher education curriculum and programming in Nigeria, with the objectives of improving instructional quality, learning more about the relationship of teacher education curriculum to student achievement, and discovering the capabilities of teacher training institutions. (MSE)

From a study of the use of undergraduate dissertation writing at four United Kingdom institutions it is determined that this technique is of little value to students and requires administrative control disproportionate to the educational benefits. Issues of curriculum design, teaching styles, and timing of dissertation work are discussed. (MSE)

Higher education is described as a name for the highest formation of soul and mind, and the highest goal of education is "wisdom." Practical wisdom and theoretical wisdom are seen as exemplified at their peak in the comprehension of the genuine statesman and the genuine philosopher. (MLW)

The main obstacle to restoring the study of philosophy to the liberal arts curriculum is seen as the pervasive assumption that what the philosophers who make up the Great Tradition teach could not possibly be true. It is suggested that teachers are convinced of the intellectual superiority of our time. (MLW)

Educated persons, it is suggested, must be literate, understand public affairs, develop lifelong learning habits, and may be capable of solving problems through the discipline in which they majored. Faculty are seen as more important than college presidents in the general task of producing educated persons. (MLW)

Expository writing, it is suggested, is a skill that a student will employ throughout an undergraduate career and even into professional life. In light of this fact, additional measures are advocated to promote good writing in institutions of higher education. (MLW)