Provides discussion and critical analysis of collaborative practices in learning, teaching, and research. Considers critiques of collaborative practices. Describes a "pedagogy of disclosure" that is needed to fulfill collaborative work experiences. Sketches four collaborative scenes that succeeded in evincing such disclosure among learners. (HB)

THE FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THIS DOCUMENT: LEVEL: High school and college. AUTHOR'S COMMENT: I used this mini-unit to initiate the class in working effectively as a peer group. Moreover, the task I assigned demands that students develop an awareness of their audience's needs by providing an immediate and concrete response. THE APPROACH: (1)…

Explores how Burke's texts engage readers. Discusses his determinate meaning, propositional content, stylistic content, interest in his audience, attitudes of assent and dissent toward reading, and the idea of reading as rebirth. (EL)

Students' use of "I think" and its variants when writing about literature reflects an avoidance of close observation of the literary text. (DD)

Considers the development of student evaluation of teachers; its negative aspects; the importance of faculty belief in the practice; and faculty opinions of how teacher evaluations should be administered, who should obtain the results and in what form, whether students can adequately evaluate faculty, and what evaluation forms should include. (AYC)

Faculties turn to collective bargaining because they want freedom from administrative caprice and an effective voice in determining the conditions under which they must work. They believe that collective bargaining offers professional identity, status, and security. The contract represents the most appropriate means of dealing with a variety of…

Discusses the role of the developmental educator in promoting successful learning in mathematics. Sees the promotion of positive math attitudes as the starting point for developmental math instruction. Considers various learning models and process-oriented methods for teaching mathematical concepts and skills. (DMM)

Attempts to amplify the concept of presence as defined by Chaim Perelman in "The New Rhetoric: A Treatise on Argumentation," concluding that presence in argumentation makes the individual aware that whatever change is being proposed in a given situation primarily involves a change in "self." (Author/RB)

The 2-year curriculum in environmental engineering at Fayetteville Technical Institute, one of the first in the United States, is being used as a model by other schools developing similar programs. (JO)

Text, illustrations, and exercises are used in these two learning modules to instruct physical therapists and others involved in the care of the infirm in methods of comfortably positioning patients in beds and chairs. The first module, "Basic Positioning in Bed and Chair," describes how to position a patient in the upright sitting position and on…

Advocates the pragmatic approach to general education, suggesting that the educationally well-rounded occupational student advances more rapidly and goes higher in his career field. Stresses the importance of "general education courses", which make the student proficient and knowledgeable in his field and "supporting courses" which teach basic…

Describes the use of simile games to increase students' ability to use the simile as a tool in persuasive writing. (HTH)

Examines three representative short poems to illustrate some of the difficulties that traditional textual criticism would encounter with them. Outlines some ways in which different approaches could deal with these difficulties. (RL)

This tech prep competency profile covers the occupation of electronics technician. Section 1 provides the occupation definition. Section 2 lists development committee members. Section 3 provides the leveling codes--abbreviations for grade level, (by the end of grade 12, by the end of associate degree), academic codes (communications, math, or…

Reviews the decline of educational standards as reflected in national test scores and discusses four pedagogic causes for this decline: the abandonment of written tests in favor of objective, true/false testing techniques; nonpunitive grading and attendance policies; excessive use of technology in the classroom; and academic grade inflation. (JP)