The use of undergraduate liaison students in a lecture/laboratory course and in a lecture course is described. Facilitating laboratory procedures, helping students with academic material, and advocating student needs were among the activities of the liaison students who served as links between the class and instructor and/or subject matter. (JMD)

At Bucknell University, a study of student preferences for faculty teaching styles indicates an overwhelming preference for professors who see themselves and are seen as teachers rather than researchers, administrators or socialites. This preference was found to exist across sex, class level, and student self-reported personality ratings (JMD)

Six characteristics, including structure, rapport, the ability to be stimulating, and objective evaluation, are suggested as important for effective teaching. A program for personal development, designed to make the challenge of improving teaching a practical and rewarding experience, is proposed. (JMD)

An encounter group formed by nine prospective teachers and their instructor at Auburn University focused on practicing, rather than just learning about, personal relations that support learning. Several "facilitating conditions" such as empathy and respect are identified along with facilitating behavior such as paraphrasing and…

Parallels between selling and teaching techniques are drawn and specific behavioral suggestions are offered for improving a teacher's relationship and effectiveness with his students. Four steps are noted as significant for each class: attention, interest, presentation, and summary. (LBH)

New ways for teaching educationally disadvantaged students are described by a licensed psychologist. The trend involves more emphasis upon the establishment of affective relationships between students and teacher and between students themselves. Approaches for focusing on the student's affective domain are discussed. (LBH)

A study concerned with attitudes and achievement in a speech communication course is reported. Of three methods of instruction, the small class-individual instructor technique prompted more favorable student attitudes than did the 40- or 80-student lecture treatments. (Editor/LBH)

A department chairman from Denison University offers a reminder that to educate means to lead or guide, rather than what teachers have mistakenly believed or practiced. Various pressures for professorial role change are cited, including the Dalton Plan and contract learning. (Editor/LBH)

Some major learning theory principles are reviewed and suggestions are made for integrating them into the process of education at the college or graduate school level. The theories deal with reinforcement, behavior modification, reactive inhibition, cognitive maps, incidental learning, retroactive inhibition, proactive inhibition, and spontaneous…

The teaching responsibilities of a professor particularly make him a professional, as pointed out by a faculty member of the U. S. Air Force Academy. He suggests that a teacher's professionalism can be transmitted to his students. (Editor/LBH)

Agassiz, one of the first great naturalists, who made significant contributions in geology, natural history, and medicine as well, is discussed with regard to his imaginative and creative teaching methods. (LBH)

Presents the Ten Commandments for Teachers'' derived from the words and work of Louis Agassiz. (PG)

The free enterprise system can be adapted to university life. Any professor would be able to offer a course of his choosing on his own time and charge tuition for it. This system would parallel the regular course structure. (Author/PG)

Presents 3 tenets necessary for quality higher education: (1) it is the responsibility of the college for the students to acquire knowledge; (2) both the learner and the teacher are members of a learning community; (3) the integrity of the college depends upon the seriousness with which the faculty and students accept a value system based upon the…

Student evaluations, often ignored, are a valuable evaluative method for teachers. (PG)