The challenge, give and take, stimulation, and deepened experience of the honors seminar can be successfully extended to "all students",as described in this article. (Editor/PG)

Lecturing may be considered necessary viewed from three perspectives: for inspiration, for demonstration of models, and for clarification. (Author/PG)

The importance of correcting students' faults is stressed as the basis of teaching. (PG)

Andrews University's commitment to teacher improvement is evidenced by the availability of instructional materials and assistance in using them, and in its faculty development program that includes a new teacher seminar and a Committee on Instruction and Research. Faculty evaluation is the logical outcome of the program. (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)

Data gathered from a questionnaire survey of prospective teachers who had completed student teaching and of randomly-selected experienced teachers are reported. Areas examined were: classroom routine, teaching methods, materials and resources, planning, relations with parents, evaluation, and discipline. Implications for teacher preparation…

Six issues are discussed: faculty reluctance to innovate; stagnation and intellectual isolation; the dichotomy between teaching and research; difficulties in assessing quality teaching; lack of adequate training of college teachers; and increasing lack of personalized instruction and attention. (LBH)

To determine how a film should be used in classroom teaching, the research of scholars in the fields of education, psychology, and communications was examined. Suggestions are offered for making the most effective use of films in social science courses. (LBH)

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)

The evaluation process as it affects teacher improvement was examined at Carleton College. Assumptions were made regarding the nature and use of student evaluation of teaching and from them a series of procedures was created for securing student evaluations in written form. (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 proper use of objective ratings in faculty evaluation can be diagnostic, motivational, and remedial. Faculty effectiveness should improve if valid factors, properly weighted, are used periodically to evaluate teachers through objective ratings. (LBH)