Learning Through Collaboration

Abstract

Presented are summaries of 11 selected projects in the areas of language arts, instructional media, simulation, and the valuing process developed during the 1974 summer session of the Teacher Training Institute of the Governor's School (North Carolina) by institute teachers and gifted students. Outlined are language arts projects on the history of English and science fiction used to develop speech and writing skills. A film planned, organized, and illustrated by students from the art and music departments and a videotape correlating all subjects together are cited as instructional media designs. Recommended are the simulation activities of imagining schools in the future and role playing as related to transactional analysis. Discussed are projects which demonstrate the valuing process in the following issues: eugenics, drug use, freedom and authority, capital punishment, and the ideal school. (SB)