The exhibition is on display until
October 3lst at three locations: the
Douglas College Performance
Theatre, the New Westminster Public
Library Gallery, and the New West-
minster Arts Council “Gallery in the
Park” at Centennial Lodge in Queen's
Park.

The Fraser River Show was organized
by the Douglas College Arts Exhibition
Advisory Committee.

TOY CONFERENCE

With the Christmas shopping season
about to commence, toys will be the
focus of much attention. So it is timely
that the Chidren's Play Resource
Centre will be presenting “A Confer-
ence About Toys” for parents,
teachers, and child-care workers--all
who spend time with children.

Vancouver's first-ever toy conference
will be held at Douglas College on
Saturday, November Ist from 0900 to
1500 hours.

A series of workshops designed for
parents and educators will cover toy
safety, toys and physical development,
baby’s first toys, choosing foys for play
and learning, toys on a shoestring
budget, and the controversial issues
surrounding war toys.

A new film on toys for children with
special needs will also be shown dur-
ing the conference.

The conference will close with a panel
discussion, where all who attend will
be encourage to ask questions and
voice their concerns.

To register, or for further information,
phone Community Programs &
Services at 520-5473 or the Children’s
Play Resource Centre at 732-3305.

 

 

ANNOUNCEMENT

| regret fo announce that Howard Eaton
has resigned from the newly created
position of Instruction Development
Consultant.

The controversy which has risen over
the establishment of the position and
the selection process has, in Howard's
opinion, made it impossible for him to
carry out this function effectively.

The position will remain vacant for the
balance of the academic year. Given
sufficient financial resources, | hope to
reinstate the position for 1987/88.

Gerry DellaMattia

SHORT SUBJECT

Thanks to the Kellogg Foundation,
American higher education

has done R and D, 'n'

in Number Nineteen

the Abstract contains Innovation

A community college in Texas
understands very well how complex is
an ESLcase

with a poor language base,

in a system controlled by cash nexus.

So Parallel Studies in Austen,

aware that such students get lost in
infinitives 'n’ gerunds,

send them on errands -

the kind that there isn't much cost in.

Now these errands must be interractive,
‘cause there's no point in finding a fact if
you don't learn the lingo;

whereas human bingo

is quite pedagogically attractive.

As long as the instructor orients,

the student might learn to say what meant.
And if he can't, still,

an adjustment of skill

will lead to communicative competence

Never mind if the student's correct, if
his comprehension's selective -
Achievement of task

is all that we ask,

with a method that's so cost-effective

 

MAD HATTER 3

 

  

Yes, just think how this method will pay
if you set up your schedule this way:
half your class on team quest,

you can de-brief the rest,

who did the team quest yesterday.

The management people admire

an approach that allows them to hire
half time relief

to double de-brief,

as the regular teachers retire.

Terry Loughrey, ESL instructor and
Co-author of Contact

RESOURCE SURVEY OF VIDEO
AND VIDEO TECHNIQUES
AT DOUGLAS COLLEGE

1am currently undertaking o survey of
video and video technique uses at
Douglas College. | am interested in
looking at anything from video-
feedback techniques used in a class-
room setting, fo video used on an in-
dividual basis, to the production and
use of original video-tapes as a way of
delivering information to students.

| would like to know how video is used,
in what context and for what purpose,
its usefulness and its problems. | have
designed the following very simple
questionnaire and would greatly
appreciate it if anyone using video
would take a few minutes to fill it out,
and return it fo me via campus mail.

When I've gathered the information
together | will produce a resource
booklet on video use at Douglas
College. This booklet will be available
fo anyone interested, and hopefully will
serve as a stimulus for other in-
structors to include the use of video in
their teaching repertoires.

I'm thanking you in advance for your
help with this project.

Mae Burrows