Examines trends in participatory research and the need for clarification of it as a process of "disindoctrination" to the status quo and a means of bringing about the structural transformation of society. Issues of popular organization and strategies for increasing viability are discussed. (SK)

Examines educational theories of John Dewey. Concludes that Dewey's world view could have the effect of depriving a variety of classes of the political and social consciousness necessary to effectively confront those in power. Notes the attractiveness of Dewey's system to the liberal educators of his time. (Author/KC)

Examines claims that the bodies of knowledge, standards, and methods of inquiry promulgated by the university are undemocratic, representing a hegemony of Western, middle class, male culture. Argues that this view is based on a social construction view of knowledge and points out problems with this view. (SM)

Language tests reflect the complexities and power struggles of society. Critical language testing recognizes this aspect of language testing and broadens the field by engaging it in the sphere of social dialog. Studying, protecting, and guarding language tests is part of the process of providing quality learning and preserving democratic cultures,…

Evolving from experiences in a graduate seminar that led to new understandings of feminist pedagogy, this theory of feminist pedagogy in action rests on four phenomena that are each necessary but none sufficient. After describing the creation of a learning community as well as a search of educative research, a delineation of the four phenomena is…

Noting that since democratization of communication is part of the broad social process, and that any given form of democratic communication is the result of a dialectical tension between the social factors tending toward concentration of social power and contrary factors tending toward redistribution of that power, this paper argues that it is…

This study tried to isolate some of the characteristics that account for the variation in community receptivity to federal aid programs. The communities selected for the study had a population of 25,000 or more and had been in existence prior to 1950. Community participation in the programs was measured by the absence or presence of communities in…

Traditional society, viewed as static with little differentiation or specialization as well as low levels of urbanization and literacy, and modern society, characterized as having thorough differentiation, urbanization, literacy, and exposure to mass media, are examined in situations of change as different models of social and political order…

Two trends in postmodernist thought are discernible: one redefines modernist principles such as democracy, reason, and equality; the other deconstructs and rejects these principles. However, the redefinition of modernist principles offers educators the most hopeful and useful conception of dialogue across differences. (SK)

Reviews the theoretical background, methodology, and preliminary results of a planned study of what teachers think about power to be conducted in three stages with kindergarten and comprehensive school teachers in Finland. Preliminary results from 22 teachers identify power most clearly as a social category. (SLD)

The recent pop culture iconography of the Critical Race Theory (CRT) label has attracted more devoted (white) fans than a 90s boy band. In philosophy, this trend is evidenced by the growing number of white feminists extending their work in gender analogically to questions of race and identity, as well as the unchecked use of the CRT label to…

The article describes the political system which operates in an American Indian school and discusses the striking analogy between the school's bureaucratic structure and operation and the structure and operation of a segmentary lineage system. (AUTHOR/NQ)

The Parsonian model of organization developed by Hills provided the foundation for studying the relationship between the structural effects of social structure and the perceived power of committees of a large university. This study was designed to examine through comparative field study the social values, organizational orientations, and social…