This article examines teaching methods for graduate courses in curriculum that encourage student/teacher interaction. Side-by-side involves exploring through dialogically examining something in the world with someone. Face-to-face implies the instructor has a responsibility to present a mode of being that is responsive to the student. (SM)

The role of Australian graduate research supervisors in the context of a changing graduate student population is examined. Issues include addressing part-time, mature, and off-campus students' diverse needs, interests, and backgrounds, keeping students on track while accommodating work and family commitments, and acknowledging learners' autonomy.…

This study examined the process of identity development and explored the relationship between identity status of college students and their expectations of faculty. The Ego Identity Process Questionnaire (EIPQ) which yields exploration and commitment scores and a questionnaire about the role faculty should play in identity development was…

Pressure to make graduate study in Australia more responsive to individual learner needs and autonomy is discussed. It is proposed that in this context, three groups of individuals will have important roles: those involved in institutional administration; educational technologists and computer software designers; and teachers. Those evolving roles…

Explored relationships between school and college faculty, in the context of graduate school and as colleagues collaborating to improve children's education. Data from dialogic inquiry, interviews, and surveys indicated that the collaborative, reciprocal process of struggling to understand inconsistencies created as they worked to transform…