Argues that efforts to bring a global, multicultural approach to education often neglects gender-related issues. Contends that recent feminist scholarship suggests that recognition of gender as a structuring principle is necessary for understanding the contemporary world. Concludes that women are not only victims but also active participants in…

Explains and critiques the effort of revitalizing progressive discourse. The legacy of progressive discourse is examined as well as the issue of educational equity. Argues that the challenge of postprogressive educational theory is to see its contribution as a response to prevailing intolerable and inequitable conditions. (GLR)

As part of Alberta's provincial initiative, Brooks School District used administrator, teacher, and student input to develop quality indicators of responsible student behaviors and values that contribute to academic success. Baseline data were collected on homework completion, vandalism, disciplinary actions, and academic achievement. Community…

Describes activities integrating science and art education in which students examine slides of impressionist paintings or photographs of meteorological phenomena to determine the weather conditions depicted and to make and defend weather predictions. Includes a reproducible worksheet. (MDH)

Preservice, predominantly white, Appalachian educators were introduced to teaching by critical analysis of readings on the relationship between education and social inequalities. The paper addresses the gap between critical orientation and everyday life in the preservice classroom, identifying concrete manifestations of education for positive…

Ideas of the philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre are developed for application to education. The school implied by MacIntyre's philosophy emphasizes content, substance, virtue, the learning environment, and the learning process. In a pluralist society, a school of choice, rather than a common school, is preferable. (SLD)

The ongoing restructuring of a mobile, global, digital, postindustrial economy and the consequent trend toward commodified information present challenges to teacher librarians: emphasizing education as engaged learning, recognizing overextension, emphasizing unmeasurable spiritual and cultural values, using ecological or social-bonding models of…

Discusses attempts by Botswana to expand and modernize its educational system using new technology in light of Jacques Ellul's ideas on technology and Ivan Illich's views on education. Problems encountered in adopting technology are used as cautions for developing countries attracted to new technology for mass education. Highlights relevance of…

Examined parent/peer linkages and how both types of experiences influence substance use in European-American adolescents. Found that mothers' responsiveness lessened adolescents' peer orientation, which reduced substance use. This process was moderated by maternal values regarding adolescent alcohol use. Among fathers, closer monitoring was…

An Internet mailing list designed to conduct a council-style forum among American Indian people encountered problems such as non-Indians posing as Indians, intertribal differences impeding consensus, and the lack of socioeconomic diversity among participants. American Indian culture may be philosophically incompatible with the impersonal nature of…

Response to an article on community languages in Australia supports the argument that community language speakers do not have an advantage over non-speakers in the community language classroom, but can be disadvantaged by differences between the language taught in the classroom and that spoken in homes. Examples are drawn from Punjabi instruction…

Teacher development will increasingly focus on how teachers' inner/spiritual life can be nourished. A renewed interest in the teacher-as-person stems from the eternal revolution/counterrevolution in education, the resurgence of Constructivism, and concerns for quality of working life in schools. Clinical supervision brings out the "inner…

Presents a broad discussion on developing concepts of peace education, noting the importance of including peace education in children's education. Examines peace education and assumptions about child development, the child as creator of a better world, the child and the group (in the classroom and in society), peace education for life, and the…

A study based on data from 1,500 students at 20 colleges and universities found that students who combined community service and academic study (service learning) differed from those who did not, in their target attitudes, skills, values, and understanding of social issues. Participation in service learning had an impact on these outcomes over the…

A scenario-based survey of 598 university students concerning test cheating found significant gender differences on measures of self-control, shame, perceived external sanctions, grades, and cheating intentions. Morals and grades were greater predictors in women's cheating intentions, while men were more affected by prior cheating and perceived…