Three Canadian surveys of teachers and school administrators indicated clear support for limited term appointments for school consultants, vice-principals, and department heads. Those under 40 and with less than 20 years' experience strongly supported term appointments for principals, while older and more experienced respondents were opposed. (SV)

Discussion with an African-American mental health group in Britain demonstrate the politics involved in the relationship between knowledge and power. Transformative research is seen as part of the politics of postmodernism--the shift from Eurocentrism and the influence of research on political agendas and the balance of power. (SK)

Discusses "politicized" teaching, distinguishing between taking up the politics of the classroom and offering up politics in the classroom. Offers two theoretical orientations for the exercise of rhetorical power in the classroom and proposes some suggestions for generating and sustaining dialogic classroom discourse. (SR)

The colonial nature of relationships between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people undermines effective adult education programs. A genuinely participatory mode of program development that enables Aboriginal communities to control their own education is essential. (SK)

Offers a narrative based on a real event, in the form of a "docustory," describing that moment when teaching worked--when, in an instructional setting, communication was "perfect" or "excellent." Describes a watershed moment during the campus unrest of the 1960s when a professor learned it is morally wrong for teachers to play power games with…

Sociopolitical change occurs in conjunction with sustaining local literacies. In hierarchically organized societies, ruling elite perceive local literacies as threat to existing power structure. The Ambedkar Nagar project in India, a literacy drive that adopted a campaign-based approach (CBA), is described. A CBA uses mass participation, voluntary…

A feminist critique of Freire's liberatory pedagogy questions his assumption of a single kind of experience of oppression. A feminist pedagogy enriches Freire's approach by questioning the role and authority of the teacher, recognizing the importance of personal experience as a source of knowledge, and exploring the perspectives of different…

Although women and minority administrators are becoming more common, they still must enter and learn to work within higher education institutions that are unaccustomed to their presence, much less leadership. Their careers often depend on whether they can successfully negotiate various double-bind situations. (Author/MSE)

Ways in which the campus leader can enhance followers' skills and his own followership effectiveness are drawn from recommendations made for industry. They include teaching specific followership skills, delegating to the lowest level, using small task forces, providing feedback, and rewarding good followership. (MSE)

Four studies are discussed, showing that micropolitics evolve within a complicated, contradictory, dynamic, and interwoven world. The methodology of micropolitics must be examined via more appropriate means than those used in the studies critiqued. An approach committed to a direct effect on the practice of education is recommended. (RLC)

A Canadian regional job creation program was found to place women in jobs that further marginalized them in the work force. The process reinforces the status quo in terms of dominant and subordinate groups in the power structure. (SK)

The explicit theoretical frame in which topic transitions have been described and the types of transitions are discussed, based on a study of 12 physician-patient encounters. Reciprocal and unilateral activities are identified that relate to allocation of power. (34 references) (Author/LB)

New social movements--ecological, peace, feminist, and personal autonomy--share several basic principles: ecology, social responsibility, grass-roots democracy, and nonviolence. The realization of their visions may require the greatest mobilization of imagination and learning potential yet known. (SK)

Examines how relations of power are privileged or marginalized by ethnographers. Discusses how ethnography is judged by and subsumed within the ideological practices of academia. (SR)

The college administration should use some simple procedures to manage a consultation actively, improving the likelihood of success. Issues to be addressed include focused administrative responsibility for the consultation, communication, information availability, campus constituency involvement, need identification, confidentiality, private and…