This resource guide, for teachers and students in the upper elementary and middle school grades, has been developed in response to the nationwide interest in asking schools to play an active role in preparing students to become informed and responsible citizens. The guide is divided into seven sections, one for each character trait: Caring, Civic…

This paper argues that the creation of communities of literacy practice in classrooms can contribute to students' development of learnings of and about language, literacy, and texts. Such development can occur when literacy learning is seen as a social practice shaped by complex and dynamic participants and events. In these communities,…

Although helping students achieve academically is a major goal of public education, children come to school with a wide variety of needs and therefore should be treated as whole people rather than as detached receptacles for academic knowledge. A critical issue is the departure of adults from children's lives. What can schools do to promote a more…

This brochure is intended to be a useful tool for assessing students' development along a continuum of oral language growth as well as for providing information about the competencies that students are expected to learn in preschool and first grade. On the continuum in the brochure, descriptors list specific behaviors that detail students'…

The decisions today's students make ripple outward to their immediate family and school community. How can teachers help students make the right decisions and do the right things? When teachers help students make the connection between character and conduct, they begin to offer students a safe environment conducive to learning. This book shows how…

The perspective taken in this paper is that of a person (now an educator) born in the United States in 1947 who did not experience any forms of deprivation, overt discrimination, or doubt about the future while growing up in the Midwest. The paper discusses two books which identified values which are at the core of U.S. society: "The Morality…

It is the responsibility of educational designers and educators to understand the demands of the new information age along with the need for learner-centered approaches to reform education. To date, self-esteem research has focused on traditional, teacher-focused learning environments. This paper will present the findings of a research study whose…

This report provides a description of how developmental students perform in 26 of Michigan's associate degree-granting institutions. The study finds that 67% of students enrolled in developmental English passed; 52% of students enrolled in developmental math passed; and 67% of students enrolled in developmental reading passed. It is more common…

The pedagogical imperative to prepare students to become critical thinkers, critical readers, and critical writers for the coming millennium necessitates a comprehensive college discourse on critical thinking. The paper cites seminars and workshops that incorporate theoretical and practical dimensions of teaching critical-analytical thinking…

"Learning That Lasts" is defined as an integration of learning, development, and performance. This four-part book attempts to clarify how this kind of learning is understood by the learner, how it contributes to the development of the person, and how it is realized through effective performance in work, personal, and civic life. The chapters are:…

The results of this study suggest that planned experiences with children such as the program of Developing Understanding of Self and Others (DUSO) can have a positive effect on self concept development. The DUSO guidance program was used along with counselor consultation. (JC)

An adequate theory of the role of an applied behavioral scientist in higher education requires substantive answers to several basic questions. Five, considered to be major ones, are presented here. Each is briefly discussed and references made to more extended discussions that could serve as a beginning for continued theoretical development and…

Author considers the problems of the gifted student and suggests the methods teachers should use to integrate such children into the school system. (RK)

Author claims that college admissions officers should deemphasize the need for a high school student taking all academic subjects in order to gain admission to college. (HS)

Outlines activities intended to give students a proper approach to current affairs. (RK)