Explores the complex relationship between the corporate state and public service broadcasting in Europe, using a historical case study of Ireland. Discusses the Pan-European debate; public service broadcasting; critical media theory and the state; broadcasting and the corporate state; the corporate state and broadcasting in Ireland; neo-liberal…

Interviews a professor of psychology and education who discusses the implicit messages about differences and power relationships that children receive from the adults around them. Teachers should assess their own biases and work to ensure that multicultural education is more than superficial window dressing. (SLD)

Explored the crisis of respect needed to establish authority in two urban public high schools. Data from observations and interviews indicated that in classrooms, battles for respect involved defending the dominant educational regime and control over the daily regimen of pedagogical practice. In corridors, students moved between mainstream…

Native American scholars committed to the long-term health and vitality of Indigenous peoples see decolonization and empowerment as central to their struggles. However, those who maintain the colonial power structure do not want to connect the past to the present or use Native perspectives or theories. Common examples of discriminatory practice…

Presents details of the language shifts among the various sections of the Chinese-speaking population in Hong Kong and analyzes patterns of allegiance. Notes that complex social, economic, and political pressures will affect future language in Hong Kong and that, within the domains of family, work, and others, the use of Modern Standard Chinese is…

Analyzes three different types of discrimination. Individual and institutional discrimination refer to actions intended to have a negative impact on women and minorities. Structural discrimination refers to policies supposedly neutral in intent but that produce negative effects. Provides concrete examples of each. (MJP)

Asserts that the definition of diversity has changed from one of simply adding issues and subjects to a curriculum to one of transforming the relations between parts, and in the process reconceiving the whole. Presents several curricular models and goals for student learning that incorporate this approach. (MJP)

Investigates influence strategies reported by men and women at two levels of the organizational hierarchy--lower-level and higher-level managers. Finds that gender seems to make a marginal overall difference in influence choices made in an obligatory situation; this difference is most noticeable between lower-level female and male managers. (MG)

Describes the controversial but successful experience of a small Minnesota school district that turned over all school principal duties to a team of teachers and staff, called SHARE (Staff Helping Administer Responsible Education), to have site-based management, shared decision making, and teacher empowerment. (SM)

The author maintains that the discourse of critical pedagogy is based on rationalist assumptions that give rise to repressive myths. She reflects on her role as a White, middle-class woman and professor developing an antiracist course with a diverse group of students. She critiques the concepts of empowerment, student voice, dialogue, and critical…

Michel Foucault's work, it is suggested, has much to offer education. A general introduction to his work is presented, and his account of power/knowledge is outlined. How this power/knowledge is exercised in what Foucault calls 'the disciplines' is discussed and implications for schools are outlined. (Author/MLW)

Discusses using the critical perspective as a methodology to teach a college sociology course. Examines the failure of this approach and looks at the determinants of student apathy. Concludes that failure is unavoidable, given the structure of higher education and the intellectual level of most students. Harvey Holtz and Richard A. Wright respond…

Reflects on the implementation of Paulo Freire's problem-posing method in an East Los Angeles College (California) course on the media portrayal of Chicanos. Examines Freire's pedagogy and its application in the classroom, and critiques the process. Describes recent work applying the Freirean methodology in college classrooms. (Author/LS)

Discusses political factors affecting educational leaders' ability to alter the constitutional and statutory status of community colleges. Reviews literature on policy formation for higher education and community colleges, and political culture at the state and subsystem levels. Describes a study of the relationships between political behavior and…

Presents a collection development model appropriate for libraries whose primary purpose is to support undergraduate education, in which collection development initiatives are taken by the library with the advice of teaching faculty. The organizational prerequisites for client centered collection development are discussed and a step by step…