Educating for global citizenship is increasingly named as a goal of education. This study examines the variations in intent and approach to global education and educating for global citizenship. A review of the literature identifies the links between citizenship and globalization as well as the conflicting discourses and agendas surrounding…

The work of Sister M. Rosalia Walsh and the Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart gave impetus to the reemergence of the use of story in catechetical materials designed and published in the United States during the first half of the twentieth century. Focused on catechetical needs of Catholic children who did not attend Catholic schools, The Mission…

While research indicates that humans tend potentially to develop towards wisdom in later years, a review of mainly participant-determined groups and courses in 338 lifelong learning centers for older people shows little interest in wisdom or personal development activities. With the suggestion that this apparent lack of interest may be partially…

Over the past thirty years we have witnessed a proliferation of educational methods/methodologies aimed at helping us to make sense of the world--to provide clarity about the meaning of social reality. However, although these methods/methodologies are useful frameworks, they do not capture fully the untidy realities of the real world. The…

There is a disproportional representation of African American students in special education in the United States. Minimal use of differentiated instruction is a common reason for overrepresentation of minority students in special education. I conducted an action research study with elementary school teachers involving differentiated instruction.…

This handbook encompasses a range of disciplines that underlie the field of peace education and provides the rationales for the ways it is actually carried out. The discipline is a composite of contributions from a variety of disciplines ranging from social psychology to philosophy and from communication to political science. That is, peace…

A state administrator considers the controversy concerning overrepresentation of students in learning disabilities (LD) classes and examines the implications of serving LD students. He asserts that students in LD classes are those who can tolerate intensive teaching and have a good chance of returning to the regular class. In discussing the fate…

Offered for teachers who are overwhelmed by the task of selecting specific details from referral information for application with the learning disabled child is an analysis of prescriptive teaching for early childhood. Prescriptive teaching is described in terms of utilizing diagnostic information by modifying the educational program and…

Discusses common elements of competency based education (CBE) programs and its role in increasing student self-awareness, self-esteem, and self-direction. CBE is seen as a useful tool to build self-reliant learners as long as the emphasis is on competence, not "competencies," and the learner plays the major part in curriculum development.…

It is noted that the Montessori Approach which involves programed instruction can be useful in teaching practical living skills to retarded and other handicapped children. (SBH)

The paper focuses on the process and product of planning instruction for mentally retarded students. (Author/CL)

An advanced undergraduate comparative psychology course is described. Reviews the methodological goals and traditional roles of comparative psychology courses. Focuses on research strategies for relating group differences to specific processes and for inferring the evolutionary and developmental histories of behavior. The conclusion stresses the…

A comparative psychology course oriented around the themes of phylogeny and ontogeny is described. The course emphasizes the evolution and development of behavioral processes and includes a discussion of the concept of integrative levels and Schneirla's approach/withdrawal theory. The course evaluates genetic determinism and stresses the principle…

Relates research on instructional sequencing and type of knowledge to be learned to a model of direct instruction. Maintains that the studies reviewed provide powerful support for the direct instruction approach to many kinds of learning. States that the model provides a partial understanding of the complexities of instruction. (JDH)