This paper focuses on the ways in which a selected group of early childhood teachers in grades one and two, located in a predominantly white middle-class context in Durban, South Africa ascribe meaning to young boys they teach. The study finds that early childhood teachers are bearers of masculinity and incorporate taken-for-granted assumptions of…

We describe a learner-centered upper-level mathematics course where the students present the material to the class instead of the instructor, and the students make presentations on applied topics at the regional MAA meeting. After take-home examinations the students can discuss their answers one-on-one with the instructor. The students liked the…

A cross-sectional study in a representative sample of 751 women, living in slums, examined their perspectives on partner and relationship factors of domestic violence. More than 17% of women experienced physical violence in the past year. Individual factors related to the husband--namely, poor socioeconomic status, use of alcohol, extramarital…

Background/Context: Over the past 5 years, there has been a growing body of scholarship that examines the intersections of hip-hop culture and classroom pedagogy. Although recent scholarship has persuasively demonstrated the classroom potential of hip-hop texts for promoting student engagement, scaffolding sanctioned forms of knowledge, and…

After a short theoretical discussion of the topic, research findings on the status, role, and authority of the elementary school principalship are presented. The findings are based on an attitudes questionnaire administered to a sample of school system personnel and elementary school inspectors. (Author/IRT)

The organizational patterns of the European School system represent an amalgam of continental educational practices. The European School serves children from Belgium, France, Federal Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. (Author/IRT)

Christopher Hodgkinson's four books on the philosophy of administration and leadership present what is probably the most sustained treatment of values in administrative action, theory, and philosophy currently available. Throughout his work, his treatment of the inescapable integration of values with the exercise of power and responsibility speaks…

A general discussion of overt patterns of control which determine why, how, and for what purposes educational broadcasting materials are produced. (Author/HB)

A review of some of the evidence that the Annan Committee in Great Britain has received discussing the various proposed methods of organization and control suggested by different bodies. The evidence of ten submissions insofar as it relates to the control of educational broadcasting has been considered. (Author/HB)

A national effort has emerged to foster ownership of broadcasting facilities by members of racial and ethnic minorities. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the courts, the executive branch of government, and members of congress, have all backed the case for more minority ownership in the broadcasting industry. Special interest groups,…

Describes the concept of power and its bases in the university library: (1) hierarchical authority; (2) resource control; (3) the ability to cope with organizational problems; and (4) units or functions on which the administrator is dependent for success. The use of power to further the goals of the library is discussed. (Eight references) (MES)

Defines courage in educational settings and explores the development of conditions that allow courageous actions. (MD)

Comments on events in Chile and Algiers; short homage to Neruda. (SK)

New forces are changing power relationships. The flow of authority -- administration to faculty to students -- is now being affected by outside influences such as the local community, the courts, student movements, new projections of government and even conflicts in society. (PD)