Responds to comments about, and critiques of, his own article on radical pedagogy. Outlines major points of contention raised by other commentators and responds to them, including matters of definition, power relations in the classroom, and tempering radical theory with pragmatism. (DSK)

Discusses theories of postgraduate pedagogy by analyzing the narratives and metaphors used to represent relationships between supervisors and degree candidates. Finds that hierarchical models and often combative dynamics based on unequal power relations prevail. Proposes an alternative familial model based on experiential and feminist methodology.…

Addresses the importance of adults negotiating the intergenerational family stage of personal authority in the family system. Presents a treatment approach that integrates intergenerational family therapy with cognitive therapy. Discusses the intergenerational transmission of problem patterns, the assessment process, specific counseling…

Two articles examine Ebonics and its relation to the teaching of English as a Second Language. The first suggests that teachers of English, literacy instructors, and educational policy makers need to take language differences into account. The second suggests that the issues around Ebonics are the issues vital to all language educators--language,…

Rethinks the meaning of power and demonstrates how, by building effective public relationships, students and educators alike can change their environments and transcend the culture of powerlessness. (Author)

Explores why it is difficult for teachers to have an open dialog about power, white privilege, and racism by examining an attempt at such a discussion by 60 teachers at a professional-development institute. Implications for planning this type of discussion are discussed. (SLD)

Based on Pierre Bourdieu's work on power as symbolic violence, examines business planning's pedagogical function in Alberta, Canada's museum and cultural heritage sites. Control involves redirecting work and changing producers' identity and work understandings via construction of markets, consumers, and products. Control was achieved by pedagogic…

Interviewed British higher education middle managers about their roles, specifically the extent to which collegiality was a significant factor in the university's internal decision making. Respondents noted difficulties with and imperfections in collegiality but considered it the most appropriate form of decision making because it was important to…

Presents a diary of one month spent by a professional-track professor as an adjunct. Discusses the large salary decrease, the turmoil of job insecurity, and the "invisibility" of adjunct faculty. Asserts that although faculty should feel bound together by the work they have chosen, the class rift between tenure-track and adjunct faculty has…

Suggests that social work education is not adequately sensitizing students to issues of power and oppression, mainly because of manifestations of privilege, particularly white male privilege, in social work education. Offers evidence for this contention, describes privilege, discusses whose job it is to de-center privilege, and presents a…

The perception that independent study distance education is inferior is one issue planners must face in higher education. Negotiation of the interests of the institution, faculty, and administrators can be facilitated by collection of data showing opportunities and interests. (SK)

Nursing curricula should emphasize egalitarian teacher-student relationships that reflect cooperation and community. Distribution of power between students and teachers, teachers and teachers, and teachers and administrators must be reconceptualized for authentic dialog to occur. (SK)

Provides a critical ethnographic account of how members of a small design company experienced a work environment riddled with ambiguous communication. States that although management's objective in providing vague goals was to spark creative freedom, employees experienced the environment as paradoxical and constraining. Contends that interplay of…

Reviews the major features of participatory development, asking how far similar processes are applied in promoting the use of local languages. Argues that language development processes must figure into participatory approaches to develop multilingual environments and that attention to language must proceed along similar participatory lines. (CMK)

Builds on Duncan Waite's supervisory mission (improving the total teaching/learning situation) by focusing on the dyadic interaction between positively oriented supervisors and the teachers they supervise. Action dimensions vital to accomplishing change include power/dependence relationships, social influences, and effective communicator styles.…