Part of a larger research program studying communication in the cockpit, this study investigated the occurrence of mitigation, that is, the use of linguistic forms that convey propositional content without giving offense, and its relationship to aviation accidents. The data were from flight-recorder accident transcripts containing observable…

Properly construed, clinical supervision in education involves a true, collaborative collegiality among teachers in place of the traditional power relationship between teachers and dominant, "expert," administrator-level supervisors. By eliminating the power of the nonteaching supervisor to prescribe procedures for improving teaching,…

The relationship between teacher appraisal and educational research in the United Kingdom is illustrated by the personal and professional experiences of an educator. An autobiographical analysis of this relationship, in light of M. Foucault's analysis of the relationship between power and knowledge, is presented. A clear relationship between…

In order to understand how power affects other relationships, to offer an exploratory methodology for operationalizing an intervention typology, and to eventually develop a theoretical model that predicts affective influence on third party intervention modes in given conflict situations, a pilot study hypothesized that the frequency of preferred…

Factors that influence the effectiveness of program evaluation in higher education and eight recommendations for program evaluation are considered. Currently, program evaluation is characterized by negotiation because of three powerful concepts: the nature of multiple constructions and multiple realities; the influence of power distributions…

The principal is a functionary rather than a leader. Principals can become more effective in their positions through understanding their roles in the authority structure of the school. (Author/WM)

School principals are being pushed from below by militant teachers and court protected students, while being pressured from above by harried superintendents and accountability-conscious board members. The middle part of the 1970's may well be the last chance for maintaining principals as an integral part of the management of the schools.…

Concludes there is a basic congruency in the way various types of black newspapers view political authority roles and institutions. (RB)

A retrospective look is taken at the internal workings of a reform of university governance in the Netherlands, including a description of the relations between the various actors involved. It was found that a state of equilibrium has not yet been reached, but the most acute stages of the transition have passed. Then a broader look is taken at…

Asserts that a disproportionate number of Black administrators hired in the latter part of the Sixties and early Seventies are experiencing numerous problems and are highly frustrated in their efforts to perform their duties in a creditable fashion, and argues that the very nature of their jobs is responsible for this. (Author/JM)

Convivial access, described as a way to allow people the most autonomous action by means of learning resources and tools least controlled by others, would counteract the schools' current monopolistic control over student learning by changing approaches to freedom, responsibility, and choice. (DW)

Examines student and teacher attitudes toward student brinkmanship, behavior that challenges the authority system of the school while avoiding negative sanctions, and discusses possible consequences of student brinkmanship for the school's social system. (Author)

Paper delivered at the Adult Basic Education Workshop, at Morgan State College, Baltimore, Maryland, Jun 68.

Three discussion papers, commenting on the main article, are included: "Preventing Schismogenesis by K. E. Boulding, "Beyond a Hollow Legitimacy: What? by A. Etzioni, and "Is a New Pattern of Legitimacy Emerging by H. C. Kelman.