This portraiture study of four exceptional scholars in education--John Goodlad, John Hoyle, Joseph Murphy, and Thomas Sergiovanni--provides insight into their scholarly work and life habits, direction and aspirations, assessment and analysis of major trends in the profession, and advice for aspiring leaders and academics. Telephone interviews with…

AS A MAJOR SOCIAL INSTITUTION THE SCHOOLS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCEPTING THE "MONUMENTAL" CHALLENGES POSED BY THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. IN RECENT YEARS TRENDS WITHIN THE WHITE ESTABLISHMENT HAVE UNDERMINED HUMAN DIGNITY AND EQUALITY. FOR EXAMPLE, ESTABLISHMENT-CONTROLLED ENFORCEMENT OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL HAS MADE IT ONLY A SYMBOL OF WHAT IS…

A summary of author's award-winning doctoral research paper which attempted to determine what the factors are which may predispose an individual to incorporate certain values into his value system. (Author/DR)

Those persons most active in developing an intellectual class will need to go beyond democracy, and both its precursors and the intellectual class itself must be allowed to go beyond the law. (Author/MS)

This article reports a study that compared slow learners' attitudes toward the freedoms described in the Canadian Bill of Rights with those of vocational and academic students. As a group, slow learners in Canada scored significantly below vocational and academic students, and the scores for each group suggested only a slight libertarian bias.…

The life and philosophy of William James is discussed. (MM)

Asserts that when students participate in service-learning projects in which they ownership, they become more engaged in the classroom and also build an appreciation for civic values. This article also asserts that when service-learning programs give students little ownership in the process it produces negative effects on the student's civic…

Analyzes the impact of neo-liberal corporate accountability on educational governance since the demise of professional accountability in the mid-1970s. Argues that corporate accountability is inappropriate for educational governance. Proposes an alternative model: democratic accountability. (Contains 1 figure and 125 references.)(PKP)

Discusses the importance of symbols, rituals, events, stories, and ceremonies in defining and sustaining a school's core educational values. Provides school-based examples. (PKP)

Urges teachers to use E. D. Hirsch's "Cultural Literacy" and Allan Bloom's "The Closing of the American Mind" as tools to explore what to teach and why to teach it. Concludes that in this way, teachers will be socially and morally responsible promoters of democratic literacy. (MM)

Discusses reflection, representation, and responsibility as fundamental principles of democratic governance in the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). Suggests that conflicts and incompatibility on the governing board are natural and desirable. They indicate a diversity of board membership that reflects the…