An examination of the Humanities and Social Justice Teacher Education Project, a collaboration between a university-based group and social studies and English teachers in 7 British Columbia secondary schools found 6 main ways that teachers translated a concern for social justice into their classrooms. Recommended practices are provided. (Contains…

Reports a study of 178 elementary school teachers' beliefs about the effectiveness of different strategies for fostering student motivation. Found that teachers were well aware of the usefulness of strategies that researchers claim increase student task involvement and intrinsic motivation. In cases where research is divided, it was judged that…

Describes the controversy over phonics versus whole-language reading instruction, and cites research concluding the necessity for combining the two methods to achieve comprehension. Gives examples of practitioner techniques of combining phonemics, phonics, and whole language in early reading instruction. Sidebars highlight key resource…

Describes a veteran high school English teacher's revised vision of what it means to teach writing to high school students. Describes his reflection and experimentation in the classroom to find a balance between freedom and structure, creativity and organization, appropriate for the realities of the high school classroom. Discusses the process…

Pepi Leistyna's book "Presence of Mind" discusses how schools of education deter teachers from understanding the world's complex political, historical, social, and economic realities. Educators must develop what C. Wright Mills called the "sociological imagination." Developing critical consciousness and varied, multicultural…

Discussion of the delivery of multimedia using streaming technology focuses on its use in engineering education. Highlights include engineering education and instructional technology, including learning approaches based on cognitive development; differences between local and distance education; economic factors; and roles of Web-based streaming,…

Surveys counselor education students (N=68) using Defining Issues Test and White Racial Identity Scale to determine relationships among multicultural training and moral racial identity development. Results indicated that training could help change modes of information processing about racial attitudes, but may not promote cognitive complexity…

Presents eight philosophical principles needed for implementing a whole language foreign language class (WLFLC) and provides a description of a WLFLC as a practical example. Outlines the three basic components needed to establish a WLFLC and presents a description of activities used, including language projects, reading children's literature in…

Presents the elements of a scaffolding model in early childhood teacher preparation programs. Describes the theoretical foundations provided by Piaget, Vygotsky, and Dewey. Discusses supports in the scaffold for preservice teachers including child development knowledge and national standards, the role of technology, modeling appropriate…

Suggests that a grand reflection on the paradigms of reality and the predicaments of life is needed in order to deal with the current discontent of humanity. Asserts that people must act on the world and reconstruct it to make it moral, just, and humane. Offers an agenda for educational leaders to help meet the needs of their communities.…

This article summarizes results of a 1998 conference which reviewed research on screening and diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders and identifies promising areas of research especially the search for the ultimate diagnostic indicator, infant screening and diagnosis, the role of sensory-motor disorders, diagnosis of co-occurring disorders,…

This article comments on recommended changes to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) included in "Perspectives on the Future of the IDEA" (Hardman and others). It is argued that we have ignored and trivialized important legal requirements already in IDEA, and that the current IDEA has served us well. (CR)

A study used participatory action research (PAR) to explore social inclusion/relationships at worksites of 10 students (ages 17-21). The participatory intervention process assisted teachers and job coaches in making constructive changes in transition work experience programs to provide social opportunities for students and help them become part of…

Discusses factors that influence the selection of treatment approaches in speech-language therapy, the importance of efficacy studies on treatment decisions, the role of parents and families in influencing treatment decisions, challenging the scientific orthodoxy, and trusting clinicians to evaluate the effectiveness of new treatment approaches.…

The traditional dichotomy in higher education between the world of knowledge and that of pedagogy also defines the role of the field of teacher education. Recent initiatives to improve undergraduate teaching have ignored potential contributions of teacher preparation programs and education departments to campuswide discussions of learning, leaving…