Author limited himself to a scrutiny of allusions of dame schools culled from literary, biographical and artistic sources. (Author/RK)

Conflict theory as it appears in college-level sociology texts represents bad sociology and bad pedagogy. A direct confrontation with Marx and Marxism that would allow students to confront issues that are excluded from debate by the conflict theory concept would constitute better sociology and better pedagogy. (Author/RM)

Discusses the importance of identifying the educational needs of potential participants as a component in designing programs. Describes a 10-step process involved in assessing needs. (JOW)

The author reviews varied concepts of differentiated curricula for gifted students and identified four curricula which must be considered: the general education curriculum, the specialized curriculum, the subliminal/covert curriculum (including affective factors), and the curriculum of nonschool educative settings. Factors involved in each of the…

This article describes how area inservice educators formed their own group to serve as a support system and to meet their educational needs. (Editor)

The authors each answer questions from parents or educators of gifted children. (DB)

Programs for adult learners need to be more attuned both to social priorities and to those needs that are perceived by the client rather than to needs that are perceived by educators. (Author)

Discusses the lack of understanding of the needs of rural America and how vocational education programs should help meet these needs. (JOW)

Education training programs in industry stem from several major needs--to accommodate the turnover and growth in personnel, to accommodate changes in knowledge and skills required by a company and its employees, and to improve the skills and performance of present employees. (Author/IRT)

Alateen (n=49) and non-Alateen (n=52) members were compared on knowledge and understanding of alcoholism. Results indicated Alateen members understood alcoholism as family disease and alcoholism as treatable. Alateen members suggested educational curriculum with message of successful treatment for alcoholic, whereas non-Alateen members stressed…

This paper presents and discusses the evaluation of a module on the care for older people in the community, designed through an analysis of educational needs in the local nurse population. The module was problem-based and students were assessed through practice portfolios. Although the evaluation indicated that it was addressing currently relevant…

This paper reports on an investigation into the interactive and discourse styles of a nationally representative sample of primary teachers (n =70) as they work with pupils who experience difficulties in literacy development during whole class and groupbased sections of the literacy hour. Using a computerized observation schedule and discourse…

This article discusses the detailed analysis of utterances in two classes where the pedagogy enshrined in the UK government's Literacy Strategy was followed. The pedagogy is set out in "The National Literacy Strategy: framework for teaching" (DFEE, 1998 ) which provides termly objectives for each year for word, sentence level and text work.…

This review of literature on South Asian nomads is part of a series of monographs on educational access published by the Consortium for Research on Educational Access Transitions and Equity (CREATE). In the context of India, most recent work has focused on access to the education system for the poor. CREATE research in India has focused on …