Reviews several central themes raised in Hughes' target article that are appropriate for further development of intervention research, including the beneficial aspects of empirically supported treatments (ESTs); importance of theory in intervention development; and models of developmental psychopathology. Comments on potential dialectic between…

Refocuses Hughes arguments, in target article, away from empirically supported treatments (ESTs) and back to science-practice links to services. Discusses the importance of theory in school psychology practice and research. Argues that theory alone is insufficient when considering services for children and families. Suggests the EST movement helps…

Nursing theory instructors (n=44) displayed a general consensus on essential course content. They expressed a need for more emphasis on middle-range and practice theories rather than grand narratives and the research-practice-theory relationship. (SK)

Article argues that the values and beliefs of the consumer-survivor recovery movement are closely aligned with those of the social work profession, and the movement offers social workers a more promising perspective from which to practice. Primary concepts and values of the evolving recovery paradigm are delineated; implications for direct…

The scholarship of student affairs has failed to address a key element when translating theory and research into practice, the scholarship of integration. Proposes that discoveries from the new science and learning psychology should now be explored and integrated into our scholarship, creating a bridge from theory and research to practice.…

Discusses how Mediated Learning Experience (MLE) is incorporated into testing practices to define an addition to the assessment repertory called dynamic assessment (DA). Operationalizes MLE in a rating scale and then describes four approaches to DA: a group administered screening procedure; a generic curriculum-based approach; an individual…

Offers reaction to Ivey and Ivey's article regarding the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Discusses the medical model versus the developmental model in relation to counselor education and training, diagnostic bias, and the future identity of professional counselors. Concludes that defining a theoretical…

Interviews with 27 nursing students at the beginning and 33 at the end of training showed that they developed a deeper understanding of caring science theory and process over time. However, they still had difficulties understanding the relationship between theory and practical caring realities. (SK)

Proceeds from a retrospective of conceptions of Rousseau and Froebel to argue that early-childhood education should be grounded in dimensions of subjectivity, intersubjectivity, society, and history to enable analysis of its various tasks in their respective specificity and reciprocal dependence. Characterizes the challenges facing such a theory…

Argues that the scientific status of therapy as a modernists enterprise is undermined by new-paradigm epistemologies. Draws on Parker's work on discourse to illustrate these radical arguments and makes the case for an approach to therapy which is ongoingly and processually deconstructive of its 'professional' ideologies and clinical practices, if…

Outlines two paradigms in critical-cultural analysis that seek to identify and explain the meaning of phenomena that make a culture, focusing on their relevance to research and teaching in journalism and mass communication. Identifies key issues and implications for mass communication research and teaching. Suggests ways educators can apply…

An Australian rural extension center used a training approach based on adult learning principles and action learning. Action learning was applied daily in residential courses, weekly in development of work-based learning projects, and on a subject basis over 3-4 months. (SK)

John Bruer previously stated that "brain science has little to offer educational practice or policy" and urged attention to cognitive science. In conjunction with knowledge from other sources, neuroscience findings are yielding additional insights into the learning process. Educators should know about findings on enrichment, constructivism, and…

This concluding article briefly reviews previous articles presenting the views of two researchers/clinicians concerning five controversial language intervention approaches and stresses the importance of evaluation of treatment methods for gains in communication, learning, and academic success. (DB)

Suggests the fundamental challenge for refining theories of communication and uncertainty is to abandon the assumption that uncertainty will produce anxiety. Outlines and extends a theory of uncertainty management and reviews current theory and research. Concludes that people want to reduce uncertainty because it is threatening, but uncertainty…