Six articles on the relationship between policy theory and the practice of policy evaluation are presented. Articles address basic theoretical issues, theories in practice, the epistemological foundations of decision technology, selection of policy analysis instrumentation, utilization of public policy analysis, and justifying policy arguments.…

Discusses development of transpersonal psychology. Discusses concepts of internal focus for change and power and competitiveness. Relates concepts to role of health provider in guidance and therapy. (ABL)

Describes Army's Project A attempt to model job performance in entry-level Army jobs. Describes research procedures used to develop basic array of up to 32 criterion scores for each of nine entry-level jobs and explains how this basic set of scores formed the starting point of attempt to model latent structure of performance in this population of…

Discusses how a course in journalism ethics can integrate theory and practice while giving an accurate description of the profession and an overview of its unique ethical dilemmas. Notes that such a course helps students develop skills, analyze concepts and theories, and critically evaluate the profession. (SR)

Three very powerful drivers of curriculum policy are converging to shape what is taught in American schools: the increasing power of testing and standardized accountability models to determine curriculum, the pressure for cultural literacy, and the educational restructuring movement, which could subordinate curriculum to school organization…

Announces the American Association of School Administrators annual awards for original research of direct interest to practicing administrators. The 1989-90 awards went to Edie L. Holcolm for research on support for new principals; Lou Ann Dickinson for a study involving student achievement and career ladders; and C.M. Achilles for work on class…

Suggests that traditional measurement-based approaches to evaluation are theoretically inappropriate in whole-language classrooms. Argues that responsive evaluation can be applied at the classroom level and that the data generated will tell more about children's developing control of language than standardized tests do. (RJC)

Argues for the growing theme of collaboration between nursing practice and education. Describes the relationship between the University of Texas Health Science Center School of Nursing and its community. (JOW)

The Key School in Indianapolis, Indiana, is a magnet school with a heterogeneous student body in a large, urban district. The school has drawn national attention for its collaborative, interdisciplinary curriculum development and alternative assessment methods. The instructional program calls for central curricular themes to be continuously shaped…

Describes team-building activities for mental health counselors who function as consultants to staffs, groups, or other intact work systems. Provides rationale for application of strategic systems and sociodrama techniques to an adventure activity that allows a group to metaphorically enact its common issue. Provides example of a consultation…

Discusses current thinking on the theory-practice relationship within both literary and curriculum theory by presenting ideas and positions of representative figures from each discipline. Suggests an approach that seeks to capitalize on the important and common aspects of both. (KEH)

Responding to Arthur Blunmberg's critique of Bolin's article, the author supports grounding supervision in practice and using qualitative research methods. However, the status of teaching is devaluation of children in our society. Such values perpetuate the low status of teacher supervision. (MLH)

According to a recent survey, many veteran education faculty are unhappy about their work in its institutional context. Teacher educators possess low status within a reward system increasingly centered on research and publication. The challenge is to develop good teacher preparation programs while ignoring the glories of the research institution.…

Describes five whole language professional resources that present many insights into whole language theory along with specific ways to implement it in the classroom. (MG)

Discusses characteristics of poststructuralism, and describes some applications of poststructural theory in the English classroom. Argues that a poststructuralist pedagogy need not neglect traditional terminology and traditional close reading of texts. (RS)