Explores whether experiential education is considered an academic discipline (based on theory) or a profession (based on practice). Telephone interviews with the Board of Directors for the Association for Experiential Education indicate a need for integrating theory and practice. Experiential education's commitment to shared use of knowledge…

Presents a transcript of an extensive interview with composition theorist and historian Winifred Bryan Horner. (HB)

Discusses problems of internal and external validity in research in educational computing. Highlights include three stages of modern research in educational computing, the need to describe control groups and instructional methodologies, and the need for a balance between theory and practice. (LRW)

The practice of adult educators in single-sex settings is directed by "theories-in-use" about the social construction of gender, such as gender is culturally constructed but people internalize gender stereotypes; gender stereotypes can be challenged and changed; and power to define gender roles lies in patriarchy, but it can be contested…

Reviews theories about multiculturalism, discussing them within context of student affairs services, environments, and programming. Multicultural theories presented are categorized into liberation, cultural identity development, student development, and organizational development models/theories. Those specifically summarized include Pedagogy of…

English language teachers around the world are unsure about the appropriateness of the communicative approach (CAP) to the classroom. The problem concerns the nature of technology transfer between instrumentally oriented versus institutionally influenced English language teaching. A broader, rather than narrower version of the CAP can be adapted…

All classes at the K-8 (40-student) Aleknagit School in southwest Alaska revolve around a theme that has a science or social studies emphasis. A thematic approach encourages holistic study of a subject and reflects the most recent research on how the brain comes to know. According to three teachers involved with the program, results have been…

Educational theories must be put to the test in a holistic manner that allows researchers to make decisions about recalcitrant research findings, whether revising the theory, amending initial conditions, rejecting observational evidence, or correcting the logic of the theory-observation-deduction. Pragmatic judgments are more important than…

Raises issues related to the relationship between literacy practices and literacy philosophies and theories. Addresses the question of whether the "great debate" regarding literacy education can and should be resolved. (SR)

Responds to an article in the same journal that raises issues related to the relationship between literacy practices and literacy philosophies and theories. Suggests that the "great debate" regarding reading instruction cannot be resolved. (SR)

Responds to an article in the same journal that raises issues related to the relationship between literacy practices and literacy philosophies and theories. Recommends that educators get on with the business of teaching all students to read. (SR)

Comments briefly on two responses to this author's article in the same journal that raises issues related to the relationship between literacy philosophies and theories and literacy practices. Suggests that the "great debate" continue. (SR)

Presents annotations of nine journal articles, monographs, and "learning packages" (published between 1989 and 1993) that examine teaching approaches founded upon the insights of reader response theory. (RS)

Ivey's Developmental Counseling and Therapy (DCT) is an innovative and comprehensive approach to helping which views client functioning in terms of cognitive-developmental functioning. DCT approximates a metamodel of helping in which treatment strategies are logically derived from and integrated with the cognitive-developmental level of the…

This article reports on a study designed to assess the moral development and self-esteem of Hawaiian youth, a group which has received scant attention from researchers in the past. After presenting the results, the implications of these findings for counselor education, practice, and future multicultural counseling are discussed. (Author/LKS)