Gives responses from English graduate students to the question, "What bothers you most about graduate school?" Considers the role that the study of literary theory should have in graduate English studies. Argues that theory should become more like a verb than a noun, which it currently tends to be. (HB)

In part one of a two-part essay, a broad view of foreign language testing and a comprehensive philosophy for meaningful pragmatic tests are advocated. (10 references) (JL)

Presents a theoretical rationale for implementing procedures that can foster moral development. Builds on Kohlberg's studies of moral reasoning, specifically his concept of the just community approach where the teacher and more advanced peers serve as advocates of mature moral reasoning. Makes a case for using contemporary films and literature as…

Research shows that self-esteem is a rather fixed and stable psychological state formed by age four or five, not too amenable to change. Schools can positively affect self-esteem by fostering an environment in which individuals are always respected and valued. Boards should help districts implement the ideas and suggestions found in accompanying…

Suggests an approach to a core course in visual literacy that draws on three theories: the teaching perspective of the visual literacy movement; the analytical system from art and aesthetics; and the cognitive understanding of images from Gestalt psychology. (MG)

Explores dominant concepts of feminist theory and their relationship to the study of professionalism. Provides feminist critiques of school reform and teacher professionalism, discusses attempts to restructure teacher education and educational administration through feminist methodologies, and offers observations on the need to apply feminist…

Every college teacher has a professional obligation to formulate and articulate a rationale for his or her instructional world. Faculty members' personal theories about teaching and learning are often implicit and likely to be inaccurate. When implicit theories become explicit, they can blend with formal theories to improve the practice of…

Promotion of an alliance between college teachers and students requires shifting from a perception of the teacher as an agent of student change to that of teacher as partner in the change process. Twenty-five guidelines cover mutual respect, shared responsibility and mutual commitment to goals, effective communication and feedback, cooperation,…

Criticizes Psacharopoulos for distorting the legitimate scope of intellectual work in comparative education, reducing paradigm framing choices to functionalist/positivist orthodoxy, and unconvincingly presenting hypothesis testing as a means to solve educational problems. Suggests the benefits of multiple research perspectives on problems. (SV)

Describes a hypercard stackware program called "Towards the Metapersonal Essay," produced collaboratively by a writing instructor and a professional computer analyst. Explains what the stackware does and how it might be used in the classroom. Concludes with some thoughts on the meeting of educational theory and computer technology…

The paper presents a research-based case for mnemonic instruction with mildly disabled students, and recommends learning tasks, designs, and implementation formats. Evolution of the research, from theory-driven laboratory research to long-term classroom applications, is described. Recommendations are offered for further research. (Author/JDD)

Following rationale for alcohol education on college campus, proposes comprehensive theory-based program. Considering relationship between student and institution similar to that between parent and child, uses Hirschi's (1969) social bond theory together with control theory to design alcohol education program. Offers suggested approaches to…

The paper examines how teachers and students should deal with steadily increasing amounts of knowledge in the life sciences, explaining that students must learn to be generalists to some extent. It is important for students to know theories and rules as well as how to apply them. (SM)

A literature review uncovered unclear and inconsistent concepts of cooperative education; lack of integration of theory, research, and practice; and lack of rigorous research standards. It is crucial that cooperative education be defined, its target audience identified, and principles or tenets of practice described. (SK)

To link theory and practice and enhance preservice teachers' recognition of significant classroom events, researchers introduced an interactive videodisk program into preservice education. The project was based on situated cognition, anchored instruction, and reflective judgment. Pretests/posttests, student logs, and student interviews indicated…