A long-range staff development project for teacher educators sponsored by the Maryland State Department of Education in cooperation with five higher education institutions is described. Issues pertaining to faculty development and the nature of teacher educators are discussed. (MT)

Two experiments in training teachers of modern languages, carried out in Greece from 1982 to 1985, are analyzed. The approach, aimed at establishing a theory-practice link, was intended to maximize teacher autonomy. The second experiment, based on the first, involved producing a new curriculum and materials and new evaluation methods. (Author/MT)

Examines findings of scientists and educators who have studied whole brain processes as a means of learning new information and skills. Applies this research to the classroom. (SRT)

Analyses of structures and processes of society and of higher education reveal the need for a core of interdisciplinary studies in teacher education that would develop critical and reflective capacities in prospective teachers. (Author/CB)

A survey of business school directors and department administrators attempted to (1) determine the orientation of doctoral programs toward researcher/teacher training, (2) assess the desires of administrators who hire doctoral business graduates in terms of researcher/teacher training, and (3) compare the reality with the desired reality. (CH)

Describes history and accomplishments of the Gerontological Society of America's (GSA) Fellowship Program in Applied Gerontology, which places postdoctoral academic gerontologists for three months in agencies and organizations that plan to deliver services to older people. Notes this is one way the GSA encourages policymakers and program directors…

This article explores the potential benefits that a new breed of nurse, the nurse engineer, can bring to the problem of clarifying the interrelationships among the three major foundation stones of nursing: theory, practice, and research. Potential roles of the nurse engineer are examined. (CT)

Common problems experienced by educators when addressing the practicum area of curriculum development are identified. A two-year pilot program at the University of Alberta is used to illustrate the development of a program where attention to quality is a priority. (Author/MT)

Draws from the work of A. Jonson to discuss ways ethics and communication occur together in health care and the communication aspects in the interaction of doctor and patient. (VLC)

Reports findings of a survey designed to determine the most important changes that have taken place in reading education over the past 20 years and the people who have made the most significant contributions to the field. (FL)

Credits George H. Henry for having a penetrating insight into the theory of English education and agrees that the Conference on English Education of the National Council of Teachers of English should set the philosophical directions for theory and research in English education. (HOD)

Disagrees with George Henry's condemnation of research as one way of seeking school improvement and argues that the problem rests with how such research is conducted and how it is reported to the profession. (HOD)

Describes the author's experiences as a researcher working with a second grade teacher to implement change in the literacy curriculum, arguing that educational researchers need to engage in collaborative pedagogy with classroom teachers to develop a "theory of use." (HTH)

Notes that the problem facing educators now is to make a single educational system from several isolated activities while at the same time creating a general theory of discourse that will include them all. Proposes a curriculum to solve that problem. (FL)

Argues that those who teach composition often feel like translators and that there are significant elements of the composing process that precisely parallel translation theory and practice. (FL)