Examines the standards movement, criticizing the inappropriateness of many proposed benchmarks. Argues that national standards are a xenophobic reaction to foreign competition and serve narrow nationalistic interests, rather than the goal of developing the fullest potential of learners. (SK)

Offers some of the lessons about standards-based reform that Project 2061 has learned and some practical directions for implementing a coherent set of learning goals, whether benchmarks or standards, as the basis for reform. (JRH)

Examines why there is so much opposition to bilingual education, despite the strong rationale for it and the positive research regarding its effectiveness. (Author/VWL)

Addresses the question of how the concept of "bildung"--which encompasses the process of personal development and change throughout life as well as the goal of the formation of shaping or forming--can be used as a tool for exploring goals of teaching numeracy to adults who lack basic mathematical skills. (Author/VWL)

Describes the development of a mathematics profile to assess students in terms of intended outcomes. Ideas incorporated into the profile include determining what counts as progress; justifying the curriculum in terms of expected outcome rather than teaching specific curricula; and basing judgments about the success of the system, school, and…

Illustrates how curriculum-based measurement (CBM) can be used to establish academic growth standards for students with learning disabilities in the area of reading. An introduction to CBM and to the basic concepts underlying the use of CBM in establishing growth standards is provided. Issues and conclusions about appropriate methods for…

Develops and defends the concept of the critical stance as a goal in college teaching. Explains that the critical stance is an attitude or disposition towards oneself, others, and the object of inquiry that challenges and impels learners to reflect, understand, and act in the milieu of potentiality. (EV)

Transformative learning theory provides a framework for development of authentic, individuated, critically reflective practitioners. Strategies for transformative professional development include action plans, reflective activities, case studies, and critical theory discussions. (Contains 17 references.) (SK)

A literature review delineated elements of traditional Ghanaian educational philosophy and compared them to Western philosophy in terms of aims and objectives, views of individuals and society, view of knowledge, curriculum, teaching methods, and attitudes toward social change. Adult educators should draw on ideas of both cultures to widen the…

Provides the history of the Sundance Institute, which has grown to help many artists in hopes of contributing unique and original voices to the culture of the country. Describes the present structure of the institute and details the work of the 2002 lab. Notes that as the Sundance Theatre Lab continues to bring theatre artists of all disciplines…

Discusses the goals of teaching mathematics and how to teach it in the primary school. (KHR)

Provides a brief account of some of the philosophical, social, educational, and artistic factors that initially shaped theatre for young audiences (TYA). Examines how the rhetoric of theatre for the young has both reflected the changing nature of childhood as well as helped shape ideas of what childhood is. (PM)

This fifth in a series of edited transcripts based on a conference at Utah State University compares elements in Gagne's Events of Instruction with Merrill's Component Display Theory (CDT). Topics discussed include presenting objectives to the student; prior learning; stimulus and guidance; and presentation forms. (six references) (LRW)

Outlines a practical alternative to E. D. Hirsch's challenge of teaching cultural knowledge. Asserts that a theory of cultural literacy based on contributing new knowledge is conceptually richer, less vague, and less authoritarian than Hirsch's theory based on "shared knowledge." (MM)

Describes why promoting national literacy is the author's primary project as First Lady. (MM)