Successful development of a technology education program depends on the answers to these questions: Why should students take this class? and What long-term benefits should students gain from this class? (SK)

Describes the formats, resolutions, tournaments, season, and governance of parliamentary debate. Offers explanation for its popularity among students. Argues that parliamentary debate meets at least seven educational objectives of debate activities. Suggests legitimizing the activity and adding it to programs. (PRA)

Explores the meaning of quality in education and the implications of total quality management principles for distance education. (JOW)

Unpacks some of the problematic features of "objectives" as they are used within public school districts. Weaves together what has been learned from working directly with teachers with the historical origins of the professional practice of writing curriculum objectives. Discusses a language arts committee that was unable to produce a finished list…

Explores the day-to-day music curriculum in three elementary schools. Identifies three orientations toward the role of music education: (1) the functional, based on traditional academic goals and content; (2) the complementary, relegating music to a hidden curriculum; and (3) the expansive, focusing on enhancing perceptual and problem-solving…

Empirically estimates a multiple-product total-cost function and output relationship for United States comprehensive universities. Statistical results for 158 private and 171 public universities find economies of both scale and scope in higher education. Product-specific economies of scope do not exist for all output levels and activities. (28…

Current rhetoric about lifelong learning views vocationalism and employability as the central purposes of education. However, job training cannot provide complete answers to complex social and economic problems, and adults have diverse needs beyond economic ones, necessitating more comprehensive lifelong learning. (SK)

Describes the difficulty in determining what core values should govern how middle level students are educated. Argues that doing what is best has to be grounded in something profound despite the difficulty in defining educational philosophy; concludes this is critical as educational agendas change and middle level education comes under fire. (SD)

Discusses the college experience in terms of three educational models: the "faithful community" (with premodern suppositions), the "guild of inquirers" (with modern suppositions), and the "resource center" (with postmodern suppositions). Suggests a college's primary focus is an environment in which conditions for purposive action take precedence…

Discusses the "house" concept architectural design at Albert Lea High School (Minnesota) and how the design addresses the community's 21st Century educational goals. Photos and a floor plan are included. (GR)

Presents a provisional framework for the STELLA (Standards for Teachers of English Language and Literacy in Australia), which identifies broad dimensions of teaching together with groupings of related attributes derived from teachers' narratives. (RS)

Two judgments frame current professional development concerns: teacher learning as the heart of any educational reform effort, and inservice training as sorely inadequate. Existing professional development resources are meager and ineffectively deployed. This article introduces a special "Kappan" section that explores promising alternative…

Considers the need for renewal of library instruction and provides 10 sample assignments. Topics include the reaffirmation of the goals of library instruction; the use of the real world for examples; collaboration with faculty, students, and other librarians; and relevance. (Author/LRW)

Uses information from the 1994 Education and Research Professional Interest Committee Focus Group of the Society for Technical Communication (STC) and from questionnaires to outline educational goals and to suggest ways in which STC members and the Society can prepare undergraduate students for careers in technical communication in the next…

Describes the advantages of simulations over real-life tasks in courses in instructional materials development. Explains how to develop a simulation, including setting objectives, considering learning and gaming principles, and evaluation; and discusses simulation as an experiential approach that is cost effective. (Contains 45 references.) (LRW)