In addition to knowledge of content, learners, contexts, and purposes, the teacher knowledge base should emphasize five domains: curriculum pedagogy, instructional models of teaching, goal development, a plan for teaching, and interpersonal skills. Teachers should be able to foster a community of individual learners. (SK)

A sample of 1,000 Polish adults identified their chief life goals; most believed education played only a moderate part in achieving them. Only a tiny percentage of those wanting to improve skills actually participated in education. Collapse of the old economy and poor preparation exclude a significant portion from participating. (SK)

The Learning Objectives Questionnaire was completed by 287 of 600 distance education students. The majority perceived learning objectives to be useful and an integral part of learning strategy. A need to integrate student dispositions with the current shift toward constructivist learning was identified. (SK)

Applies systems design to educational reform through three strategies: transcending the existing system, envisioning the kind of education that will create a desired society, and transforming rather than reforming education to bring the vision to life. (SK)

Describes educational program for juvenile delinquents that works toward goals of creating humane educational environment to aid at-risk students to gain sense of purpose and self-worth through incorporating three basic humane values into its philosophy: environment of care, focus on individual, and experiential learning. (CRR)

Describes the efforts of the Tacoma, Washington, school system to boost student achievement. The district implemented high standards and promoted parent involvement. Other features included a staff-training program, a revamped summer-school program, and a cooperative program with local colleges and universities. (LMI)

Provides an extensive set of descriptors of learner outcome abilities to serve as goals and objectives for the study of environmental impacts of technology at the precollege level. The 39 objectives are arranged from highest to lowest mean, based on the opinions of an expert panel. (JOW)

Comparison of 160 attendees at a U.S. National Policy Seminar and 101 Canadian leaders found agreement that vocational education's purpose is to prepare students for employment and that it should emphasize work attitudes and higher order skills. Areas of disagreement included less Canadian emphasis on entrepreneurship and homemaking skills and…

Explores the concept and goals of a "full-service" college foreign language department, which would offer a wide variety of courses and programs, reach out to a broad segment of the academic community, and attempt to develop collaborative, mutually beneficial programs with other departments. (CB)

This article compares how French-English and Spanish-English gifted students are selected and educated in Ontario, Canada, and southern Texas. Noted are different primary goals such as developing French proficiency at the expense of other skills (the Canadian program) and developing English proficiency at the expense of native Spanish (the Texas…

Traces the international roots of environmental education. Presents a historical review which explores the international development of environmental concern and discusses the evolution of the key aspects and characteristics of the discipline. Argues that the contents of international conferences on environmental concerns may serve as a foundation…

Modern school reform efforts stressing competition ignore the redemptive power of love to heal wounds that cause so many youngsters to despair, leave school, withdraw from society, and abandon productive futures. This article discusses 15 commonly identified forms of love that can help address the problems of violence and provide evidence of…

Although sympathetic to the philosophic goal of developing an adequacy conception, this article questions that goal's feasibility for any but the earliest primary grade levels. Suggested reform strategies are a grab bag of untested ideas. As evidence from the Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) project shows, little progress has been made in…

Interviews with nine clerical/support staff in a university extension department show how higher education has neglected valuable constituency of learners by restrictively defining and poorly supporting professional development for support staff. As a learning organization, the university should encourage and develop all employees. (SK)

Pennsylvania's education reforms seek to accomplish many aims of outcome-based education--namely less reliance on time as the primary organizational component and greater focus on what students must know and be able to do to graduate from high school. The point is to raise academic achievement by establishing high standards. (Author)