Two case histories illustrate the difficulty in evaluating abuse/neglect in children with bleeding problems such as hemophilia. Discussed are guidelines for diagnosis and prevention of abuse, including: screening techniques, the need for protection from environmental trauma, parental stress, evaluation of parents' disciplinary methods, and the…

Teaching students the methodologies used by practicing professionals can increase creative productivity, levels of understanding, and motivation levels of bright students. How-to books can be used to explain these methodologies, by serving a mentor-in-print role, introducing students to new topics and processes, or providing a supplement to the…

An annual survey of college faculty pay shows faculty in "hard-to-hire" disciplines such as engineering, accounting, physics, and computer science continue to command higher-than-average salaries, while disciplines recently at the bottom of the pay scale remain there. At all ranks except full professor, private college faculty earned more. (MSE)

Presents an Association for Childhood Education International statement on the use of corporal punishment in child care, schools, and other educational settings. Statement presents evidence in support of the association's position that such practices must be banned. Suggestions are made regarding the resolution of this problem. (BB)

A study of ninth-graders' attitudes toward teachers' classroom discipline techniques found that commonly used techniques cause student anxiety and disrupt student work, indicating a need for teacher behavior changes. (MSE)

The effects of work environment factors on faculty research productivity and turnover intentions were examined while controlling for prestige of the employing institution, disciplinary area, and academic rank. Available resources had a significant positive effect on research productivity. (Author/MLW)

Introduces research comparing changes in the child rearing practices of employed and nonemployed mothers of four-year-old children. Also discusses the mother's occupational role as it influences the parent's attitudes in child rearing practices. No significant differences were found between the employed and nonemployed mothers on six Child Rearing…

Discusses community-based programs which have shown promise of enhancing the democratic governance of schools and increasing the school system's resource bases. Describes three types of programs in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Kansas City, Missouri: school-community advisory councils, school-business linkages, and government-agency partnerships. (KH)

Using several charts, this article compares strengths and weaknesses of Japanese junior high schools and American middle schools. Each system could learn something from the other. As an adaptive, reactive culture, Japan might benefit from a more flexible, diversified school atmosphere, while an individualistic, pluralistic United States might gain…

While fiscal restraint has some negative impact, it provides an opportunity to bring greater order to schooling. The intellectual function of the school is "the perpetuation, transformation, and generation of knowledge grounded in the disciplines." Implicit in this vision of school is rejection of the function of school as socialization. (BRR)

Identifying trends in the kinds of research that comprise the college student literature is an important step in understanding the development of the field. The methods, the substantive topics, and types of papers that characterized the 1969-1983 college student literature is examined. (Author/MLW)

Presents the results of an exploratory study of 41 mothers' strategies for managing the education of their beginning high school children. Results showed an association between a family's socioeconomic status and mother's academic strategies, thus indicating one way in which family background translates into educational achievement. (Author/JDH)

Offers 10 principles of classroom discipline that can serve as general guidelines for teachers. These are: focusing, direct instruction, monitoring, modeling, cuing, environmental control, low-profile intervention, assertive discipline, I-message, and positive reinforcement. (IW)

Desribes the case of Carlos Bueno, a fictional elementary school principal who transforms a racially troubled school into a model of cooperation and excellence. Bueno is later appointed principal of an unruly junior high school, with disastrous results. Readers are asked to study Bueno's failure and decide the beleaguered superintendent's best…

Criticizes the Department of Education's publication, "What Works: Research about Teaching and Learning," which claims to summarize accurate and reliable research about teaching and learning. Concludes that the booklet lacks credibility because it fails to recognize the complexity of the real educational process. (SRT)