Includes 12 case studies of education and training in various settings and countries: AT&T, Microsoft, and IBM; Maytag; Vauxhall; St. John Ambulance; McDonald's; Bayer; Newcastle (England) City Council; corporate universities; European management program; distance learning at Leuven University (Belgium); learning organizations; and technology…

Outlines how reading became occupied by scientists and positivists who made of reading something mundane, inconsequential, and quantifiable. Discusses the effect that this occupation has had on the pedagogy, politics, and policy of reading in schools and society. Examines the resistance to reading that is provoked by these occupying forces. (SR)

A teacher intern describes her experiences in a small K-6 school in rural, central west New South Wales (Australia), focusing on community and parent involvement in the school, the benefits of multigrade classes, the close relationships of students and staff, and extracurricular activities. (SV)

Summarizes four reasons for abandoning Keynesian economics and explains why the reasons should be disregarded. Argues that parts of Keynesian economics are worth preserving and teaching to students. (CMK)

Presents suggestions for encouraging practice in the science process skill of classification in early childhood setting learning centers. Includes activities for centers in the areas of home, art, wet and dry, science, language arts, and mathematics. (KB)

Educational practices involving emotional intelligence should be based on solid research, not sensationalistic claims. There are two emotional-intelligence models based on ability and an ability/social-competence mixture. Emphasizing cooperative behavior could stifle creativity, healthy skepticism, or spontaneity. Teaching emotional reasoning pays…

Describes constructive play and its importance to child development. Outlines the developmental changes in constructive play in young children, and identifies the benefits of this type of play for young children. Discusses the learning experiences of constructive play with art materials in early childhood settings, and describes strategies for…

Presents an interview with Margaret Matlin, a teaching professor at the State University of New York (SUNY) Geneseo. Focuses on the courses Matlin taught when first at SUNY Geneseo, what she currently teaches, her psychology of women course, special techniques she uses, and whether she feels she is a natural born teacher. (CMK)

Presents a report by Rigmor Sterner (Lulea University of Technology) on the 10th annual European Distance Education Network (EDEN) conference (June 10-13, 2001, Stockholm, Sweden). EDEN is a non-governmental educational association whose aim is to foster the development of open and distance learning and distance education. (AEF)

Proposes that the primary educational challenge today is to replace the traditional focus on the individual student with concerted investments in relational process. Examines the deficiencies of individualistic educational practices, scholarship supporting the communal basis of knowledge and reason, and signs of change toward cooperative and…

Describes the new elementary school in rural Hancock County, Tennessee, financed as a result of efforts to equalize funding throughout the state. Compares conditions in the new and old schools. Discusses the greatly expanded space, new technology features, the school clinic, after-school activities, and various special student services. (SV)

Recognizes the importance of children's art made at home and focuses on having children express themselves through handmade art. Gives examples of different types of handmade art, such as making room accessories and furnishings, constructing "portable" artworks, and building figures in different mediums. (CMK)

The second article in a series of three written about teaching strategies in primary schools in England and America, this article reviews strategies used in American one-room rural schoolhouses from the late 1800s to the 1940s. Examines historical perspective, curriculum, school life, punishment, special events, and games. (SD)

The Open University's experiences provide the following recommendations for student retention: specialized advisory and guidance staff, accurate and relevant information, establishment of relationships with students, design of courses well suited to students' needs, ownership by the university community of student support services, a sense of…

Suggests that whole language is alive and well in Israel, and that like many countries trying to educate multiethnic, multilingual populations, there is a strong interest in whole language as a democratic, innovative pedagogy built on scientific foundations. Notes the Ministry of Education encourages whole language approaches, but the teachers'…