Describes Ellsworth and Ames' edited book as an eclectic collection including historical, ethnographic, autobiographical, empirical, and self-reflective texts. Maintains that although the book is an important contribution to the literature by placing current practices into historical and social context, thereby leading to a more critical view of…

This article describes the final report from the Special Education Review Committee, the Minister's Response, and the final report of the Task Force and Public Dialogue on the Role of School and outlines some of the changes that are taking place in Saskatchewan as a result of these public consultations. (Contains 6 references.) (Author/CR)

Summarizes the Konstanz Training Model (KTM), a German primary and secondary preventive program that increases teacher self-competence and social competence in dealing with aggressive and disruptive student behaviors. Emphasizes KTM's focus on systemic aspects, cognitive level, and behavioral level approaches. Describes KTM Compact, a short term…

A study examining causes of work avoidance interviewed 20 work-avoidant students in grades 6 and 7 from 3 schools in Newfoundland (Canada). Students withdrew effort because they were bored, as an expression of hostility toward the teacher, or because of feelings of helplessness. Implications for teacher practice and school policies are discussed.…

A survey examined environmental and social factors influencing student motivation among 206 American Indian college students. Students preferred teacher-structured environments involving feedback, active roles, and media use. Students felt they must compete for rewards, which contradicts cultural behaviors. Motivational factors specific to…

Discusses pertinent issues relating to implementing online learning models in a higher education context. These issues include the changing roles of staff and students as they adopt new learning approaches; the notions of flexible learning and delivery; and the quality of education provided. (AEF)

Presents a process-based framework for evaluating students' efforts in online discussion. Delineates criteria for evaluating students' contributions to an online discussion and describes processes for implementing student-centered evaluations and professor-centered evaluations. Offers implications for future theoretical and empirical endeavors.…

Details evaluation of effectiveness of the Montessori Movable Alphabet in successive exercises to build preschoolers' knowledge about written English. Describes preliminary activities, movable alphabet introduction, dictation, expanded usage, object/picture use, vowel addition, vowel combination, blends, phonetic phrases, H-digraphs, long vowels,…

States comparative education is a significant academic activity, noting that wide lists of periodicals on comparative education are published in multiple languages. Protests narrowing and defining the field too conservatively. Gives a comprehensive analytical framework for comparative studies and stresses the key factor is a sharp focus in…

Examines the construction of racial scientific discourse within the milieu of an extremely racially segregated society. Traces the influence of capitalism, racism, Social Darwinism, eugenics, and "racial science" on the pedagogy of modern apartheid in South Africa. Finds evidence of pervasive effects of "scientific" ideas on…

Summarizes recent ERIC documents on at-risk children. (Author/BB)

Reports on information concerning the recruitment of students; job assignments of graduates; allocation of revenues and expenditures; and management reform at Hangzhou University (China). Shows that new students are increasingly coming from senior high schools and that the number of students coming from peasant families is decreasing. Provides…

Provides data showing student recruitment; job assignment of graduates; revenue and expenditure allocations; and management reforms at Beijing University (China). Reports that more new students are coming from senior high schools and that fewer students from peasant families are entering the university. Provides concrete empirical data. (KO)

Despite theoretical weaknesses, postmodernism offers educators important insights that can be incorporated in a broader theory of schooling and critical pedagogy. Argues that the best elements of modernist and postmodernist discourses should be combined to create a pedagogy and politics that reclaim and reinvigorate the possibilities of a radical…

With the lowest per capita income in the nation and a higher dropout rate than any other state, Mississippi is struggling to remediate deeply entrenched educational problems. Despite a statewide education reform effort that predated the national movement, educators are finding a century of poverty and illiteracy difficult to reverse. (AF)