The School Discipline Climate Survey provides information about current levels of staff expectation and satisfaction for each of 13 subscales (attendance policies, discipline policies, staff training, communication, efficiency, parent support, due process/consistency, safe environment, discipline teamwork, strategic planning, penalties,…

Suggests peer mediation as an alternative dispute resolution approach. Indicates the need to shift the focus from crisis intervention to prevention and to integrate dispute resolution skills into the school environment. (JOW)

Reviews how second-language acquisition (SLA) research appeals to ideas of attention and distinguishes among attention, awareness, and consciousness. Suggests how problems in SLA might be investigated through an alliance of SLA insights with those of the cognitive literature on attention. (Contains 90 references.) (JP)

The 1940 school discipline list, a "national teacher survey" of the top seven offenses has been extensively cited by outspoken school critics. The list, along with its 1990 counterpart, has been traced to T. Cullen Davis, a wealthy Texas businessman-turned evangelical Christian/education lobbyist. The conflation of school discipline with social…

This essay considers the discipline of psychology as distinct from history, defining it as a science within philosophy dedicated to the study of the causal structure of the human mind. Although Hugo Munsterburg was considered an important figure in applied psychology, this essay represents an earlier epistemology. (SLD)

Adult educators engaged in critical practice must address four issues: (1) the connection between their own political commitment and encouragement of learners' critical thinking (CT); (2) whether CT should be based on one intellectual tradition; (3) accessibility of the language of CT to learners; and (4) balance between CT's liberatory…

Traces the occupational and intellectual components of sociology's effort to win recognition as a science. Focuses on the model of science used and its limits. Argues that sociology, as quasi-science and quasi-humanities, should be maintaining the empirical outlook of a science while recognizing the impact of civilization on concepts and theories.…

Ten examples of quick and easy classroom assessment techniques, carried out by higher education faculty in 10 different disciplines, are described. The techniques, designed to inform and inspire faculty to adjust classroom instruction, focus on four dimensions of learning: declarative, procedural, conditional, and reflective. (MSE)

A draft policy developed by the Minneapolis (Minnesota) public schools concerning the use of aversive or deprivation procedures with students who are handicapped is presented. The policy model covers such elements as response to prior interventions; written treatment plan; informed consent; supervision; maintenance and retention of records;…

Discussion of the use of citation analysis and bibliometrics to study the organization of a subject literature focuses on an experiment in journal cocitation mapping in the field of economics. Results are compared with an earlier journal network study of economics journal literature, and future research is suggested. (16 references) (LRW)

Scholars in gay and lesbian studies anticipate formation of a professional association and more academic programs. The work is closely associated to other developments in the humanities categorized as cultural studies. Much of the new scholarship is social constructionist, analyzing how sexuality is constructed in various cultures at various…

Demographic changes, shifts in intellectual fashion, and divisions between clinical and research-oriented psychologists will challenge the discipline of psychology in the coming years. Increasingly, psychology is becoming a feminine field, with concentration in certain subfields. The postmodern movement is influencing perspectives, and new testing…

A model student code is provided for use by college and university counsel in creating their own written student disciplinary codes. Commentary on each section of the model code offers practical reasons for inclusion and some suggestions on how college counsel might approach certain disciplinary issues. (Author/MSE)

Discussion of journals and the nature of their interrelationships focuses on a loglinear model of citation frequency that allows an examination of the influence between journals of related disciplines. Multidimensional scaling (MDS) is described, and an example using the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) and journals relating to marketing is…

Looks at arguments about the lineage of the field of mass communication, identifying and discussing three major discernable positions. (SR)