Describes some developments in the academic field of communication since 1983 (including accelerating fragmentation and departmental specialization). Suggests what these changes may imply for the prospects of the field in the years just ahead. (SR)

Offers thoughts about some of the problems facing mass communication as a cultural practice by mapping briefly its historical constitutiveness (and the problems therein). Discusses the dimensions of communication research as site. Offers a diagnosis of how to view the avowed "fragmentation" of the field. (SR)

When used correctly, timeout is a successful discipline technique for children who are exhibiting hurtful or destructive behaviors. The paper describes essential elements for an effective timeout and explains how some timeouts do not work because of elements that parents have added or neglected. (SM)

Attempts to map out the trends and possible prospects for the field of technical communications and writing. Considers technical communication's changing relationships with various other disciplines, such as schools of business, engineering, and communications. (HB)

A total of 23 preschool and 23 fifth-grade children and their mothers judged the acceptability of corporal punishment as a function of the type of transgression and discipline agent. Preschoolers showed broad acceptability for severe corporal punishment for any type of transgression and by any agent, whereas fifth graders were generally…

Adult education as a field of study cannot be located in disciplines without negating the goal of empowerment. Adult education as a field of study is best located in adult education as a critical practice. (SK)

Discusses three types of interdisciplinary relationships related to library and information science (LIS): those within LIS itself; those among individual information-seeking disciplines; and those between LIS and other fields. Encouraging interaction with other disciplines so that information can be provided expeditiously and economically is…

Finds that the difference between the percentage of female authors in this journal and the percentage of women in the field was not significant for four of six sample years; and differences between the percentage of female authors in this journal and in the "Quarterly Journal of Speech" was not significant for any of the six years. (RS)

Presents university lectures as modeling the kinds of analysis by which ideas are presented and validated in the humanities and the social sciences. Suggests that students who are alert to this modeling function can use it to inform their general strategies for learning. Contains 28 references. (VWC)

The organizing motif of "Out of Our Minds" is the refusal of schools to claim an intellectual mission. Schools have developed an instrumental central purpose, rather than an intellectual one; they aim to turn out patriotic job holders. Dialog is invited about what constitutes stewardship of the intellect. (SLD)

Discusses the three major developments in the revised Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): general-education teachers participating in individualized education programs, school flexibility in disciplining special-needs students, and emphasis on integrating special-education students into general education. (JOW)

Examines three major questions about the evolution of Discipline-Based Art Education (DBAE) from 1988 to 1996: What factors affected the reformulation of DBAE in the Getty Regional Institute Grant program? What has DBAE become in Regional Institutes? and, What do findings reveal about the education process and the program evaluators? (DSK)

Suggests that parenting is still invisible in the academy. Discusses commonalities between parenting and teaching. Concludes that academicians must bring their parenting selves and their children into their work and their workplaces. (RS)

Responds to Block's 1996 paper "Not So Fast: Some Thoughts on Theory Culling, Relativism, Accepted Findings, and the Heart and Soul of SLA," which deals in part with blackboxing, the practice of citing references in support of some given position. Maintains that Block raises an important issue but fails to demonstrate important…

College leaders are cracking down on illegal and destructive behavior by fraternities and other campus groups. In establishing and implementing policy, trustees and presidents should collect data on how Greek life affects education, focus on campus physical conditions, reward appropriate behavior and punish destructive behavior, encourage student…