Describes the organization of Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. (IRT)

Dogmatism and pupil control behavior are related but the relation is not direct. Dogmatism operates through ideology to structure behavior. (Author/IRT)

In this article the author chronicles some of the major problems he encountered in his first year as an assistant principal. (Editor/RK)

Discusses the use of theater and theatrical games as vehicles for teaching "creativity". (Author/RK)

Discusses the Supreme Court decision in Ingraham v. Wright and its effect on corporal punishment and due process in the schools. (IRT)

Examines technology as a current professional issue and suggests strategies of interpretation from anthropology, history, sociology, and the humanities that will promote understanding. Highlights include a review of education and technology over the last century; interactions between society and technology; and recommended reading on the discourse…

Reviews major changes for school districts under the reauthorized 1997 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments. The new amendments allow disabled children to be disciplined more effectively, require individual education plans to include a student-evaluation component, limit district responsibility for attorney fees, encourage…

Principals should familiarize teachers with the benefits of nonverbal procedures for classroom management and discipline enforcement. A behavior-management checklist of nonverbal techniques (eye contact, touching, smiling, and frowning) can be used in a series of short visits. At least 75% of control techniques should be nonverbal. Relying on…

Explores the contests among different groups that have marked the conduct of educational research in the last 100 years, and suggests that the development of wide support for education research will depend on surmounting the jurisdictional challenges that have previously prevented sustained agreement about the methods and focus of the field.…

Compares the effectiveness of maternal punishment (time out, spanking), reasoning, and a combination of the two. Results based on mothers' (N=40) structured diaries of toddler fighting and disobedience indicate that mild punishment, combined with reasoning, is an effective discipline response to toddler misbehavior in terms of recurrence of…

This article, second in a series analyzing information policy as a field of scholarship, compares research in information policy with output in policy studies. Concludes that there are gaps in areas where value- and paradigm-critical approaches could have impact. Argues for extending the range of research paradigms to strengthen the intellectual…

Data from the 1987-88 National Survey of Families and Households indicate that parents with conservative scriptural beliefs used corporal punishment to discipline their children more frequently than did parents with less conservative theological views. This link persisted when numerous parent, child, and household characteristics were controlled.…

Surveyed 672 students studying four disciplines in three Brisbane (Australia) universities regarding their learning styles. Found that students in the first third of their studies adopted learning styles that were similar to each other irrespective of main discipline. The learning styles of students in the final third of their studies, however,…

In 1977, a school transportation director developed a policy giving school bus drivers authority to discipline unruly student behavior via a system of graduated warnings and suspension of riding privileges. Most parents have been supportive and expect their kids to behave on the bus. In the interest of safety, school administrators should support…

Examines school security in relation to consumerism, pointing out that security is big business. Draws from studies in education, geography, and communication to demonstrate how security has developed into a consumer activity involving suburbanization, technology, self-segregation, and the partitioning of neighborhoods in schools in homogeneous…