Notes that the history of the communication field has been marked by theoretical fragmentation, identity crises, and disciplinary isolation. Assesses this journal's contribution to synthesis scholarship and compares it to similar efforts in other national journals. Examines how new communication technologies are intensifying the need for scholars…

Speculates about one possible future where language and social interaction hijacks much of the action that would have been considered the province of cognitive psychology, respecifying and reorienting it as it does so. In this, language and social interaction becomes a fundamental discipline in the social sciences. (Author/VWL)

Offers a first-hand account of a 13-year summer rhetoric seminar, an educational endeavor that contributed to the development and dissemination of rhetoric and composition as an academic field. Narrates the initiation and changing emphases of the seminar, movements that paralleled changes in the field of rhetoric and composition. (RS)

The rhetoric and educational policies on the use of history for citizenship education in England are reviewed for the period from 1880 to 1990. The rhetoric about the contribution of history to citizenship education has been strong and consistent, challenged only by the discipline itself in recent years. (SLD)

Examines the controversy that followed the introduction and promotion of Discipline-Based Art Education and attempts to negotiate an acceptable practice. Addresses differences in the context and presentation of the discipline-based paradigm, professional concerns, and the involvement of the Getty Center. (DSK)

Explores historical trends in multicultural education related to its definition as a subject discipline. Discusses conceptual elements, common core, and discipline boundaries. As a reform movement, multicultural education demands a transformation of schooling that affirms cultural diversity, supports human dignity, and fosters academic…

Describes the Constructive Discipline model as a preventive positive approach for managing behavior problems in school settings. Compares Constructive Discipline with traditional discipline approaches and stresses the need to clarify discipline policy, provide considerable staff support, and make allowances for individual student differences in…

Examines ethical codes within evaluation and related disciplines and processions and discusses implications for content, dissemination, and compliance. An immediate issue is expanding the dialog that the American Evaluation Association document "Guiding Principles for Evaluators" was intended to create. (Author/SLD)

Notes that the hopeful threads binding Herman Melville's book "The Confidence-Man" also weave a valuable lesson for literature PhDs considering their career options. Suggests that the values crucial to a teacher or scholar are also crucial to those who work outside the university: willingness to entertain other points of view and an…

Notes that time-outs have become a preferred method for setting limits with preschool children, and illustrates why this method is not developmentally appropriate for use with toddlers. Suggests that caregivers should join young children at play, be alert for learning opportunities, and develop practices to minimize conflicts. (LBT)

Study assesses the acceptability of six child-management interventions as rated by mothers (N=20) of children referred for treatment for a disruptive-behavior disorder. Positive reinforcement was rated as a more acceptable treatment than response time, time-out, differential attention, overcorrection, and spanking. Results validate findings of…

Describes a support model for academic computing developed and implemented at Carleton College (Minnesota) over the past six years. In the discipline-focused model, technical support staff work to identify, facilitate, and tailor technical tools and methods to the pedagogical needs of faculty. Curricular use of computers and computer skill levels…

The 1997 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act amendments include discipline-related provisions that expand school officials' authority to deal with disabled students caught with weapons or drugs or exhibiting dangerous behaviors and clarify procedures governing manifestation determination, provision of educational services during…

Claims organizational or management communication finds itself in a difficult rhetorical dilemma. Suggests that even evolving and outward-looking networks have a tendency toward closure, self-affirmation and self-legitimation. Claims repeated and conscious decisions--affirmative action as understood in its older sense--are needed to push beyond…

The brain needs energy, oxygen, and water to operate. Access to the bathroom pass can become a major conflict between teachers and students and has great potential for disrupting classes. The classroom can be humanized by granting more bathroom passes and allowing water bottles. (MLH)