A study of 64 mothers and their 3- to 8-year-old children examined mothers' attributions, affect, and proposed behavioral responses regarding 2 forms of noncompliant behavior, direct defiance and passive noncompliance. Findings indicated that mothers regarded children's direct defiance as more intentional and dispositional than passive…

Outlines the way that schooling in Singapore fosters a sense of discipline, duty, order, and tolerance among students. Presents real experiences of one educator's encounter with orderly Singaporean student behavior. (HB)

Analyzes the proliferation of specialties in the social sciences. Observes that there is little communication among specialties within disciplines, but an increasing intermingling of disciplines that is generating hybrid fields. Argues that the history of contemporary social sciences demonstrates this hybridization in the main route of scientific…

Examines 24 years of research published in this journal. Finds that the prevalence of studies failing to replicate has declined; replications are still rarely recognized as random factors; and researchers who use replications appear to do so for purposes of generalizability and control over confounding but without carefully analyzing the burden of…

Finds that a semantic network analysis of the International Communication Association (ICA) based on paper titles presented at its 1991 conference had a high degree of correspondence with the affiliation structure. Suggests validity of the procedures employed for determining semantic networks. Interprets results in regard to this journal's…

Teachers consistently viewed public schools more positively than did the general public, assigning them their highest grades ever. Teachers believe parents' lack of support and interest are schools' greatest problem; the public chose drug use. Inner-city teachers rated public schools lower than did other teachers. (MLH)

Documents the rise and fall of public relations in public-administration education through a content analysis of textbooks. Notes some early signs of renewed attention. Suggests reestablishing public relations as a valuable part of contemporary public-administration education. (RS)

Identifies and clarifies the difficulties encountered in the effort to revive rhetoric as a modern academic discipline. Discusses briefly the institutional histories of speech communication and composition studies. Describes a new rhetoric (the "current-traditional rhetoric") that began to dominate universities in the late 19th century and has…

Recent amendments to Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) provide school officials with increased flexibility to address infractions committed by handicapped students. If a conduct code pertaining to all students has been violated, a district may suspend or place a disabled student in an alternative setting for up to 10 days. (MLH)

Offers an explanation of the concept of Discipline-Based Art Education (DBAE) as developed at the Southeast Center for Education in the Arts. Using the DBAE model, develops expanded definitions of the four DBAE discipline perspectives and six organizing principles under which the arts may be taught and studied. (DSK)

Evaluation of recent literature and interviews with Russian educators showed how liberalization of schools has shifted power to teachers and students, resulting in short-term teacher demoralization and student indiscipline. The situation is complicated by competing interest groups and ideologies, and indecisive leadership. (SK)

Notes that faculty members in communication departments or schools of journalism and mass communication must navigate between the Scylla of diminishing faculty lines and the Charybdis of the turbulent waters of academic scholarship. Examines problems faced by journalism and communication researchers and places their work in a contemporary…

Examined processing strategies, regulation strategies, conceptions of learning, and motivational orientation for 60 vocational-secondary-education students in the Netherlands. Also studied the systematic relations among these concepts for 1,036 students, resulting in descriptions of four learning styles. Results support strong differences in…

Although liberal arts colleges are reputed not to offer business education, a study of 182 nationally known colleges found that most offer business majors. Apart from economics, these programs predominantly operate outside disciplinary mainstreams. Although business education is associated with lower performance and reputation rankings, it is a…

Presents information about the development of psychology around the world and outlines challenges to be faced in the international development of the field. Information is based on a 1998 survey completed by 34 national member organizations. Notes increased numbers of psychology students world wide. (SLD)