This document describes various discipline procedures adopted with the intent of modifying inappropriate student behavior. The targeted population consisted of one fourth grade physical education class, one fifth grade physical education class, and one eighth grade industrial technology class. The study documented the problem of student…

This book argues that understanding the current state of academic teaching, and the study of religion in higher education, requires familiarity with the individuals and organizations that have shaped the field and, more importantly, with the arguments used to justify religion as a field of academic inquiry. The primary focus of the book is on the…

Many contemporary historians contend that the popularity of the social studies as a school subject represents the victory of educators over academicians. This view, however, overlooks the way the controversies over the social studies reflected questions about the nature of intellectual activities. From 1899, the American Historical Association…

This report discusses the outcome of a study that investigated the policies of three states that require educational services for all students who are suspended or expelled. The state education departments in California, Hawaii, and Nebraska were asked whether they had special legislation which requires that any student who is suspended or…

In 1998, the researcher participated in a graduate-level interpretive methods class as a teaching assistant. This paper considers several aspects of the approach used in this class to teach interpretive research methods. These approaches include: (1) the introduction of five different research traditions recognized as qualitative; (2) the…

Discussions about the basic communication course abound at the National Communication Association Convention and at other meetings, in the "Basic Communication Course Annual," and in the journal "Communication Education." Little progress has been made, however, on seven issues of central importance to the basic course in higher…

Heeding the call of noted rhetoric scholar Richard E. Young to engage in serious, scholarly investigations of the assumptions that underlie established practices and habits about writing, the contributors to this critical volume study a diverse array of disciplinary issues, situate their work in a wide matrix of theoretical perspectives, and…

The Code of Virginia requires school divisions statewide to submit data annually to the Department of Education (DOE) on incidents of discipline, crime, and violence. These incidents shall include: (1) those that occurred on school property, on a school bus, or at a school-sponsored activity; and (2) offenses, wherever committed, by students…

An interdisciplinary approach reveals social reality as a totality and allows and promotes intelligent change in the construction and implementation of curriculum. (Author/KM)

Article considered methods for developing effective discipline and presented strategies designed for implementing discipline policy by teachers. (RK)

Article analyzed the three most common approaches used by teachers to establish and maintain classroom discipline and considered what must be done to insure good behavior in the classroom. (RK)

A sense of the value of history-as-study encourages students and teachers to find more opportunities for spontaneous examples of insightful historical study. (Author/KM)

Article focused on the potential school dropout and the implications of using punishment in school activities. (RK)

Examines several court cases dealing particularly with censorship and discipline issues arising out of student publications. Makes proposals for "prior submission" rules. (WM)

The appellate courts do not agree that the precedential value of the Tinker decision is nullified when a school system is confronted with discipline activities. It is recommended there be inquiry and establishment of substantial fact by administrators in such cases. (Author/JN)