Presents approaches to help physical educators effectively manage their classes. The article notes the importance of explaining class procedures and routines, letting students help with routine administrative tasks, providing clear stop and start signals, establishing equipment procedures, modeling good behavior, understanding student behavior,…

Addresses the public presence of communication study on university campuses. Argues that communication researchers lack a clear vision about the field, which is fractured into subfields intent on internal debates rather than the public responsibility of its scholars. Suggests that communication scholars offer inchoate curricula for communication…

Assessed relationship between stressful life events and adolescent suicide in 67 adolescent suicide victims and 67 matched community controls. Found that, in year before death, suicide completers were more likely than controls to have experienced interpersonal conflict with parents and boy/girlfriends; disruption of romantic attachment; legal or…

Since camp counselors become surrogate parents, they can benefit from learning parenting skills. Parenting styles, relationship building, cabin rules, compliance, positive reinforcement, and discipline are discussed. A sidebar describes a structured time-out program for strong-willed children ages 4-11, and a disagreement program that teaches…

Presents a seven-step model that describes a cognitive and behavioral loop that may explain actions of some impulsive and out-of-control youngsters. Suggests some intervention strategies that take the cognitive loop into account and help the student work toward personal control. (SLD)

Traces theoretical and methodological contributions this journal has made to the field of communication. Finds that the journal has matured both theoretically and methodologically: 59% of the articles in the first 24 years had a theory or model driving the research; the journal remains almost exclusively quantitative; and no single theory or…

Provides basic information on discipline-based art education (DBAE), science and DBAE, and science education and art education. Focuses on the interest that these topics and the DBAE curriculum might have for biology teachers. (DDR)

Addresses the interface between two scientific disciplines, chemistry and physics, and suggests that learners do not readily integrate their knowledge across such domains. Recommends further research on how demarcations encourage learners. Contains 46 references. (DDR)

Examines the problems experienced with journalism and mass communication (JMC) programs in an era of retrenchment. Surveys 600 academicians from various disciplines. Finds that concerns of JMC educators are shared by colleagues in other disciplines; and that JMC programs seem more likely to be merged than eliminated. Suggests eight strategies for…

Investigated the impact of gender issues on the university campus in the United Kingdom through 37 interviews with students and staff. In male-dominated disciplines a "narrow" definition of curriculum as a body of knowledge to be transferred to students prevailed. In disciplines where more women were present, gender dimensions were more…

An integrated pedagogic model is needed in engineering education that will not only convey managerial skills to engineering majors, but will enable the development of a neodiscipline with solid viability. Contains 25 references. (DDR)

Uses Stanley Pogrow's (1996) ideas on reforms and why they often fail as a frame against which a number of controversies associated with Discipline-Based Art Education (DBAE) are examined. Describes some myths used to characterize DBAE's philosophical, cultural, and curricular orientations; contrasts them with dimensions of reality identified by…

Describes the development of an evolving art content framework for the Nebraska Prairie Visions Institute in Discipline-Based Art Education (DBAE) for in-service teachers. Provides examples of some of the learning experiences and suggests how the outcomes might be significant for other in-service programs in DBAE. (DSK)

Reviews participant handbooks from the Getty Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts' Discipline-Based Art Education teacher-training program. Observes that there was not any training in metacognitive strategies for self-monitoring growth in knowledge. Suggests that incorporating these strategies would teach teachers how to continue their…

"Order in the Classroom" tests assumptions about what works to create a good classroom environment using longitudinal student data and information about policies in the schools the students attended. Evidence is presented that shows the true link between school disorder and student achievement. (SLD)