Needed is a shift from more traditional, technical, scientific, management-based teacher supervision to methods that allow teachers to gain a greater understanding of the teaching process per se, such as clinical supervision. However, greater attention needs to be given to the philosophy and rationale of clinical supervision. (Author/DCS)

Analyzes the male response to anticipated loss of power as women continue to demand equality and equal power. Describes the scope of male power, and analyzes the importance of power to men in terms of the male sex-role stereotype. Hypothesizes some likely male responses to a loss of power. (BH)

Describes nine stages of a group therapist's development as he or she makes a career of conducting groups. Assumes that learning group therapy leadership is akin to learning a craft and that the how of group therapy leadership varies with the developmental phase of a particular group. (LLL)

In this brief response to Soltis's paper, Siegel argues that professional philosophers of education have no special obligation to focus on questions relevant to educational practice or to speak to any specific audience. Their sole obligation, rather, is to do credible philosophy of education, an obligation that requires autonomy from educationally…

Documents attempts to subvert academic freedom at the University of Washington between 1946 and 1954. (AEA)

For 17 practical nurses, client advocacy was not their primary role. However, the nurse-patient relationship was a salient feature of advocacy. Work environment barriers and physician attitudes hindered involvement in advocacy. (SK)

Criticizes a previous article's assumptions that globalization is a policy option that may be chosen or rejected by professionals, that acceptance of globalization undermines possibilities for improving existing inequities and that comparative education professionals are completely qualified to establish educational policy for the poor and…

Examines the conception of autonomy promoted by four educational philosophers to justify education prescriptions, focusing on the extent to which they succumb to the charge that they describe persons free of any social connections and encumbrances. The paper suggests that to the extent that these conceptions are vulnerable to this charge, they are…

Summarizes strategies and techniques of effective bargaining that will empower the negotiator in virtually any bargaining situation, whether personal or collective. Sources of bargaining power and their applicability to particular negotiations are described, with emphasis on librarians as negotiators. (CLB)

The author discusses events, charges, and studies related to national park policy and administration and attempts to bring them into a unified focus through a public policy framework. Attention is centered on the natural-area parks of the western United States. (CH)

This study examined leadership in 16 research and 16 nonresearch teams in various manufacturing, aerospace, and health services companies. It concluded that research team leaders need to be able to fulfill a public relations or boundary management role. Engineering research teams, however, showed leadership patterns suggesting different needs for…

Argues that student publication advisors should continue building a body of knowledge, establishing ethical and performance standards, and insisting on advisor autonomy from school administrators. (RS)

Proposes alternative, empowering view of empowerment as a paradigm that increases behavior potential of people, both individually and in organizations. Behavior potential is defined as totality of behaviors available to a person. It is argued that an individual is empowered in possessing a repertoire of behaviors and in being able to express and…

The relationships between autonomy and a set of attitudinal, professional participation, and reasons-for-leaving-teaching variables were studied for 770 urban teachers in Florida. Results suggest that job satisfaction and a perceived lighter paperwork load are predictors of autonomy, as are insufficient rewards for outstanding performance and lack…

Reviews three books that argue that the teaching profession is being deprofessionalized by the demands and policies of "neoliberal globalizers." Discusses the nature of hope in these global times and its role in developing alternative proposals to the current process of intensification of teachers' work. (SV)