Questions the value and mindset promoted by claims that mathematics textbooks enlighten those who study them about environmental and economic issues. Argues that mathematics textbooks represent a political agenda that suggests to students that they are autonomous, rational thinkers impervious to cultural influences. (MKR)

The Bradley Foundation paid coauthor Charles Murray $1 million to write "The Bell Curve." This support typifies the highly ideological research favored by conservative foundations seeking to mold public policy. The book's key educational policy recommendation dovetails with Bradley's top educational priority: support for school choice…

A poststructuralist approach to teaching social and behavioral sciences in nursing education shifts focus to an examination of subject positions, discourse, conflict, and action. It provides a useful foundation for examining the politics of health care. (SK)

Reviews the global political environment, major global news providers, and technologies of global news production. Argues for a multinational comparative mapping of international news representation in the 1990s. Outlines a major international venture to update and elaborate the 1979 UNESCO/IAMCR study of foreign news in the media of 29 countries,…

Discusses two related topics affecting film studies as an institution: questions concerning certain paradigms of contemporary theory (poststructuralism in particular) as they relate to politics; and to a greater extent, the relationship of this latter issue to the institutionalization of film studies in the academy. (SR)

The right to create and reject new forms of knowledge and challenge received wisdom is becoming the privilege of a shrinking professional elite. Glib adoption of liberal rhetoric can disguise antihumanist objectives, wherein empowerment could merely mean choosing competencies defined by others and personal development means becoming economically…

In some ways, West Germany has "colonized" East Germany after unification. Differences in educational heritage have been ignored in an effort to make the two school systems compatible, and the consequences of East Germans' willing abandonment of autonomy are just beginning to be apparent. (SK)

Tests thesis that degree of media influence is contingent on audience receptivity. Audience receptivity to suicide stories assumed high during Great Depression. Developed taxonomy of stories using classic imitation, social learning, and differential identification theories. Analysis of monthly data on suicides and publicized stories revealed…

Although many proposals were disappointing and the New American Schools Development Corporation (NASDC) did not achieve its multimillion dollar funding goal, the contest sparked an unprecedented collaborative process across the nation. The evaluation and selection processes were problematical, as judges seemed to favor well-known educators with a…

Three books are discussed: Andresen's "Linguistics in America 1769-1924: A Critical History," Crowley's "Politics of Discourse: The Standard Language Question in British Cultural Debates," and Crowley's "Standard English and the Politics of Language." (36 references) (LB)

The growing use of English in Vietnam is reviewed, along with the nation's linguistic history that exemplifies the close relationship between language and politics. The English curriculum in Vietnamese schools is described, and the future role of Outer Circle countries in English language teaching is considered. (19 references) (Author/LB)

Presents a brief history of three generations of the Johnson family and their farm once located in the Peaks of Otter area of Appalachia through which the Blue Ridge Parkway runs. Implies that the National Park Service and Parkway administration obscured understanding of the significant cultural life of the area through its mandates and…

The authors of research on transition from special education respond to Robin Jackson's review article criticizing their work; deny that their research was subject to external pressure by the Scottish Office Education Department, which funded the research; and respond to several of Jackson's points as misrepresenting or misinterpreting the…

Provides an expanded version of a speech given at the 1992 American Library Association conference reflecting on 25 years of young adult literature. Issues and trends in American society and their relationship to the emerging literature written for adolescents are discussed. (EAM)

Examines media coverage of the Central Intelligence Agency and the intelligence community during the Ford administration. Shows that the post-Watergate national press was often deferential to the executive branch and willing to censor itself at presidential request. (SR)