There is a pervasive but implicit emphasis on a liberal feminist political agenda in the field of psychology of women, but authors need to make their political perspectives explicit and to find ways to incorporate other feminist viewpoints, such as socialist and radical feminist perspectives, in order to strengthen the discipline. (SLD)

Social and political climate in Portugal including workplace change and the focus on lifelong education must be considered for holistic career counseling. The primary goal should be enabling fully empowered citizens to make life decisions. (SK)

Draws lessons in contracting for evaluations from the 1995 evaluation of a U.S. Marine Corps personnel evaluation system and a 1991 evaluation of the procedures for setting cutting scores of the National Assessment Governing Board of the National Assessment of Educational Progress. These national, politically sensitive evaluations provide lessons…

Addresses how the Department of Computer Science at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa has attempted to make computer science accessible to students who have been disadvantaged by the apartheid system. (Author/MKR)

A Texas superintendent debunks six legislative advocacy myths. Actually, superintendents have more political clout than board members. They should work with legislators even when the state legislature is not in session, communicate effectively by telephone, work with "noninfluential" legislators, influence the state education…

Reports concerns of scholars that the National Endowment for the Humanities is increasing support for many popular programs while decreasing or eliminating support for projects that involve the editing of important scholarly papers. Notes congressional support for the Endowment's current policy including its emphasis on fund raising by grant…

Summarizes some key issues in debates about the introduction of economic and monetary union within the European Union, including some educational considerations. Describes a method used to teach undergraduates in the United Kingdom about the European Union. Discusses these issues in relation to citizenship education. (SLD)

Describes the development of evaluation within the United States and traces the connections between evaluation and the documents that founded the United States. Analyzes the demands placed on evaluation by modern democracies and comments on the importance of the selection of evaluation indicators and the necessity of systematic evaluation. (SLD)

Analyzes the relationships among antipolitics, institutional choice, and democratic governance. Presents the main arguments against democratic governance in education and discusses recently proposed alternatives to democratic governance in education. Considers the implications of democratic governance for educational reform in the United States…

Developed a model of education reform based on a study of change in five jurisdictions in four countries (Alberta and Manitoba, Canada; Minnesota, United States; England; and New Zealand).The model, which contains four interactive elements: origins, adoption, implementation, and outcomes, builds a more comprehensive approach to the analysis of…

Described as "post-experimental" and of the "post-post period," the current moment in social science research is typified by multi-voiced texts, researcher reflexivity, cultural criticism, and experimental works; characteristics in keeping with post-structurally informed understandings of social science research as contingent, evolving and messy.…

Country Updates is a new section of "Intercultural Education." Starting in "Intercultural Education," Volume 16 No. 5, this column will focus on recent developments during the last two to three years in the field of intercultural education in one particular country. These updates can include recent policy decisions, the main…

Although interest in the consolidation and expansion of the international human rights regime has grown in recent years, little attention is accorded to the formal procedures that allow individuals aggrieved by states to appeal directly to an international audience. Using data for 82 countries between 1976 and 1999, this article examines the…

The purpose of this article is to attempt to reclaim the concept of foundations of power as a framework of analysis and as an approach to influencing policy. The first section briefly re-examines the policy area that developed in the late 20th century United States and suggests that it was an illusion based on a small area of consensus and a large…

This article argues that the development of civic education in Hong Kong can be divided into three phases chronologically: (1) before 1984: "depoliticization" by the state and the school; (2) 1984-1997: "politicization" of the intended curriculum; and (3) 1997 onwards: "re-depoliticization" of civic education and…