This book contains articles on the most recent thinking about developmental programming in student affairs. "Progress Toward Intentional Student Development" (Don Creamer) introduces a concept orientation in developmental programming. "The Professional Practice of Student Development" (C. Carney Strange and Patricia King) presents a rationale for…

Arguing that document design had its origins in the 1930s but that much of its development in theory, research, and practice has occurred in the 1980s, this paper provides a snapshot of the evolution of document design. The paper defines "document design" as the theory, research, and practice of creating comprehensible and persuasive…

Rhetoric is being called upon or invoked by theorists in a number of fields, including English and composition studies, and it has the potential for offering a site (as it has in moments in its past) for a genuinely interdisciplinary, critical theory and practice that would remove conceptions of literacy from the margins and place them at the…

This document notes that researchers study the processes involved in judgment and decision making and prescribe theories and models that reflect the behavior of the decision makers. It addresses the various models that are used to represent judgment and decision making, with particular interest in models that more accurately represent human…

Reviews the purposes of adult education and the history of transcendentalism. Argues that the transcendent nature and needs of humankind are not addressed by adult education theory or practice. Provides implications for adult educators. (CH)

In the Spring 1987 issue of "Educational Management and Administration," David Battersby argued that "craft theory" (theorizing by practitioners) is as valid as "theorizing-from-above" by academic experts (positivists, subjectivists, critical theorists, and pragmatic-materialists). Craft theory can gain a respected…

Examines I. A. Richards' theories concerning the relationship between communication and values. Argues that Richards is an axiologically oriented theorist of rhetoric and communication. Notes that by applying this perspective to research on compliance-gaining, compliance-gaining is seen as a value-laden, symbolic, communication process. (MM)

In this first of several articles studying the education of educators and the status of teaching as a profession, the assumptions and postulates underlying this research effort are explained. Assumptions involve the relevancy of knowledge, institutions conceived as reform units, and teaching viewed as value-driven. Includes 23 references. (MLH)

Illustrates current status of thanatological research by examining the most popular line of empirical investigation (death anxiety as assessed by self-report scales) and the most sweeping theoretical approach yet proposed (Freud's death instinct). Notes that the most popular vein of research and most spectacular theory have almost no relationship…

Argues against John Durham Peters' account that describes communications as an "intellectually stagnant" field of study. Claims that communication research as a field has been evolving with some success toward becoming a discipline. (MS)

Assesses the unaccepted use of figurative language in science and technical writing, especially, objections to metaphor's imputed ambiguity. Proposes that metaphor play a stronger role in conceptualization of scientific and technical ideas. (MS)

Illustrates how qualitative research traditions can be used in educational research. Shows that qualitative research presents a diverse approach to research and offers a rich understanding of education. Compares ecological psychology, holistic ethnography, cognitive anthropology, and symbolic interaction. (RB)

Because sport psychology has so recently been recognized at the United States Olympic Training Center, sport psychologists have had little systematic access to Olympic athletes. Intervention strategies used with elite athletes were developed from studies using primarily male athletes. Further research should include a focus on female athletes. (MT)

The purpose of this essay is to compare the "strong-text" approach to literacy (which equates literacy with a tool for the representation of reality) with the approach that views literacy as involvement through the intersection of theory and practice. Theoretical expositions have limits placed on their explanatory power; the effort of this paper…

This issue of the quarterly newsletter of the Center for Mental Health in Schools is devoted entirely to presenting the first draft of a brief prepared by the staff of two national centers: the Center for Mental Health in Schools at UCLA (co-directed by Howard Adelman and Linda Taylor) and the Center for School Mental Health Assistance at the…