Better taxonomic classification is a necessary step in developing the theoretical base of instructional technology (IT). Discusses traditional concepts of theory development and application to IT: roles, levels, criteria and types of theory; taxonomic theory: classifications, domains, and taxonomies; taxonomic classification principles, schema,…

Defines theory and the role of theory in envisioning new worlds, making things, and critiquing practice, and discusses theory and practice in information technology (IT). Highlights inappropriate uses of theory (superficiality, elitism, ivory tower syndrome, provincialism, muddled thinking, anti-intellectualism), and emphasizes superficiality and…

British researcher Ronald Goldman's attempts to apply Piagetian theory to children's interpretation of biblical narratives illustrates that the theory is ill suited to text interpretation. However, there are ways that child psychology can contribute to religious education. (SK)

Practice write-ups--descriptions of their clinical experiences--enable nursing students to demonstrate competence in core skills and to develop the ability to reflect on practice. As assessment instruments, they provide individualized and meaningful feedback. (SK)

Introduces queer theory as a development in literacy and cultural theory that English teachers and their students will find applicable to reading, writing, and thinking about academic and social texts. Demonstrates how this theory might be applied. (TB)

There are three approaches to educational supervision: the applied science approach, the interpretive-practical approach, and the critical/emancipatory approach. From a Taoist perspective, conflicting supervision theories or proposals should be welcomed, not resisted. By accepting a diversity of views to inform practice, a balance or centeredness…

Compares children's literacy learning to a mouse playing basketball--namely, that children are doing what they have been trained to do, and do not understand the rules of the game. Discusses behaviorist theory in both examples, and contrasts behaviorist theory with constructivist theory. (PA)

Juvenile male sexual offenders completed the Quality of Motivation Questionnaire (QMQ) upon entry into a residential treatment facility. The concepts of Quality of Motivation (QM) Theory are presented to explain the QMQ scores. Recommendations of treatment issues for therapists are prioritized according to QM Theory and presented in a treatment…

Begins with a brief meditation on the underpinnings of both applied drama work and critical pedagogy. Examines critical pedagogy through the work of three prominent post-structural feminist scholars. Makes some suggestions about how "I/we" might find a productive and useful way through this seeming theoretical "stuck place." (SG)

Notes that in academic theatre there is a deep division between those individuals who consider themselves practitioners and those who consider themselves theorists. Considers the role of ideology in theater practice. Discusses the author's experience teaching drama with an idealistic view. (SG)

Describes nine categories of phonics/word study learning that have been drawn from research and cross-checked with the experiences of hundreds of teachers. Describes a workable structure for delivering systematic phonics instruction. Presents and describes a six-part word study structure. (SG)

The tactics adopted by the Task Force on Evidence-Based Interventions in School Psychology have advantages in terms of literature coverage and providing data on multiple dimensions. Two suggestions to improve Task Force efforts are offered in terms of the specification of key outcomes and the use of effect sizes to gauge the impact and value of…

Community development practitioners (n=33) in Australia, Botswana, Canada, Malaysia, and the United States held strong beliefs about community involvement in change. They developed theories-in-action that guided practice and derived ideas and information form colleagues and the literature. A conceptual framework about reflective practice was…

Reviews an essay on the realistic approach to teacher education, which challenges the technical-rationality model of teacher education and consequent dichotomy of theory and practice and develops the ALACT model (Action, Looking back on the Action, Creating alternative methods of action, and Trial of alternative action). Suggests that the essay…

Traces the history of tension between vocational and liberal traditions in adult education. Proposes that Dewey's concept of vocation may be found in liberal education if it is made accessible and meaningful and if it integrates theory and practice. (Contains 29 references.) (SK)