Examines the role scholarship plays in today's practice of student affairs. States that the nature of scholarship changes and adapts to the context within which student affairs is practiced. Identifies a new purpose of scholarship and outlines different ways emergent scholarship can meet the needs of today's practitioner. (Contains 13 references.)…

Describes new developments in formative assessment and challenges for the educational community. Asserts that many current assessment practices that serve certification and prediction functions well are not well suited for improving learning. Calls for alternative approaches to assessment, rooted in cognitive theories of knowledge and learning,…

Considers how public relation's search for a unifying theory may be fulfilled through application of Alasdair MacIntyre's concept of a "practice," a very specific and value-laden concept. Explores what it would mean to be a public relations practice in MacIntyre's concept of the term and argues that such an approach to public relations…

Traces the origins of experiential learning in the work of Erasmus, Rousseau, and Dewey. Points out problems in Dewey's theory of experience. Explains four learning strategies that define experiential learning as meaningful learning. (SK)

Considers five factors as to why research on the therapeutic process has little impact on the counseling profession. These factors are (1) reliance on experiential/personal knowledge; (2) reliance on non-axiomatic truths; (3) lack of theoretical rigor; (4) tendency to work within a theory and defend it; and (5) personalization of theory. Results…

Outlines a framework for graduate education designed to situate disparate approaches to technical communication into a coherent structure. Analyzes the development and application of this framework for a standard, entry-level graduate "leveling" course in technical communication. Concludes with suggestions about ways that the framework…

Describes the theoretical and empirical evolution of the revised Cross nigrescence identity model (W. E. Cross, 1991) in the context of developing a new multidimensional measure, the Cross Racial Identity Scale. The research resulted in an expanded nigrescence model, and preliminary factor analytic strategies support the existence of 6 subscales.…

Discusses problematic integration (PI) theory, a general perspective on the nature of the dynamic relationship between communication and tensions among expectations and desires. Considers the relevance and potential value of PI theory to questions foundational to the field of communication research. Discusses the main proposition of PI theory and…

Examines the making and redesigning of the romance stories (in comic-book form) in drama in education workshops conducted in a rural South African high school. Brings together practice and theory that were independently conceived, so that they can mutually inform one another. Analyses the narrative outline which kick-started the comic development…

Describes the Logic Model, which depicts the flow of a project from inputs to outputs to short- and long-term outcomes. Illustrates its application in a collaborative research project to identify and rate financial education websites for youth. (SK)

Asks which components comprise a sound technology education activity and which are needed to provide the best experience for students. Identifies 10 essential items that will enable teachers to improve activities in the classroom and select new ones. (Contains 12 references.) (Author/JOW)

Identifies some of the reform initiatives influencing student affairs and offers reasons why the author believes most will fail. Proposes that student affairs has matured as a field and can no longer be regarded as having a single coherent purpose. Discusses four communities of practice that coexist in student affairs. (Contains 33 references and…

Discusses what constitutes the developmental part of a comprehensive, developmental, and collaborative school counseling program. Provides a review of the developmental perspective as well as an overview of recent discussions related to the need for changes in school counseling program focus. Considers the potential for maintaining a developmental…

Provides some observations and reflections on what was presented in this volume concerning the scholarship of teaching and speculates on how future work could be built on these findings. (EV)

This paper discusses the practical ramifications of competing theoretical perspectives in special education. Despite the relationship between scholarly conceptions of special education and its ultimate practice, the paper concludes with empirical data that appears to indicate that many (if not most) practicing administrators fail to appreciate…