Nurses in service fault beginning nurses' insufficient clinical and patient management skills. Nurse educators maintain that practicing nurses do not facilitate the transition of entry-level nurses. More collaboration between teachers and practitioners is needed. (Commentaries by Sally Glen, Patrick Crookes, and Pam Walter follow.) (SK)

Explores the "field" as the critical initiator of all aspects of the research agenda in anthropology and education, focusing on the site of the work instead of the academy as the center point of power in anthropological investigation. (SLD)

Discusses perceived shortcomings of current family literacy program models that too often: are conceived and implemented as a compensatory model; target only one child and one parent; do not effectively integrate adult education, literacy/ESL, or parent-child interaction time into programing; and that have a radically unstable funding base.…

Productivity growth (and its connections with schools) may be mysterious, but experts continue to document an expanding U.S. economy. A University of Wisconsin study described in the Fall 1999 "ERS Spectrum" found a mismatch between teachers' actual and recommended grading practices. Maybe the literature is unreasonable. (MLH)

This article presents a rationale for incorporating elements of participatory research approaches into intervention research intended to improve practice. After an overview of the research-to-practice problem, it illustrates how the incorporation of participatory research approaches applied to various decision points can enhance the construction…

This report describes several barriers to self-determination for adults with severe disabilities, translates key components of self-determination into guidelines for support providers' practice, provides an example of how support for self-determination was implemented for one woman, and examines unresolved challenges in making self-determination a…

Explores the reasons that dementia is poorly understood and managed and suggests ways in which obstacles to optimal management of dementia can be overcome through research and through development of evidence-based services. (Author/JOW)

Critiquing "The Handbook of Research on Educational Administration (1999), a researcher and four graduate students respond individually to chapters on scholarship, knowledge-base development, and school-leadership history. Comments on the field's "big tent politics," communities of scholars, equity and racial issues, relevance, and…

This article raises three concerns about the use of facilitated communication (FC) by speech-language pathologists with individuals with severe communication impairments: the theoretical bases of FC; the subject of candidacy; and outcomes of the method. Discrepancies between qualitative and experimental investigations are summarized and some…

Uses Pierre Bourdieu's theory of practice to explore the contemporary histories of the field of educational management in England and Wales; employs his thinking tools of "habitus" and "field" to explore oral texts, containing professional biographies, produced from interviews with current and past field members, which reveal…

Summarizes gaps between assumptions appearing in literature, research, and accepted standards for marital and family therapy (MFT) supervision, and the common practice of supervisors. Issues stemming from gaps are highlighted and recommendations made for closing them. In an effort to refine standard practice for MFT supervision, best practice…

Discusses the topic of spirituality in organizational theory and student affairs practice. Reviews theories and models and applies them to student affairs administration. Defines and discusses the word "soul" as a means to provide context for the discussion. (Contains 18 references and 1 table.) (GCP)

Metaphors for researchers, such as a crusader; a traveler; an explorer; a miner; an astronaut; a biblical Daniel; a Samurai; and an archaeologist are discussed. Benefits of conducting research are enumerated, including building the knowledge base for art therapy; increasing professional opportunities; improving client care; and advancing the…

Describes four important aspects of critical thinking as: identifying and questioning assumptions, seeking a multiplicity of voices and alternatives on a subject, making connections, and fostering active involvement. Discusses theoretical links between critical thinking and ethics. Concludes with a large-scale service learning project that…

Notes that applying abstract ethical principles to the practical business of building a code of applied ethics for a technical communication department teaches students that they share certain unarticulated or unconscious values that they can translate into ethical principles. Suggests that combining abstract theory with practical policy writing…