Many school districts are acknowledging staff development's dismal record. Inservice programs traditionally operate on a deficit training model, promote awareness without classroom strategies, and are offered by traveling "experts." Teachers need time and opportunity to direct their own professional development program and "mess…

Responds to colleagues' comments about his book "Educational Leadership: The Moral Art," undertaken in an October 1993 "Educational Management and Administration" review symposium featuring Margaret Van de Pitte, Richard Williams, Colin Evers, and Michael Martland. Argues that the educational system is so massive that it has a…

Presents a response to Orton's article (this issue), claiming that the previous author presents a highly idiosyncratic interpretation of the Cartesian dualism, creates a gulf between theory and practice, and implies that the social and cultural aspects of mathematical activity can be dismissed. (65 references) (Author/MKR)

Compared to the problem-centered world of the superintendency, the professoriate is characterized by a less-hectic environment of reflection, teaching, discourse, writing, and research. Professors have fewer support services, but work in a more collegial environment where committees make many decisions. Sidebars advise about faculty evaluation and…

Methods that can be used by adult educators in the development of a personal philosophy of adult education are outlined, and ways to apply this philosophy to practice are explored, based on a review of the literature and interviews with education and training practitioners. (MSE)

A university president advises policy analysts to understand the realities of institutional administration, including the power and influence of the board of trustees, time constraints, importance of ceremonies and symbols, administrative accountability, dangers of the rumor mill, problems in implementing policy recommendations, and the tendency…

Discusses the need for research-oriented independent study and claims that universities can provide a client base for such studies. Describes a student-conducted organizational needs assessment for the nonacademic staff of a school within a university. Provides recommendations for planning independent study projects, and includes a sample focus…

Compares U.S. planning education and professional practice with European modes and practices. U.S. planning education is a mature, rich discipline emphasizing generic planning aspects and open-ended employment opportunities but weak on substantive spatial focus and professional organization and support. An agenda for addressing transnational…

A university professor and two elementary principals met to discuss their lives and development as principals, focusing on the role of curriculum theory. The article discusses principals as leaders and learners, the teacher as curriculum, inquiry, reflection, and the theory practice relationship. (SM)

Responds to an article in the same issue of the journal. Discusses five interrelated issues: whether required speech communication courses should be skills or theory; to what extent skills should be emphasized; the effect on the academic integrity of the communication discipline; the effect of grade inflation; and attracting high-quality majors.…

Responds to a response to the authors' article on the development of a communication studies program at Iowa State University. Discusses some principles that might help others in reviewing their own departmental priorities and mission in developing a major that emphasizes the study of human communication. (RS)

With political support, Total Quality Management principles can help urban schools redefine schools' role, purpose, and responsibilities; focus on continuous improvement; plan comprehensive leadership training; create staff development confronting staff attitudes and beliefs; use research- and practice-based information to guide policy and…

This study examined the science-profession dyad of ichthyology and fisheries biology through citation analysis of the journal literature. It found that the fields overlap in the journals cited, and, although differences in citation behavior were identified, some exchange of information within the dyad was indicated. (38 references) (Author/MES)

Over its 12-year history, an arthritis patient education program evolved from a basis not grounded in theory to one tightly linked to it. As cycles of research, intervention, and evaluation produced new results, the self-management program was revised and improved. (SK)

Presents the views of four college English teachers on Joseph Harris' article on the Dartmouth Seminar published in the October 1991 issue of this journal. Notes that the seminar represented a moment in which the conflicts that define English studies were dramatized with unusual clarity. (RS)