Uses L. S. Shulman's three categories of content knowledge as a basis for conceptualizing and examining the knowledge needed by communication educators. Calls for the discipline knowledge produced by communication scholars to be translated into viable school experiences so that students obtain accurate conceptual understandings of communication.…

Describes a cognitive approach to arts education developed by Harvard Project Zero, highlighting a classroom application project, ARTS PROPEL. Incorporating the competencies of production, perception, reflection, and learning, the project has developed a set of assessment instruments which can document artistic learning during the late elementary…

Excerpts from an interview with teachers of a graduate program called the Classroom Research Study Group disclose details of the two-semester, four-course program focusing on the teacher as researcher. Program activities seek to develop teacher skills in identifying research questions, gathering data, and writing about the studies. (IAH)

Suggests that informed conversation between teachers and principals, combining conceptual and practical knowledge, can revitalize schools choking on "busyness" and routine. Describes the ideal structure of such dialogues, along with outcomes from a case study of such an approach at William Tennant High School in Pennsylvania. (TE)

Teachers' thought processes in interactive class situations were analyzed. Interactive decisions are those teachers make during interaction with students and are made on the spot with limited reaction time for the teacher. This study shows types of reflections-in-action by inservice teachers. (JD)

Proposes and illustrates criteria for the conduct of cognitive-mediational therapeutic research as part of larger proposal for multifaceted inquiry into therapeutic events and effects. Explores implications of proposal for relationship between scientific theory and professional practice in counseling psychology. (Author/NB)

A study evaluated the effectiveness of an audiotape continuing education program on how theory relates to research. Although the continuing education program increased knowledge, participation in the program did not significantly increase involvement in research-related behaviors. (JOW)

Focuses on the difficulty of moving literacy programs from the classroom to the workplace. Suggests that writing consultants face similar difficulties as they develop writing-across-the-curriculum programs and consult with public schools K-12. (JAD)

Reviews some widely held assumptions about administrator field experience aims and accomplishments. Shows that adding more ways to engage in field-based practice is insufficient. Envisions a professional formation period, wherein administrator candidates synthesize all learning experiences, values, and priorities to form a more wholistic, personal…

Identifies curriculum as the pivotal link between theory and practice, noting that all stages of curriculum research and development are characterized by elements of uncertainty. States that this uncertainty principle reflects the reality of practice as it mirrors the contradictory nature of art, the pluralism of schools and society, and the…

Defines and discusses the extremes of "poetism" (or overreliance on intuition) and "scientism" (overreliance on research-based models) in teaching and supervision. Argues that teaching is neither an art nor a science, but more like a craft that skilled teachers practice as artisans, combining technique and reflection. (TE)

Schools of education at elite, research-based universities have pursued three impractical survival strategies: interdisciplinary appeasement, academic intensification, and search for legitimacy as a social science. Such schools must repudiate the academic reward system and concentrate on preparing research-sensitive practitioners and conducting…

Discusses the relationship between philosophical ideas and practical applications of the educational philosophy of open learning. A general analysis model of open learning that examines this relationship is presented, openness as reflected in the literature of open learning is discussed, and implications for educational providers and users are…

Although "disengagement theory" is today largely discounted, it has an important place in the history of gerontology. First, the historical context of this theory must be analyzed. Second, long-term contributions and deficiencies should be examined in terms of finer criteria-standards which are suggested for use in evaluation of current…

In this presentation, Parsonian action theory is used to develop a framework for assessing the structured interaction of persons and social context, and the autonomy and persistence of lifestyles which provide a basis for predicting successful aging. (BF)