Discusses four difficulties in teaching business communication: lack of shared organizational vision; lack of reality; class duration; and lack of direction in textbooks. Presents advantages and disadvantages of using a simulated organization to address these problems and to improve students' communication competence in various situations.…

As one of the nation's first school effectiveness programs, Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Schools' Project RISE received national attention during the 1980s for efforts to improve elementary students' achievement test scores. The program failed because of inadequate funding, lack of specificity, and failure to translate the RISE philosophy and the five…

School improvement involves more than just fitting different packages into existing structures. Though education should empower students to become skilled and vital, it often encourages obedience and conformity. There is a bureaucratization that distorts teaching and learning. Theory and cooperative planning are both crucial to educational…

Sorts by theme cases involving ethical dilemmas and actions taken by 23 principals responding to a questionnaire. Most dilemmas involved teacher competence issues. Although administrators' ethical orientation fell within the normal range, only one principal demonstrated all six of K. R. Howe's moral reasoning components. Most lacked courage to act…

Reviews current elements of administrative thought and practice, aiming to provide a comprehensive outline for new programmatic ventures in educating future principals. Describes an existing nontraditional leadership preparation program at Butler University that allows students to work cooperatively on projects, learn through self-direction,…

Learning style research can be incorporated into community education practice by (1) matching learning time preferences to academic schedules; (2) recognizing that many adult students are global, not analytic, learners and tactual/kinesthetic rather than auditory; and (3) accommodating physical needs in classroom seating, lighting, etc. (SK)

This paper uses an ethnographic orientation to contrast trainer-oriented intervention practices with more client-centered or naturalistic practices in speech therapy. Specific ways that control is established and sustained are outlined. Use of an ethnographic perspective is recommended to create intervention contexts that allow children to be…

This paper takes issue with the arguments of S. Miller and M. Fredericks that postpositivist philosophy and concepts like incommensurability are irrelevant or of little value to educational research. It is argued that theory cannot be detached from practice and incommensurability is more than a matter of abstract concepts. (SLD)

This commentary on EC 602 595 questions cognitive referencing's validity as a model for allocating special services to young children with disabilities. The paper raises methodological issues in studies supporting use of the cognitive referencing model. These issues include the construct of delayed development, subject description, and use of a…

Provides necessary background for understanding the following article (pp.334-348) "Creative Curriculum for an Inner City: A Case Study of Alex Taylor Community School." Introduces Dr. Steve Ramsankar, who appeared on a Canadian program called "School as a Loving Place." Ramsankar taught the author to reexamine the small…

Provides an overview of the theoretical basis and methods used for social studies classroom research. Suggests improvements in classroom climate constructs by integrating social studies literature and traditional classroom research approaches. Offers recommendations for improving future research. (SG)

Describes a survey of community college presidents' use of and perception of the effectiveness of major management concepts related to planning, organization, budgeting/finance, staffing, and evaluation. Also summarizes presidents' perceptions of the problems facing them and their perspectives on the future. (DMM)

Offers suggestions for students and teachers for learning jazz improvisation. Discusses listening, practicing scales, chords, phrasing, developing a sense of swing, and shaping creative ideas through structural features. Emphasizes the relationship between chords and scales as a critical key to improvisation. Recommends educational materials to…

Surveyed student affairs professionals (n=56) to determine if those who purported to know in-depth Perry's (1970) theory of intellectual development demonstrated use of Perry theory in intervention criteria. Concluded those who demonstrated intentional use of Perry theory criteria were more likely to be Myers-Briggs Feeling and Perceiving types…

Acquaints readers with music education research journals and summarizes recent research on instructional techniques, factors influencing performance, grading systems, and broad lines of inquiry. One study showed that students perceiving greater involvement, affiliation, teacher support, and organization tended to receive better music contest…