Relates highlights of the findings of the Modern Language Association's 1990 survey of upper-division literature courses. Discusses works consistently taught and recently added, literary criticism, educational goals, theoretical perspectives, course format, and respondent characteristics. (PRA)

Discusses in detail the findings of the Modern Language Association's 1990 survey of upper-division literature courses. Discusses works consistently taught and recently added, literary criticism, educational goals, theoretical perspectives, course format, and respondent characteristics. (PRA)

The economic theory of auctions is used to show that systems recently introduced by the British Universities Funding Council, whereby British institutions bid for students, are likely to produce similar bid prices by all institutions. As predicted, the first run of the bidding process for universities collapsed when most institutions submitted…

Evers and Lakomski's treatment of the late Thomas Greenfield's subjectivism in their book "Knowing Educational Administration" (1991) is unsatisfactory. Searching for a "better" administrative science, these authors neglect three aspects of Greenfield's work: the primacy accorded to values, the moral order embodied in…

Discusses poststructuralist theories and describes how they can be useful in explaining the phenomenon of children's gendered literature preferences. Offers insights into the complexities of gender and its connections with reading fiction. Discusses children's reading preferences in school, the publishing industry, the school curriculum, and…

Considers why cultural studies scholars do not take seriously the schools' role in shaping culture and politics and why educators do not analyze teaching and learning within a cultural studies framework. Examines effects on youth of popular media, economic conditions, and violence through a discussion of films on youth culture. (SK)

Links ethical theories to the management of the product recall of the Perrier Group of America. Argues for a nonsituational theory-based eclectic approach to ethics in public relations to enable public relations practitioners, as strategic communication managers, to respond effectively to potentially unethical organizational actions. (SR)

This article reviews the principles and shortcomings associated with the mechanistic and holistic models of teaching and learning. Speech language pathologists and teachers are urged to exploit the plurality of theories available in developing effective interventions. (DB)

Describes the negotiation and the mentoring that goes on between a student teacher and his supervising teacher. Provides responses from both participants and excerpts of a dialog between them regarding issues of theory and practice. (HB)

Recounts the experience of four instructors in a middle-level teacher education program who are attempting to integrate the curriculum as a model for their students. They explain the context of their work, describe the curriculum and their integration efforts, and report what they believe students have learned and what teachers have learned from…

Project 2000, a British curriculum development process, sets requirements for social and behavioral sciences in nursing, education, including courses in health promotion, sociology/social policy, psychology, research, and computers. Students have had difficulty seeing the relevance to nursing and many find the subjects difficult. However, a…

Considers the role and effectiveness of virtual reality in simulation-based training. The theoretical and practical implications of verity, integration, and natural versus artificial interface are discussed; a three-dimensional classification scheme for virtual reality is described; and the relationship between virtual reality and other…

Describes a reading lesson conducted with a child, using a lesson framework developed for children with reading problems. Discusses each lesson component and the reasons for its inclusion in the framework. (SR)

Describes a Saint Louis elementary school's successful application of Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences theory. What began as a discussion of the nature of intelligence has resulted in a revised curriculum, varied instructional techniques, alternative assessment (using a combination of portfolios, progress reports, profiles, demonstrations…

Considers the question of whether instructional methods are replaceable or interchangeable. Topics discussed include the influence of external events on learning and cognitive processes, media variables, linking instructional design to research on learning from instruction, construct validity, and an example of adequate instructional design and…