A teacher from the Free School (Albany, New York) reflects on his experiences at the Stand for Children rally in Washington, D.C. The rally brought together hundreds of thousands of children to focus attention on the nation's responsibility for meeting children's needs; however, it could have had more impact if children themselves had organized…

Discusses the Malawi Primary Community Schools Programme. Analyzes the strategies of the program in terms of its impact on the poor and its influences on other policies and strategies to aid the poor. Concludes that the program would be more effective as part of a broader multi-sector strategy. (CAJ)

Conceptions of effective teaching held across various school organization roles (teacher, principal, and board member) are explored, and their implications for teacher evaluation policy are discussed. Data suggest that views of these roles vary in complexity and focus and that successful evaluation requires attention to these views and political…

Evaluates the political attitudes of students at three West Virginia higher education institutions based on the effects of service learning. Indicates that students learn about and feel helpful towards their community and develop academic skills. (CMK)

Finds dissatisfaction among professionals in social psychology with the style, focus, and caliber of research. Suggests that understanding knowledge production among academics should include influences on research, such as political ideologies of professors, student selection and socialization, and system survival demands. Provides a four-page…

Examines the effect of gender, sex role orientation, and political orientation on attitudes among 46 male and 62 female first-year university students in Perth, Australia, concerning nuclear weapons. Females were found to be more opposed to their development and use. Discusses practical implications for political behavior. (DM)

Probes the intrinsically political nature of education. Distinguishes between liberation through knowledge and indoctrination. Maintains that the task of liberal educators is to open students' minds, not possess them. Argues that the possibility for liberal education relies on the discovery of transtemporal, transhistorical, transcultural truth,…

Discusses the life and work of Eduard Leisching, concentrating on his advocacy of education for those deprived of early education. Traces Leisching's path to popular education, and describes Leisching's establishment of the Society for Popular Education in Vienna in 1886. Reconstructs Leisching's educational philosophy, and considers Leisching's…

Examines three groups of studies that demonstrate what communication research has to say about the relationship between peace and news, between war and the media. Presents a model of five discourses used in the coverage of war and peace in the news media. (MS)

Reviews research on children's knowledge of politics. Covers research on authority figures, national symbols, national identity and geographic location, international politics, and peace and war. Three theoretical frameworks for understanding children's political thinking are discussed. Lists 39 references. (RJC)

Discussing how the Kuwaiti political system has affected teaching methodologies, the author presents the goals of the University of Kuwait political science department. Examines the department's curriculum, teaching staff, degree requirements, student enrollment, teaching methods, and the scope of department activities. Concludes that the…

Analyzes 231 comic strips and 126 editorial cartoons featuring homelessness to uncover differences between public opinion manifested in popular culture and views held by local and national power groups. Finds that 57% of comic strips and 30% of editorial cartoons are neutralizing, either by using the homeless as "props" for other stories or issues…

Argues that most public-opinion research results from an implicit metaphor of citizens as "political consumers" and media messages as "hypodermic injections." Offers an alternative "conversational" metaphor. Describes a focus group project examining the relationship between television and public opinion. Presents…

Argues that the language policies in North and South Korea are in some respects divergent and in others convergent. The North uses more nativized words, while the South retains Sino-Korean words. Awareness of each other's policies and their implications in the event of reunification is evident in the regressive measures taken. (23 references) (CK)

The year of 1994 resulted in limited action on disability policy but sweeping political change. A few important laws were enacted, including the Technology-Related Assistance Act Amendments, Developmental Disabilities Act Amendments, Social Security Act of 1994, and the reauthorized Elementary and Secondary Education Act. President Clinton made…