Recent research in two New Zealand Christian schools found that despite biblical vision and mission statements and declarations of pedagogy built on biblical foundations, actual classroom practice frequently differed little from that in secular schools. Teachers could clearly articulate their respective school's vision and goals but all except one…

Today's schools face a challenge in preparing children for the demands of the 21st century. Approaches to curriculum and instruction must be developed to provide the young with the tools they will need to survive. (CK)

A model of teacher decision-making, which describes how a teacher pursues a plan by means of a set of tactics, is presented. It is argued that teaching competence derives in part from the teacher's ability to generate appropriate tactics. Implications for teacher training are discussed. (RLV)

Feminist scholarship has given a multicultural, interdisciplinary perspective to education that has produced an impatience with curriculum that is predominantly white, male, Western, and heterosexist in its assumptions. This approach to education tends to see invisible paradigms of the academic system and the larger cultural context that…

This book synthesizes a group process conceptual framework and a practical model for facilitating learning. The book contains a curriculum of sequenced and developmental group process activities designed to make school meaningful for every student, a description of how to become skillful with the art and science of facilitative group process, and…

Noting that thinking processes cannot be separated from educational content, this two-volume collection aims to define the profound changes in educational thought during the 20th century, as well as to present examples of how these changes are embodied in excellent schools and other learning communities. Volume one is divided in three sections.…

Presenting models based on the philosophies of Carl Rogers, John Dewey, Erich Fromm, and Jean-Paul Sartre, this paper proposes a philosophical approach to education and concludes with pragmatic suggestions concerning teaching based on a fully-functioning-person model. The fully-functioning person is characterized as being open to experience,…