One of the important tasks of supervisors and educators in the human service fields is to provide their fieldwork students with models of appropriate ethical behavior and decision-making. The ethical training that educators provide to students in the helping professions will greatly influence how prepared students feel to navigate through…

Many students believe that math is something one learns about, but they do not understand that it is a tool for learning about other concepts. Mathematics is a language used to describe the relationship between objects, events, and time. Learning math requires that a student interacts with a system of symbols just as a person interacts with…

Administrators in any field are often called upon to make decisions involving ethical considerations, but are not always well prepared or prone to do so. This situation of being faced with ethical concerns is perhaps more true for educational administrators than for leaders in other arenas. Not only are administrators at school, since they deal…

Representing two very different perspectives, the Goffman Theatrical Model and the Harris Psychological Model are discussed as appropriate communication models of use to curriculum projects and the decision-making process of that complex environment. (JC)

Study results suggest that role ideals and philosophical beliefs are systematically related to teachers' instructional preferences, that philosophical beliefs may influence teachers more than teacher educators generally recognize, and that teachers currently focus on basic skills issues in making many instructional decisions. Several implications…

A discussion of some of the causes of deficiencies in evaluation and the contention that the administrator can help improve its quality by being other than a passive participant in the evaluation process. (Author/RY)

Describes Binghamton, New York's Educational Research and Services Council's model for university-public school cooperation based on volunteerism, responsiveness, bilateral decision making, a nucleus of commitment, and a sense of organizational evolution. Characteristics are operationalized through activities in the areas of curriculum…

Adoption of the Behavior Analysis Model by the Northern Cheyenne Tribe led to dramatic gains for Native Americans in (1) frequency and percent of decision making at Policy Advisory Committee meetings and (2) school board membership. The effect of this involvement is discussed in terms of quality control. (DS)