Civic education reformers identify a need for integrating visions of education and citizenship. This article identifies and analyzes the prescriptions of four distinct groups of civic educational reformers: civic imperials, civic spiritualists, civic intellectuals, and civic communitarians. (IAH)

Many current school designs ensure the continuation of pedagogical practices aimed at molding American students into a standardized product. The article suggests education must be a fundamentally aesthetic enterprise where each student is challenged to see life as an ongoing project that is comparable to creating a work of art. (SM)

This paper examines ways to evaluate the potential efficacy of educational innovations and offers strategies for assessing the potential success of borrowing ideas or practices from another setting. Also examines an alternative school system, the Waldorf Schools, and discusses how to move between contextual frameworks and become aware of aesthetic…

This article describes and analyzes the encroachment of economic interests, ideologies, and procedures into the educational system, and discusses the impact of this encroachment on social equality in our society. (IAH)

Several recent reports which call for educational reform see the primary function of the nation's schools as serving the interests of economic productivity. A prevalent theme of these reports is that school practice should be modeled after the corporate workplace. Implications of such an environment for civic education are discussed. (IAH)

Proposes a cultural model with alternative narratives for education that considers student and teacher diversity. The article highlights black culture, discussing why it is in the best interest of the global community to recreate the current mainstream narratives, thus helping teachers reclaim their own landscapes by employing alternative…

Discusses the actual subjects of study in science-technology-society (STS) education. The article looks at why it is being promoted, on what grounds, and by whom. It notes what alternative views compete with it, who will benefit, what constraints should be acknowledged, and what consequences can be anticipated. (SM)