This study reviews the emerging studies on the topic of Chinese immersion programs in the U.S. The effectiveness of Chinese immersion programs has been proved to have positive impacts on students' language proficiency, academic performance, and cognitive development. However, challenges in curriculum and instructions, behavior management, and…

Explores current epistemological inquiries about knowledge, certainty; and the legitimacy of social contexts within debates over claims to knowledge. Considers their relevance for widespread transformations in education, especially in the areas of curriculum and teacher education. (Author/LHW)

Presents one approach to teaching that involves taking particular ways of thinking seriously and giving them top priority among various principles one needs for organizing mathematics (or other) curricula, allowing teachers to directly help students acquire selected thinking skills and aid acquisition of concepts, skills, and facts in content…

Discusses the basic principles that shaped the development of Boston University's liberal arts core curriculum. Four areas are addressed: history, tradition, greatness, and relevance. Final comments examine the core experience for teacher educators and describe one professor's success at lessening time-killing human behavior in order to accomplish…

How the acquired immune deficiency virus (AIDS) has entered the consciousness of students and teachers is reviewed; and the implications of this experience for researchers, teacher educators, and curriculum makers are discussed. Classrooms must be created in which children feel safe to explore the issues that AIDS raises. (SLD)