The National Career Development Association (NCDA) Board commissioned a study to determine the reactions of readers to the "Vocational Guidance Quarterly." The survey of 193 NCDA members revealed that over 90 percent of respondents reported reading one or more articles from the Quarterly, and 70 percent expressed positive or very…

In responding to reviewers of his article on the professional identity of student affairs professionals, Rickard explains why he felt the need to write about the state of the student affairs profession. Responds to issues raised by each of the several reviewers. (NB)

Discusses the problem of criticizing students' interpretations of poetry. Argues that faulty interpretations should only be ignored for artistic reasons, but should be called mistakes for factual and experiential reasons. (MM)

Shows how one teacher answered student questions about how a particular piece of literature came to be regarded as worthy of in-depth examination. Proposes that students be taught about various critical approaches, including Jungian/archetypal criticism, formalism, reader-response criticism, socio-historical and biographical criticism, and…

Examines the rhetorical constructs of the "question-and-answer format" as it has been used widely both in popular, informative, advertising, and journalistic literature. Considers its classical origins, its intent and effect, and the ways in which it plays on the reader's resistance. (TB)

Offers one reading of Cynthia Voigt's "Jackaroo," a novel set somewhere in the Middle Ages about a young woman named Gwyn who struggles with the limitations her culture imposes on her as a woman. Discusses John Dewey's belief that the reading process involves readers in new experiences that force them to revise their basic understanding of the…

Discusses ways in which Mikhail Bakhtin's two key ideas--multivocality and carnival--are played out in John Knowles' novel "A Separate Peace." Suggests that the novel will remain vital, alive, and accessible to students as long as they hear, respond to, and participate in the dialogues in the novel. (RS)

Relates one experience of teaching poetry in a rural high school in Jamaica. Recounts the teacher's reflections on her observations of the teaching of the same poem (Michael Smith's "Mi C-YaaN beLieVe iT" written in Jamaican Creole) taught in a poetry class in rural Jamaica and a British classroom. (RS)

Discusses what will affect the literature for the children for the future, changes that have already occurred that will carry into the next century, and multicultural literature. (RS)

Responses to previous four articles on integration of counseling psychology and neuropsychology. Contends that articles provide persuasive arguments for offering basic coursework in neuropsychology in counseling psychology doctoral programs. Raises concern that expanded training in neuropsychology may result in minimal training being…

Responds to earlier four articles that discussed rationale for inclusion of neuropsychology training in counseling psychology programs. Considers three issues primary to continued coordination between these specialties: minimal proficiency versus specialization; counseling psychology identity; and integration-combination or synthesis. Argues…

Asks the reader to try to make sense out of one student's response to Adrien Stoutenberg's poem "Reel One." Presents the student's reading and an analysis of the student's reading. (HB)

Responds to earlier article by Carolyn Zerbe Enns on feminist counseling and psychotherapy, noting that Enns could have elaborated on what the challenge of multiculturalism meant for the future of feminist therapy and counseling. Asserts that tendency to overgeneralize from data and information gathered from experience of white women continues for…

Responds to previous article by Fry (1992) on social theories of aging. Commends Fry on his detailed, factual retrospective look at gerontological literature, yet fears that article presents flat, linear, stereotypical picture of working with older adults. Reaction focuses on three specific areas of concern: language, demographics, and treatment…

Responds to previous article by Fry (1992) on social theories of aging. Expresses wish that Fry had not included so many marginally useful or discredited theories and had instead concentrated on more careful treatment of remaining theories, particularly disengagement theory, continuity theory, and socioenvironmental theory. Also wonders about…