An engaged metropolitan university can play a critical role in transforming its region by using its resources for the solution of problems and the improvement of the citizens' lives and livelihoods. California State University, Fresno has impacted its region through university-led collaborations and partnerships such as the Fresno Regional Jobs…

Our urban-located land grant institution has long been committed to engaged research, teaching, and service. This paper describes efforts to articulate and implement a strategic urban land grant vision that places urban/metropolitan engagement at the center of our institution's "urban age" future. We describe intentional and broad-based efforts in…

Two developments have contributed to the convergence of views about the benefits of real-life and inquiry-based pedagogies in mathematics learning. First, the mathematics teaching community is increasingly focused on the learning of mathematics that involves the transfer of prior knowledge to novel problem-solving situations, a key element in…

Based on the results of a generalizability study of measures of teacher knowledge for teaching mathematics developed at the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing at the University of California, Los Angeles, this article provides evidence that teachers are better at drawing reasonable inferences about student…

There is growing evidence of cross-language transfer in metalinguistic processes related to reading acquisition and development. In particular, phonological awareness is a requisite process that shares similarities across Spanish and English. Through explicit instruction and instructional design analyses, we propose principles to facilitate…

Objectivity is a matter of degree, applying to many different types of belief. Ideally, the educator's duty is to present all relevant beliefs and exhibit them to the judgment of students. Subjectivism and relativism offer false imperatives leading to intolerance and authoritarianism. (SK)

The author deals with misplaced values of material wealth, which he feels are at a destructive level in our society. The role of the educator must be to teach or expose a higher value-the individual mind of man. Education must teach that there is more to man than what is apparent and that there are things of value beyond the material. (Author/MJ)

For effective education, the instructor must know the field well enough to (1) clarify and communicate purposes and directions, (2) identify and sequence content, (3) apply engaging methods for learning, and (4) evaluate student progress. (Author)

An introduction to the emerging phenomenon of death education: an examination of the positions of "traditional" philosophy and existentialism on death, with their implications for death education; some suggestions about the general orientation of death education as it has emerged; and some controversial observations about possible "hidden…

An introduction to the basic principles of the Montessori method of preschool education. (SJL)

Identifies the conceptual underpinnings of effective school-based drug education practice in light of contemporary research evidence and the practical experience of a broad range of drug education stakeholders. Results reveal that in broad terms, drug education should be evidence-based, developmentally appropriate, sequential, and contextual.…

The art of jujitsu provides an example of good adult education teaching techniques. Its methods include having students teach, offering practical applications, and recognizing students' needs. (JOW)

This article argues that a philosophical approach to education needs a comparative dimension and that a comparative approach to education needs a philosophical dimension. An analysis of the proper relationship between a philosophical and a comparative approach to education is developed with reference to needs, difficulties and opportunities.

As we all know, different people hold different views about politeness. To be polite, Leech thinks you should follow "Politeness Principle" while Levinson suggests paying attention to others' "Face Wants". Sometimes what the Chinese people considered to be polite may not be true according to western culture. In order to…