Several reading experts comment on the whole language approach to teaching reading and on the whole language debate. Topics include definitions of whole language, characteristics, justifications, shortcomings, and critiques. (IAH)

The Enlightenment established and bequeathed to us the scientific attitude as the proper approach to acquiring knowledge, replacing the philosophical inquiry which characterized ancient scholarship. Consequently, modern students are the passive recipients of ready-made abstract forms--theories, concepts, definitions, methods, etc.--which, in the…

Argues that excellence in education arises from understanding and meeting the learning needs of students. Discusses a holistic view of school functioning in which staff work together to create a consistent learning environment by defining common fundamental beliefs about learning and the essential elements of teaching. 5 references. (SV)

Analyzes the nature of sustainable development and the role that environmental education can play in a transformation toward a sustainable society. Discusses three rules for teaching environmental education: a child-centered education, objectivity on matters of values, and creation of environmentally responsible behavior. Provides a checklist of…

Examined how environmental education has been conceived and enacted within the same orientations that have brought on many of the environmental issues that confront Southern Africa. Provides local examples to reveal flaws in past strategies and suggests revised orientations. (Contains 37 references.) (MDH)

Examines four frequent assumptions about the relationships between adventure education and experiential learning. Suggests that learning requires more than just doing, that adventure education practitioners must encourage participants to make sense out of their experiences through reflection, and that practitioners themselves must reflect on their…

Describes how creative drama is central to the core curriculum at Cre-Act School in Pocatello, ID (a private Catholic school for grades K-8) because it triggers the imagination and discovery processes that keep education fresh and vital. (SR)

Discusses insights from both the instructional design community and members of research groups seeking to transform typical classrooms into "learning communities," and encourages discussion among members of these two communities. Gives an overview of frameworks for instructional design, and the principles of learning communities. (71…

Outlines basic assumptions and principles underlying adult education and describes today's challenges: maintaining democracy, technological changes, explosion of information, global competition/cooperation, environment, and universal human rights. Advocates a holistic world view of adult education. (SK)

This article describes the Early Literacy Program, an integrated literacy curriculum for special education students designed collaboratively among university and school-based researchers to promote classroom discourse for negotiating and constructing meanings in reading and writing. The program emphasizes holistic and contextualized activities,…

Reviews some of the attitudes and activities basic to the National Writing Project's Technology Network. (SR)

Warns against tendencies in educational circles to make lists but not check them twice. Discusses Denny Taylor's "Learning Denied" and Bart Kosko's "Fuzzy Thinking: The New Science of Fuzzy Logic," as well as seven education articles. (SR)

Fundamental changes in Eastern Europe are changing adult education. The East German folk high schools are striving to revive their democratic tradition. Educators in the USSR are applying "perestroika" to adult education principles. (SK)

Elaborates 23 principles and practices for teaching community educators to use a participative, accountable popular education approach. (SK)

Offers a list of continuing health professional education principles developed by a network of 26 individuals in 14 countries that provide a broad perspective and, as a result of this consultation with individuals of varying cultural circumstances, show differences in emphasis. Proposes personal, educational, and administrative principles.…