Traces the public furor that greeted the National Council of Teachers/International Reading Association's "Standards for the English Language Arts." Discusses responses to criticisms. Argues that the language in the "Standards" is flat; the standards are meant to be guidelines, not mandates; and the emphasis was on process. (RS)

To improve the teaching skills of peer educators in Iowa Extension, workshops exposed them to constructivist and transformative approaches to adult education. Attendees identified two challenges as impediments to adopting or adapting the contemporary model for adult education: low confidence in facilitating discussions and concerns about…

Discusses developments in global education and its core elements or dimensions (issues, spatial, temporal, process). Outlines a global education curriculum in terms of skills, knowledge, values, and attitudes. (Contains 33 references.) (SK)

Vignettes of pioneering special education teachers and students illustrate trends in special education. Changes that have affected the field are described, such as technology, Individualized Education Programs, interagency collaboration, increased parental involvement, and provision of a continuum of services with the goal of full inclusion. (DB)

This article analyzes the influence of the Reagan Administration on education during the 1980s, particularly on teacher education. The administration's approach to educational reform is characterized as elitist. Major implications of this approach for teacher education are discussed, and suggested countermeasures are given. (IAH)

This article outlines the history of discipline-based art education (DBAE) and its underlying concepts, identifies and refutes significant misconceptions and criticisms of DBAE, and suggests a more balanced approach to appraisal of DBAE. (IAH)

The purpose of this article is to disclose and comment upon some of the conceptual and empirical confusions that confront a revised concept of intelligence which sees intelligence as general skill(s) that can be directly taught rather than as a relatively fixed ability. Implications for teaching thinking skills are discussed. (IAH)

Sets forth and considers educational beliefs explicitly stated by the justices of the Supreme Court in major court opinions rendered in the 1980s. The justices' educational viewpoints, in general, have turned to an emphasis on control, discipline, order, authority, and the inculcation of traditional values. (60 references) (MLF)

Discusses the influence Herbert Baxter Adams and the American Historical Association had on the development of the social studies curriculum. Focuses upon the ideological struggles within the discipline of history in order to understand the nature of the ideas from which the dominant trends in the social studies have developed. (KO)

In an effort to enhance the stature of teacher education, reformers have devised a knowledge base for the profession which focuses on research-oriented knowledge. Seven proposals are advanced to foster a productive partnership between the liberal arts and the new knowledge base. (IAH)

Shulman's reform proposal for teaching and teacher education, which is built on a knowledge-base assumption, is critiqued with reference to selected curriculum guidelines and their application to a preservice seminar on reflective professional development.(IAH)

This article questions the value of efforts to develop a universal knowledge base in teacher education. A description is provided of a teacher education program at the University of Illinois at Chicago; designed as an alternative to empirical knowledge-based teacher education programs. (IAH)

Reflects on issues and areas in which the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) has made progress or a significant contributions over the years. Points out several current social trends that demand the attention of educators. Suggests that members of NAEYC should combine their efforts to enable them to fulfill their…

Describes, from a principal's point of view, both teaching and administration, and the relationship between them, in a private elementary school context. (SR)

Ohio cooperative extension agents who completed the Principles of Adult Learning Scale had low levels of knowledge of adult education principles and practices; a slightly positive attitude toward being adult educators; a more teacher-centered teaching style; a major in technical subjects, not education; and more experience teaching youth rather…