Outlines basic premises of environmental education and guiding principles for curriculum development that were developed by United Nations conferences on the environment in the 1970s. Discusses current educational practices. Emphasizes the need for an interdisciplinary approach to environmental education that focuses on values transmission and…

Considers the different routes, and the advantages and disadvantages of each, that a school can take in developing its own vision or mission. Presents numerous questions surrounding issues such as what school visions are, their importance, and considerations in their development. Three examples of school vision statements are presented. (GLR)

Describes policies, expectations, and opportunities for students involved in high school theater productions at Nicolet High School. Outlines basic premises, teacher/student relationships, rules and obligations of the students, and auditions. (PRA)

Presents vignettes of Chinese elementary education as seen through the eyes of an American teaching in China and a native Chinese teacher. Notes that, although the Chinese and Western educational systems differ in many ways, a shared love of children unites the systems at the deepest level of belief and practice. (MG)

Aims to foster among art educators and students an awareness of how many contemporary artists are promoting ecological restoration. Grounds these artists' work historically, and discusses its view of humanity as interconnected with nature. Offers suggestions for involving art educators and students in ecological theory and artistic creation. (DSK)

Asserts that the religious educational process must recognize the need to nurture the sense of wonder because it helps to put one's place in the world into proper perspective. Explores the concept of wonder and its place as a means of integrating personal religious experience into religious education. (DSK)

Reflects on a career in science education by focusing on significant events that helped shape the practitioner's philosophy of science teaching and learning. (DDR)

Analyzes the development and implementation of outcome-based education in South Africa. Focuses on the theoretical assumptions that frame the government's policy. Examines the philosophical and pedagogical truths being established in the curriculum development, and especially mechanisms involved in shaping a South African identity. Contains 22…

Proposes the planning of educational reform with the concept of "quality-based education," which emphasizes the interdependency of educational subsystems (preschool through continuing education). Stipulates that success in one subsystem is necessary for success in the next. Examines the principles of quality education, the educational subsystems,…

Offers a reformulation of the concept of racism that incorporates both biological and cultural elements, but also includes seemingly positively evaluated characteristics in addition to more obvious negative ones. Notes problems with concepts of "reconstructed multiculturalism" and the associated liberal-pluralist conception of "the unity of the…

This article urges fundamental educational change for children with hearing impairments. It offers a new paradigm based on legal recognition of the primacy of communication in any educational delivery system. Components of such communication-based delivery systems are identified and applied in a hypothetical case. Advantages and cost benefits of…

This article identifies and discusses principles of prevention and intervention in the area of mathematics. Three levels of prevention and intervention are addressed: primary prevention focusing on universal design, secondary prevention focusing on adaptations, and tertiary prevention focusing on intensive and explicit contextualization of…

Reprints an article originally published in 1931. Suggests that the high school of the future will elevate art, music, dramatics, mechanics,and health at least as high as it now (1930) holds Latin, algebra, and chronological history. Suggests that teachers will merge their interests and responsibilities with those of administrators, supervisors,…

Discusses the ways in which the Project on High Performance Learning Communities helps middle school educators understand what happens in school reform between the implementation of the "Turning Points" recommendations and student outcomes. Discusses the role of school environment, teachers, and students in academic performance. (JPB)

Examines student teachers' beliefs about creativity, creative outcomes, and factors related to creativity. Concludes that creative outcomes were thought to be novel and not necessarily appropriate outcomes, creativity is more likely to be manifested through artistic and literary endeavors, and prior knowledge is not one of the main contributing…