Presents an accessible overview of modernism, postmodernism, and post-structuralism. Describes their characteristics, identifies how conceptions of literacy have changed as an outcome of post-structural and postmodern influences, and describes what literacy instruction looks like within each movement. (SR)

Describes an environmental-education research project in North Borneo that takes as a given that different social actors begin with different perceptions of environmental problems based upon different rationalities. Using an innovative educational mechanism called the adaptive concept, an intervention was designed, tested, and evaluated. Contains…

Web-based training will probably become the medium of choice for most technology-delivered training because of its worldwide accessibility and the ease with which it can be updated. The effect it will have on learning will depend on how well principles of learning and instruction are applied. (JOW)

Applies principles of the student learning movement to activities of the campus-activities professional. Current activities that either enhance or impede student learning are identified. Recommended strategies address advising individuals and organizations, program design and development, and information design and delivery. (DB)

Examines the attitudes toward schooling of middle-class, college-educated mothers in order to discern their curricular and pedagogical preferences, particularly as related to progressive education. Indicates a lack of support for progressive forms of schooling among its supposed proponents; middle-class, college-educated parents espouse typically…

Describes the principles of the Balanced and Restorative Justice (BARJ) model and how these principles are expressed in a program serving delinquent and dependent youth in Pennsylvania. Discusses creating a BARJ culture, competency-based curriculum, unique features of the Pennsylvania program, and student discipline. (SR)

Argues that inquiring must be the dominant feature of education. Notes that traditional education has treated children's thinking and inquiring as of little pedagogical worth; yet education that prepares for the exercise of judgment rests upon teaching students to cultivate the thinking process. Argues that schools must accept responsibility for…

One of a series of articles on principles of good practice in legal education, this article focuses on the importance of prompt feedback. Discusses some simple ways of providing students with feedback, choices in feedback (prompt or delayed, formative or summative, positive or negative), other sources of student feedback (self and peers), feedback…

Presents a set of seven faculty inventories intended to help faculty evaluate themselves in relation to seven identified principles of good practice including encouraging student-faculty contact, encouraging cooperation among students, encouraging active learning, giving prompt feedback, emphasizing time on task, communicating high expectations,…

Discusses the impact of social issues on the emergence of national system of education that are intended to foster the integrity and unity of the educational domain of Russia. Focuses on a definition of national schools, the goal and purpose of education, and the factors involved in the development and structure of national schools. (CMK)

Examines the impact of reductionist discourses of the market upon the management and delivery of teacher education drawing on observations in England, Wales, and Australia. Discusses the rise of the reductionist fallacy and the pressures placed on educational middle-management by the state. (CMK)

Addresses six environmental variables that can influence the behaviors of young children with disabilities: theoretical orientation of the program, amount of space available, classroom arrangement, length of the play period, effects of social vs. isolate toys, and the effects of different quantities of toys. (Author/CR)

Explains the application of five principles of stewardship to the education of gifted children: (1) teachers/parents teach correct principles; (2) students set their own goals in harmony with these principles; (3) teachers serve students as a source of help; (4) students ask for and receive help when needed; and (5) students give an accounting of…

Examines in a contextual framework the curriculums used by community colleges to educate and train criminal justice students. Identifies philosophies used by different programs, and focuses on how they meet the needs of students and the industry. (AS)

Provides European evidence supporting the notion that high academic standards and knowledge of the importance of education can help average students excel in school. A typical, average 9th- and 10th-grade test is provided to illustrate what average students can achieve under educational systems designed to elicit the best from all. (GR)