The National Writing Project, formed in 1973, is a network of 157 local writing projects committed to improving the teaching of writing. It breaks with "top-down" educational tradition by creating a "third space" in which teachers share their expertise and experiences across grade levels and curricula, and by encouraging…

Describes the development of a successful Professional Development School (PDS) initiative involving Augusta State University and four very diverse county school districts, presenting information on the context and background of the PDS, principles guiding the PDS initiative, operative dimensions of the PDS initiative, program and performance…

This paper reviews transmission of human immunodeficiency virus and stages of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS); AIDS symptoms in children; special complications for children with disabilities; and responsibilities of special educators, including, among others, inclusion in schools, interdisciplinary team management, providing a family…

Presents results of empirical research examining job satisfaction among proprietary school teachers in the new Laender in Germany. Identifies three main areas of concern; academic freedom, professional satisfaction, and job-related stress. Suggests significant differences between these findings and those of earlier studies. (MJP)

Discusses the prevalence and power of rituals in school settings, focusing on the potential of rituals to instruct through cognitive and affective channels simultaneously. Notes the positive benefits of rituals such as fairness, cooperation, and respect for others. Describes the three stages of ritual: separation, transition, and incorporation.…

Discusses ways in which church-state expert Father John Murray's challenges to church-state separation laws have set standards for their application to American education and generated debate on diverse social matters. Reports that many of his arguments were later translated into Catholic educational policy. (AUTH/NB)

Examines factors contributing to and preventing the implementation of developmentally appropriate practice (DAP) in early childhood education. Presents basic guidelines for DAP, illustrates the use of "both/and" thinking in early childhood practice, and describes the conversion of one school district to DAP. Concludes that administrative…

Outlines the inappropriateness of the market approach to higher education. Suggests that the future success of the Academy is facilitated by institutional collaboration, and that network technology is a tool that should be used by the Academy to remain true to its educational mission: the creation of new knowledge. (AEF)

Analyzes morality as lived, and morality as rationality of thought in pre-school children. Argues that small children have a morality, but that it is lived rather than reflected upon. Highlights the importance of the ontological basis and its role in determining what becomes possible for a researcher to study. (Contains 12 references.) (NB)

This chapter surveys the history and theory of men's studies, a field concerned primarily with masculinity and other aspects of men's experience and identity. It argues that men's studies would be an ideal foundation for our work with college men and offers guidelines for programs for men.

The development of beginning teachers' practice during a school placement is a multiplicity of mediated interactions between university- and school-based systems. Both systems have the common aim of training effective teachers. However, day-to-day internal institution matters can cause tension between the learning goals set out for the beginning…

A profession has been defined as a calling requiring specialized knowledge and intensive academic preparation. At the University of Missouri-Columbia, specialized knowledge and intensive academic preparation have been the hallmarks of its program since its inception in 1839. The University of Missouri-Columbia (MU) is the flagship and land-grant…

Drawing on Charles Peirce's descriptions of his correspondence course on the "Art of Reasoning," I argue that Peirce believed that the study of logic stands at the center of a liberal arts education. However, Peirce's notion of logic included much more than the traditional accounts of deduction and syllogistic reasoning. He believed that the art…

The purpose of this article is to explore the effects of an alternative, transformative andragogy, i.e., the art and science of helping others to learn, designed to be responsive to the challenges of preparing educational leaders committed to social justice and equity. Three aspects of Mezirow's (1990) Transformative Learning Theory, which in…

To develop a computer system to support cooperative learning among distributed students; developers should consider the foundations of cooperative learning. This article examines the basic elements that make cooperation work and proposes a framework for such computer supported cooperative learning (CSCL) systems. This framework is constituted of…