Describes two studies of art instruction offered to secondary school students which integrated art production with critical and historical learning and provided some comparisons with non-integrated approaches. Provides observations of high school art programs that included art history and criticism as part of the integrated art curriculum. (AEM)

Recommends the following considerations for teachers who must cope with censorship in public schools: (1) clarify professional role, (2) keep community aware of curricular goals and content, (3) develop clear selection policies for materials and rationales for using controversial materials, (4) handle complaints with carefully constructed…

Defines multicultural education and its goals. Matches multicultural learning options with related areas of the affective and cognitive instructional environment. Identifies educational structures and processes that need modification in order to achieve the goals of multicultural education (e.g., institutional philosophy/norms; staff…

Suggests that while teachers may wish to guide students in their reading of literature--to give them only "good" literature and to help them see the "right" interpretations of it--such guidance leaves students' understanding to chance, and does not help them choose to think and construct values of their own. (JC)

Suggests that reading programs should be structured to include group work and interaction so that children gain a sense of "I-Thou" community through reading instruction. (JC)

Proposed reform of Swedish teacher education is a mixture of support for educational excellence, for more comprehensive compulsory school teacher education, and for equal access to pre-service and inservice teacher education facilities, but overemphasis on geographical accessibility threatens the program's comprehensiveness. (MSE)

Outlines the predicaments facing the academic profession and focuses on four major propositions: (1) the decline of the faculty condition; (2) low faculty morale; (3) declining career competitiveness; and (4) the teaching/research dilemma. Concludes that the academic profession in the United States stands at a crossroads. (IW)

Comprehensive business foreign language instruction must include cultural factors affecting the business environment of the target language. An example of a business German class illustrates the need for: cultural exchange with persons speaking the target language; review and eradication of stereotypes; and studying effects of cultural differences…

Four papers discuss how to: (1) help physicians under direction of a psychologist teach psychological material to other physicians; (2) introduce family practice teaching into residency programs; (3) teach developmental psychology to physicians; and (4) help psychologists and physicians understand and negotiate their different backgrounds and…

Comments on the history of visual arts in American education. Discusses changing emphases in art education, including a dialogue between teachers and students. Objects to the Paideia Proposal's inclusion of a focus on morality in public education. Briefly covers other Proposal topics: coaching artistic activities, spiritual growth, teacher…

Explores the linkages between Thomas Hardy's poem "The Darkling Thrush" and the thrush scene in George Orwell's novel "1984." Suggests a variety of enrichment projects for students that deal with aspects of these two works. (RBW)

Includes eight articles: Judith Dwyer and Francis Meehan on nuclear education for Catholic undergraduates; Kathy Greeley, Susan Markowitz, Carol Rank, Roberta Snow, and Lisa Goodman on high school curricula developed by peace organizations; Charlotte Watertow on global solutions; Michael Antrim on the science of nuclear energy; Frederick…

To explore whether teachers' attitudes toward pay for performance are the result of experience or socialization, or whether teachers are already predisposed to prefer pay systems not based on performance, and whether some forms of performance pay might be preferred to others, a study was conducted of the pay system preferences of students…

Many higher education leaders are adopting measures that may contribute to better governance, but unless they also look at how the phenomenon of culture shapes the way their board members behave as a group, they will miss the forest for the trees. The best trustees and presidents grasp the paradox of assembling a number of highly competent…

High school principals confront ethical dilemmas daily. This report describes a study that examined how MetLife/NASSP secondary principals of the year made ethical decisions conforming to three dispositions from Standard 5 of the ISLLC standards and whether they could identify processes used to reach those decisions through Rest's Four Component…