This article addresses the issue of what the process of participating in educational criticism feels like. Certain intellectual and emotional pleasures and perplexities that were confronted by the author while taking part in an educational criticism project are discussed. (CJ)

This paper presents reflections and reconsiderations of notions about educational criticism. Several issues about the process of educational criticism need to be explored: (1) the metaphor of criticism; (2) exemplifying and elaborating methods for criticism; and (3) exploring the critic's role. (CJ)

Graphical representations of nominations and citations of colleagues in seven scientific fields--information science, human systems management, future studies, general systems, topology and differential geometry, and polymer chemistry--are presented. Conomination analysis and cocitation analysis are compared as techniques to study structure of…

Swedish faculty, researchers, and administrators were surveyed on their feelings about recent organizational changes in the university system. Attitudes varied among the target populations on these objectives: integration of disciplines and functions, spreading of resources, equality, emphasis on teaching, and reorientation of research, including…

Teachers and researchers collaborating to implement and evaluate a pilot programme seems straightforward enough. However, unless appropriate steps are taken early to select appropriate staff and encourage shared definitions of the project's purpose, differences in understanding, as well as different priorities, values, and allegiances may…

Excerpts from a discussion among five applied linguistics researchers with an interest in second-language acquisition (SLA) focus on three issues: important recent advances in SLA research, transmission of research findings to teachers, and maintenance of communication between the worlds of theory and practice. (MSE)

High school students' (N=500) and elementary school students' (N=30) dietary reports did not appear to be affected by the apparent attitude toward good food habits of the persons asking for the information. It appeared that the subjects, to the best of their ability, were telling the truth to the investigators in the two studies reported.…

Research in the neurosciences is supplying much useful information for teachers and curriculum planners. Particularly promising areas of study are brain growth, periodization, and cerebral lateralization and dominance. More interactions between researchers in learning psychology, curriculum design, and the neurosciences is necessary. (FG)

Using a personal experience as illustration, describes the unique situation posed to scholarly trained social scientists by television interviews and public appearances. Points to the need for training in media-related activities, as well as commitment and concern, if educators, researchers, and social scientists are to use mass media effectively.…

Discusses the results of interviews and questionnaires on the oral communication skills needed by research scientists. Proposes an oral communication course for science majors and generally summarizes its content. (JMF)

Contrary to most sociological researchers' assumptions, (1) intake workers in juvenile courts regard court appearance as the more lenient screening option; (2) base their screening decisions on considerations not directly related to the individual offender; and (3) develop records that deliberately obscure their actual case handling. (Author/GC)

Reviews the progress of communication research within two decades. Notes the increasing reliance on theory, the greater emphasis on programmatic research, and the attempts to fit methods to particular research objectives. These advances, along with an increasing number of capable researchers, have heightened the credibility of communication…

Lists the names and addresses of 12 sources of research in the academic sector and describes the types of research publications available from each. (CHC)

The attitudes of biologists in Australian universities towards teaching and research are compared with those of their British counterparts. Both prefer research to teaching, and four major problems in undergraduate education are analyzed in these terms. (MSE)

Reports on interviews conducted with researchers, administrators, and teachers at the Brewer-Porch Children's Center for the emotionally disturbed (Tuscaloosa, Alabama). The three groups were asked for their perspectives on the research role of the classroom teacher and on problems teachers face in research participation. Possible solutions are…