Based on data from a longitudinal study of teacher preparation conducted at a large midwestern U.S. university, this article describes and appraises what elementary teacher education students were taught about textbooks, what they learned, and what they did with these lessons during student teaching. (Author/TE)

This paper addresses the challenges student affairs professionals encounter in translating student development theory into practice, concluding with recommendations for maintaining a successful dialog between theoreticians and practitioners. (Author)

Provides an overview of recent research in Great Britain that is looking at children in public care over time, what happens to them, and how services can be better directed to their needs. Focuses on children who stay long in substitute care, such as family foster care or residential homes, and then who return home or live independently. (TJQ)

Presents a program for teacher education to increase the participation of students of color in teaching programs and to better prepare all teachers for careers in schools that serve diverse student populations. The program includes early internships, participation by arts and sciences faculty, and seminars to connect theory and practice. (SLD)

Adult education must become popular education in both communal and personal terms to survive funding agencies' special power-interest hegemonies, traditional higher education models, and rampant economic materialism. This article discusses six modernist constructions of adult education, highlighting professionalization and specialization, and…

This article proposes that narrative approaches to social work practice, grounded in postmodern theory, can be used effectively alongside traditional psychodynamic and systemic approaches. In narrative approaches, practitioners help clients deconstruct and reconstruct their own life stories, promoting individual empowerment. Integration of the…

Concerned with Stephen Ball's theoretical and empirical contribution to contemporary "education policy sociology," this article examines the efficacy of his theoretical eclecticism, highlighting incompatibilities in his interpretation and application of certain social and political theorists. Ball's representation of the policy cycle, as…

Several points regarding the distinction between second-language theory and practice in professional and public discourse are discussed, including theorists are rarely full-time teachers; theory tends to be imported from other disciplines; discourse tends to be authoritarian and prescriptive; and it underestimates institutional, political, and…

Explores the relationship between the Baha'i Faith and the cognitive-developmental school of psychology to promote greater communication between members of the Baha'i Faith and the therapeutic community. Concepts compared include a developmental teleology, the stagelike nature of development, and the importance of a cognitive, or epistemic, focus.…

Proposed educational reforms of instruction and the curriculum are briefly examined, and ways that research and practice can be better coordinated are discussed. Experiences in grade three mathematics instruction are shared to illustrate how blurring the boundaries between teaching and research might enhance both endeavors. (SW)

Reviews an ethnography of the life experiences in home, school, and community of 14 Mexican American immigrant children as they struggle with acculturation processes. Argues that the authors fail to achieve an "ethnography of empowerment" that puts theory into practice and improves the living conditions of its subjects, and that this notion is…

This article presents theoretical, empirical, and practical considerations of creating a bilingual (American Sign Language and English) environment in which deaf children can develop linguistic competence. Traditional environments for these students are compared with bilingual environments, and empirical support for deaf bilingualism is…

Notes that universities are looking increasingly to local programs as potential locations for research projects; provides Head Start directors, staff, and parents with an understanding of the importance of research in the continued development and improvement of Head Start as a national intervention project for children and families. Explains the…

Constructivism, which holds that knowledge is created out of each individual's own experience, is recapturing researchers' attention. To constructivists, teachers are not omniscient oracles, but nutritionists providing an environment for children to grow their own knowledge. Students might learn division by planning a field trip instead of…

This response to an article comparing guidelines for developmentally appropriate practice from the fields of early childhood education and early intervention/special education stresses the importance of recognizing the uniqueness of both disciplines and of getting recommended practices into actual practice. (DB)