This article presents the American Indian antinuclear stance which asserts that Native Americans will fight along with others against EXXON, Kerr-McGee, and other big mining companies. (Author/RTS)

Related how a high school newspaper staff published a special issue featuring in-depth coverage of a controversial situation in which students were protesting the dismissal of the school principal. (GT)

Attempts to replicate the finding that Black preschool children of parents strongly identified with the Black movement show more White doll choices than children of less active parents. Clark Doll Test data support the findings of Floyd (1969). On the PRAM II no difference related to activism was found. (Author/RH)

Describes how one professor at California State University Monterey Bay teaches students to break silences, to "witness their lives," to be engaged and responsible community members, and to bring together craft and critical inquiry. Focuses on the vision for and founding of the school's Creative Writing and Social Action Program,…

States there has been an expectation that the education industry can be managed like any other commercial enterprise with an emphasis on forms of accountability that limit professional judgment on the part of practitioners. Examines growth of the audit society and its consequences for professional practices in education. (BT)

Offers an understanding of "class activism" that focuses less on the putative emotional needs of working-class students, of whatever ethnicity or gender, and more on the ways hierarchy and distinction are reproduced within and outside of the various institutions of higher education. Suggests that it is possible and even desirable for most people…

Discusses the life and work of Anne Lang-Etienne, a dissident occupational therapist who moved and shaped a generation of Canadian therapists and spurred the profession to action for social change. Includes 18 references. (JOW)

A narrative inquiry into the lives of nine environmental activists in nonprofit organizations depicted the role of learning in sustaining their commitment to and passion for the work. Resulting themes suggest they recognize their work as a calling or vocation. Transformative learning plays an integral role in sustaining commitment and passion.…

Describes how, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, incoming freshmen read and discussed a book about the Koran, despite attempts by a Christian group to halt the seminars. (EV)

The author presents a primer on public policy in Canada in order to stimulate and facilitate a home economics initiative to influence public policy formation, implementation, and evaluation. (Author/CH)

Recognizes and describes the efforts of eight inductees into "E Magazine's Kid Heroes Hall of Fame." A side bar discusses the need for an environmental education curriculum that allows elementary children to explore and learn without worries of planetary crisis. (LZ)

Describes environmental education in Russia, including the Association for Environmental Education (ASEKO), a facilitator for cooperation between ecologists, teachers, and environmental activists. (MKR)

In a course on adult education principles, adult students shaped their critical perspectives on environmental issues by exploring theory, conducting seminars, and taking action. Academic freedom gave the space to foster activism through adult education without sacrificing rigor. (SK)

Highlander Research and Education Center, begun in 1932 by Myles Horton as Highlander Folk School, continues to provide adult education for empowerment and social change. Once active in labor organization and civil rights movements, the school now focuses on interrelated issues of economic development and environmental crisis in Appalachia. (SV)

Students in the Audubon Expedition Institute's undergraduate and graduate degree programs in environmental education get direct experience in dealing with community environmental issues. The model follows Kolb's stages of observation/reflection, concrete experience, abstraction/generalization, and application. (SK)