Maintains that sexism is the foundation on which all other forms of oppression are built. Discusses a classroom exercise in which 150 first-year students at Indiana University, Bloomington, write an essay describing a conversation with someone about homosexuality. Analyzes student essays in terms of what they reveal about the link between sexism…

Stresses the need to challenge students' unrealistic ideas and heightened expectations of U.S. presidential performance. Maintains that college courses about the presidency must stress the role of the president within the context of democratic accountability, Madisonian principles, and the separation of powers doctrine. Discusses presidential…

Describes the demographic characteristics, sexual behavior, and fatherhood status of a sample of 150 minority males under the age of 19 years from urban, low-income neighborhoods. The majority (90.6 percent) reported sexual experiences before the age of 15, and 30 percent were aware that their partners had become pregnant. (FMW)

The problem with privacy and computers is not technology but lack of systematic value education in those who use, teach, and learn about computers. A deeper issue than updating the law to the age of computers is integrating computers and the right to privacy into the world of education. (MSE)

Discusses possible problems that may arise in interdisciplinary courses due to lack of instructor education or differing value systems of teachers who are team teaching. Examines strategies for interdisciplinary education, and for the preparation of instructors. Describes potential for communication and confusion in three interdisciplinary…

Examines ritualized beginning moments of three high school teachers' classes. Reveals the moral significance of what is treated as the routine of readying a class for instruction. Teachers and students are found to share assumptions which include a sense of responsibility, a respect for role, and a seriousness of purpose. (JS)

Three cases are presented that illustrate some of the moral dilemmas in the admission process. Three practical strategies to be considered in decision making are discussed including public defense rule-of-thumb, universalizability, and role exchange. Moral issues include unequal access, confidentiality, accepting someone likely to fail, etc. (MLW)

This article discusses how the processing, form, and content requirements of written language pose challenges to professionals trying to design and implement regular or remedial educational programs. Differences between oral and written language; influences of culture, value systems, and world knowledge; and structure and content interactions are…

In two studies, a total of 213 Black and Mexican-American elementary school children were asked to respond to 8 videotaped scenes of everyday social encounters that occur at school. Actors were unfamiliar peers from the same ethnic group as the subjects. (PCB)

A review of some of the different forms that biological ethics have taken in the past and of issues which are arising suggests that ethics should be taught as a part of biological education within a framework of history, futures study, training in clear thinking, and the development of empathy. (Author/CW)

Maintains that art educators should base their theories of art, education, and discipline in the fundamental place of wonder in aesthetic experience. Examines Plato's philosophy to help understand some of the characteristics of wonder. Claims that all human experience has an aesthetic dimension and that wonder can motivate any inquiry. (KM)

University staff who teach and research in professional schools are required to commit both to traditional academic norms and scholarship and to the transmission of distinctly vocational skills and attitudes. Tensions created by these two roles and the implications of these for the functioning of a university are explored. (Author/MLW)

Data from 1972, 1980, and 1986 reveal changes in the age, activities, research methods, and professionals of professors of higher education. Some significant scholarly differences between newly appointed and female faculty and more senior, male counterparts foreshadow changes in the professoriate. (Author/MSE)

Discusses three points of view on the place of science and technology in African society. Examines the relationship that exists between cultural values and science and technology development. Provides implications at three levels of technology. (Author/YP)

Little attention has been given to the needs of international and American social work students who are preparing for direct practice outside of the United States. A preliminary model of cross-cultural social work practice is described as the basis for a course in direct social work practice in international settings. (Author/MLW)