Reading is an act of identity making. Because readers must complete the act of meaning making, the context and conditions of reading alter the shape of the storytelling event and the trajectory of meaning. This paper explains reading identity and pedagogy, providing techniques one professor used when teaching two novels (marking, tracing,…

Review of the 44th yearbook of the Council on Technology Teacher Education finds that it largely neglects many current controversies and studies, social and philosophical foundations, feminist critiques, and science and society issues. Its cultural limits are not made explicit, and multicultural and multidisciplinary studies are not examined in…

Presents a biography of children's book author Laura Ingalls Wilder; suggests appropriate activities related to her and the historical period of her books; and includes an annotated bibliography of her books, biographies, information material, activity books, media adaptations, Web sites, biographical information, and literary criticism and adult…

Summarizes and challenges criticism that the behavioral sciences have failed to produce long-lasting generalizations due to cultural and historical relativism and interaction effects. Using findings from meta-analysis, the author argues that considerable consistency and validity across contexts of many generalizations exists, as well as promising…

Provides titles, synopses, and publishing information on books focusing on the Latino experience either in the United States or in other Latin countries. The books include fiction and nonfiction, picture books, chapter books for intermediate and young adult readers, and adult books suitable for teenagers. Publications are divided into…

Argues that Anne Bronte, through her novel "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall," demonstrates an understanding of the unequal positions of men and women during the 19th century. Suggests that her narrative silences focus the reader's attention on questions of gender, particularly on the manner in which white male authority shapes women's lives.…

States that research and writing begin with a play of determinacy and indeterminacy, including presuppositions, formal findings, and technical and media products. Finds that this rhetorical approach leads to identifying levels and relationships. Suggests a typology for furthering dialog in science, literary criticism, and technical writing. (PA)

Suggests that although Mark Twain may have been a natural storyteller, he was not by nature a novelist. Addresses Twain's attitude towards fiction, and discusses "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,""The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,""The Prince and the Pauper,""A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court," and…

Examines the prose versions of Shakespeare plays written for children by Charles and Mary Lamb, Bernard Miles, and Leon Garfield. Suggests that the content ranges far from Shakespeare's originals and promotes values that should be questioned critically. (TB)

Discusses three factors contributing to the criticism of middle school education: the demographic success of middle schools; the growing public attitude that education is a private privilege; and the way middle school educators confuse organizational elements with intended student outcomes. (JPB)

Three books, published 1999-2000, map out a vision of education as a vehicle for human emancipation and global transformation. Their approaches to presenting the "big picture" differ, focusing on case studies of learning through local social action; the impact of Che Guevara and Paulo Freire on liberation discourse worldwide; and comprehensive…

Sketches an alternative, or perhaps an addition, to critical analysis and personal response. Notes the approach is historical and intertextual. Demonstrates this method using the popular television series "The X-Files." Shows how a description of a text can be built up through various kinds of research. Argues that historical and…

Suggests that the prevalent and persistent nature of secondary school students' naive "nature of science" (NOS) views could be largely attributed to the way science is represented in science textbooks and taught in classrooms. Examines images of NOS presented in middle-grade science trade books. Concludes that student experiences with…

Argues that the uncritical citation of Stephen R. Covey's book, "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People," in educational administration texts undermines the social-scientific foundation of university-based administrator preparation. Asserts that the Covey's book is based on Mormon metaphysics, not social science. (Contains 41…

Analyzes texts published by ExxonMobil on the issue of climate change, employing both rhetorical analysis and discourse analysis to show their uses and potential value in business communication research. Shows how both reveal the socially constructed nature "reality" and the social effects of language, but are never the less distinct in…