In this introductory article to a theme issue on multicultural education, the author argues for an across-the-curriculum multicultural policy based on fundamental liberal and humanistic values rather than on currently fashionable prescriptions which overemphasize race and racism or which fossilize the cultures of immigrant groups. (Editor/SJL)

Industrial arts' unique role is to teach students to think and to act, augmented by tools, machines, materials, processes, energy, and communications, to meet their present and future needs and to extend their potential. (Author/SK)

Contrasts ethical rationales for special education against the clearly identifiable motives and observable actions of special educators. Motives for special education career choice include altruism, scientific scholarship, economic necessity, opportunism, idiosyncratic bias, incompetence, and personal needs. Calls for consensus of what comprises…

Three major areas are considered: (1) "realities" in the current context that affect the mission of both independent and public institutions; (2) the nature of a mission statement and five elements it should contain; and (3) results that having a sound mission statement can provide for a college. (MLW)

In the past, physical educators and coaches have been too superficial and lax in their professional efforts. Teachers in the disciplines of physical education and sports need to develop identifiable, consistent educational philosophies. (JN)

Administrators must remember that they are in the business of selling higher education and must pay special attention to marketing ethics. High standards must be maintained to preserve the integrity of education to those who truly want to pursue it. (JAC)

Presents a process for defining high-quality adventure for all young people. Expands "progression" in outdoor adventure to include application of what is learned to other aspects of life. Emphasizes the importance to adventure education of nonadventurous dimensions such as group experience, and stresses that adventure is both medium and a message.…

Outlines principles for holistic technology education by examining the following: (1) knowing and understanding through practical engagement with technology; (2) dialectics and praxis; and (3) the work of Dewey, Hegel, Feuerbach, and Marx. Identifies four interconnected factors: humans, applied setting, environment, and tools. (Contains 20…

Discusses the significance of the psychology of education and shows how the Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning are based on the theories of cognitive psychologists and philosophers. Briefly describes the work of educational philosophers/researchers that can be matched with the components of the Standards. (AEF)

Reports on a survey of 42 post-secondary teachers about online instructional methods and strategies. The results are discussed in terms of Yelon's instructional principles: meaningfulness, prerequisites, open communication, organized essential ideas, learning aids, novelty, modeling, active appropriate practice, pleasant conditions and…

Describes the three-year development of the Standards Project for English Language Arts. Discusses the context-centered framework, "bad news" from the Department of Education, funding from the National Council of Teachers of English and the International Reading Association, working with a more linear structure, and uncertainties in the…

Presents the response of five Reading Recovery teachers to an article in the same issue of this journal by Bonnie L. Barnes critiquing Reading Recovery. Offers Barnes' answer to their response. (SR)

Finds that many immigrant parents (from China, Iran, and India) and their children oppose diametrically many aspects of emergent literacy. Discusses major differences in beliefs about teaching and learning related to accuracy/precision, focus of control, assessment/accountability, expectations, and rote memorization. Suggests a range of possible…

Presents a critical analysis demonstrating that scripted phonics programs hold student and teachers as curriculum hostages. Begins as an investigation into the uses of predictable texts to teach reading in primary classrooms. Discusses how the mandated program is so oriented to preciseness that the students are less willing to take risks as…

Presents a statement on the nature of childhood, the basic needs of the child of one to six years, and ways to meet those needs. (BB)