The discipline of teacher education and technology is poised to leave poor research behind and to remove the false wall between qualitative and quantitative methods of describing, predicting, and controlling education. The arguments used by Dewey early in the century against the dualisms of his day are still powerful and have a bearing on the…

This book helps teachers decode issues of character and discipline by offering practical ideas and research-driven theories that not only promote democratic values in teaching but also explain how to use those values when classroom management skills are being tested. The book provides examples of how practicing teachers evaluate and remedy…

This paper describes the present "state of the art" of the field of "empirical studies of literature" and explains how this state has come about, given the interdisciplinary and international character of the groups involved. This entails looking at the relationships among, for example, the disciplinary and national influences…

This guide contains suggestions for building a solid foundation of discipline and responsibility to contribute to positive relationships between parents and children. Three important steps are to: (1) model appropriate behavior; (2) provide age-appropriate choices to help children build decision-making skills and self-esteem; and (3) set…

Author discusses the traits of a good athlete and the role of a good coach. (GB)

Reviews recent court cases dealing with college student rights. (JF)

Academic integrity has been seriously attacked by the existence of companies that sell professional term papers to students. (Author/PG)

The author argues the case for the acceptance of the Law of Communications as a separate, self sufficient legal discipline with the same status as a great many of the legal subjects taught in universities.'' (Author/AK)

Educators in the humanities field should strive to teach people how to cope with the rules of society. (CK)

The discussion centers around the dimensions of classification and experience in the study of art, literature, the social sciences, and philosophy. (DB)

This replication and extension of a study of social class differences in parental use of physical punishment suggests that the widespread practice of using social class as an independent variable in socialization research suppresses important relationships between occupational group and socialization practices. (Author)

The author questions whether some children really want to be hit or whether they are in fact looking for attention. (MM)