Provides a brief discussion of the controversial issue of logging as it relates to the extinction of the spotted owls. Suggests ways to help students understand both sides of the issue. (ZWH)

The article discusses issues related to reconstruction and the southern civil rights movement (past, present, and future). It examines historical illiteracy, politics regarding race, and ignorance about race relations in the United States. (SM)

Contends that population education must address social, religious, and political issues. Early family planning programs have been widened to include migration, life expectancy, and public health, but large sections of the population remain ill-informed on demographic questions. (DMM)

Discussion of complimentary computer software for college-level textbooks focuses on a study that investigated how a complimentary program was used and identified factors that influenced its use or nonuse. Barriers to use are described, including personal, technical, process, political, and economic factors. (Contains four references.) (LRW)

Argues that an adequate analysis of current political, economic, and cultural changes requires a firm grounding in political economy. Argues for a holistic approach to the study of culture and communication, an approach firmly rooted in political economy. (SR)

Describes the United States Catholic Conference's "National Issues Forum in the Catholic Community" (NIFCC), a catechetical program designed to encourage Catholics to learn and exchange their views about issues of national concern (e.g., health care, abortion, day-care). Highlights responses to the forum and offers practical suggestions…

Illustrates the complexities of secondary mathematics teaching and learning in contemporary multilingual classrooms. Shows how and why the language of dilemmas provides a powerful explanatory and analytic tool as well as a source of praxis in mathematics education in a changing educational and political context. Contains 21 references. (ASK)

Examines newspaper statements about a politician, describing their rhetorical work in the political context and suggesting that the three segments of the articles were conceptually distant texts due to the degree of ambiguity that made an insider reading difficult for foreigners. The paper discusses the double exposure needed to arrive at a…

Describes reflective spectator judgment with respect to political judgment and rhetorical theory, and then proposes a method of stylistic analysis that may help to identify discursive features enabling reflective spectator judgment. Illustrates these discursive features (described as participatory forms) by performing a stylistic analysis of…

Discusses how to bring political issues into the classroom, highlighting the influence of local context and noting conservative and liberal criticisms of political correctness. Suggests the need for a different idea of how to teach politically from the advocacy pedagogy advanced by recent critical educators, explaining that bringing students into…

A 1998 article on the effects of child sexual abuse created a storm of controversy and was vehemently denounced by members of the general public, media outlets, conservative grassroots organizations, state legislatures, and Congress. This article chronicles these events, noting challenges faced by the American Psychological Association to resolve…

Explains the Bridge Evaluation Model that illustrates the process and factors that determine the outcome of an evaluation. Highlights include relationships between external factors including goals, interpersonal relationships, ethics, and politics; data collection and collation; and a sidebar that offers a case study involving the evaluation of…

Analyzes Senator Bumpers' argument in the Clinton impeachment proceedings as a bias type of "ad hominem" argument. Notes specifically Bumpers' argument that the House Managers were not fulfilling their proper roles in the proceedings. Claims Bumpers' bias position was reasonable in the argumentative context in which it took place. (NH)

Discusses adolescents' lack of interest in news and relates it to their apathy and cynicism about wider social and political issues. Examines whether the news media are to blame for this situation, and to what extent they might help overcome it. Discusses how news media, and the social and political issues they represent, can be made relevant to…

Many teachers advocate teaching students to deliberate on controversial political issues as a powerful way of preparing them for political participation. Support for this approach recently came from a Civic Mission of the Schools report, which endorsed including political controversies in the curriculum. Specifically, it recommends that schools:…