Uses an Aristotelian perspective to discuss the relationship between educational theory and practice. Draws on Aristotle's Nichomachean ethics and his description of three forms of knowledge to show that educational theory and practice are of qualitatively different categories and thus cannot automatically enter into a "fruitful…

Through personal experience, the author reestablishes the value of some principles that are basic to the practice of rehabilitation counseling. The challenges they pose for both rehabilitation consumers and providers are exemplified, and ways of truly embracing them are recommended. (Contains 13 references.) (Author)

Provides an overview of major models in HPT (human performance technology). Highlights include diagnostic models that show where HPT can be applied; process models that show how HPT can be applied; and holistic models that are nonlinear and consist of domains that exist separately but can be combined to form an ideal performance zone. (Author/LRW)

Curriculum theories are necessary to help researchers and practitioners deal with different purposes, forms, and functions. Theories should be logical; consider curriculum sources, systems, technical aspects, planning levels; incorporate subject matter and student experiences; help practitioners use whatever is being theorized. (MLH)

Discusses how computer-assisted career counselors can become more accountable for their services by using intensive research designs. Presents overview of computer-assisted career guidance (CACG) and discusses relevance of scientist-practitioner model. Presents applicable single-subject research, including simple and complex phase changes,…

Encourages the use of theory as a foundation for group training designs and suggests how specific theories might be used. Design considerations for training groups are reviewed. Selected examples are provided in the areas of experiential learning theory, educational taxonomy, group development theory, interpersonal relations theory, team-building…

Presents metatheoretical framework built on prior conceptualizations regarding nature of social work practice. Framework consists of practice system imbedded in societal metastructure, which is system's suprasystem. Notes that framework comprehensively incorporates specific and diverse practice perspectives and theories and analyzes their place in…

Reviews history of International Alliance for Invitational Education, beginning in 1968 when two professors at University of Florida began to offer summer workshops for teachers, principals, and school board members. Includes chronology chart of events in development of Alliance from 1971 through 1992 when Alliance published its first annual…

Presents bibliography of published works and research papers compiled for individuals interested in invitational theory. Entries in the bibliography further elucidate major underlying concepts and assumptions of invitational theory and seek to expand and refine concepts and assumptions. Most entries describe applications of the model. Bibliography…

Uses the analogy of squeezing two glasses of orange juice from 4 pounds of oranges, no matter how many oranges constitute 4 pounds, to illustrate the distinction between art and science, as between counting right answers and constructing measures. (SLD)

Describes the use of Personal Construct Theory and Kelly's Repertory Grid as a method for making explicit the tacit, implicit, and informal theories that underlie practice. Discusses the relationship between informal theory and formal theoretical frameworks. (SK)

The first part of this paper discusses the nature of theories and why some understanding of this abstract subject is of value in the practice of evaluation. The second part looks at the dependence of good practice on a minimalist theory of evaluation and what such a theory entails. (SLD)

Argues for a new materialism. States rhetorical studies can achieve a new materialism by emphasizing how rhetoric traverses a governing apparatus as a technology of deliberation. Contends rhetorical studies will need to abandon a logic of representation for a logic of articulation to better account for how rhetorical practices distribute different…

This article discusses issues in bridging the gap between research and practice in the field of bereavement. A conceptual framework is developed that emphasizes that the gulf reflects the lack of exchange and mutual influence between researchers and practitioners. Studies are presented using qualitative and quantitative methods to gain a better…

This essay explores the thorny issue of theory and practice, partly in response to the special issue of the Journal of Philosophy of Education (37.2, 2003) but more especially as a way of offering a critique of Joseph Dunne's book, Back to the Rough Ground (1993). It argues that Dunne's notion of phronetic techne risks the reduction of philosophy…