Offers views on several issues resulting from the growth and experience obtained in teaching English to speakers of other languages. Discussed are ironies that evolved from the growth of the profession, the relationship between theory and practice, and the problem of acceptance and recognition from academia. (GLR)

Feminist research should be for, with, and by women. It is collaborative, acknowledges researcher subjectivity, explores the uniqueness of women's experience, and encourages recognition of how change might occur. (SK)

Phyllis Schlafly's and Beverly LaHaye's essays on outcome-based education contain numerous inaccurate points, assertions, conclusions, and allegations that have appeared in various conservative newsletters. OBE is a time-honored, highly effective, common-sense way of designing curriculum, delivering instruction, and documenting student learning…

Notes that all counseling and psychotherapy relationships consist of working alliance, transference configuration, and real relationship. Draws on theoretical and research literature and uses clinical examples to offer 19 propositions about how these 3 relationship components interact with one another, how each operates across course of…

Discusses Greenfield's understanding of theory and science and its place in educational administration, beginning with the New Movement's conception of administrative science and its supposed relevance for administrative practice. Considers Greenfield's trenchant criticisms of traditional science in administration and explore his research agenda…

Revision-of-opinion literature has generally found subjective probability judgments to be conservative (underconfident), whereas calibration literature has generally found judgment to be overconfident. Reanalysis of three previous studies shows how such data can coexist and reveals the effects of methodology on judgment interpretations. (SLD)

Presents a comprehensive review of research from Latin America on alternative communication. Points out fundamental understanding about communication revealed in Latin American research. Points to ways this body of work can enrich scholarship worldwide and aid in the quest for understanding and implementing democratic communication forms. (SR)

Summarizes trends in theory and research on marriage and family therapy over the past decade. Finds particularly noteworthy the debates over the "new epistemology" and the feminist critique of family therapy. On basis of identified trends, makes recommendations for research in the 1990s. (Author/NB)

Explains a reconceptualization of writing by discussing the relationship between discourse communities and conceptual schemes and by exploring Donald Davidson's externalism. Concludes with some speculation concerning the ramifications for a theory of discourse production. (MG)

Notes that family therapy research and psychotherapy research in general have been criticized for their lack of relevance to clinical practice. Presents five-stage model, based on marketing and developmental perspective, that family therapy researchers can follow to increase relevance of their work for clinicians and other consumers of family…

Critical reflection is an essential element of successful practice. Developing a critically reflective approach to practice involves several steps: describe the task, analyze what is described, theorize about alternatives, and act on the basis of the theory. (JOW)

Makes the case that sophistic rhetoric is a mirage which vaporizes once carefully scrutinized. Believes that the practice of reproducing incoherent historical concepts is pedagogically unsound, and alternatives should be considered. Suggests specific alternative appropriations that allow educators to retain the best contributions of sophistic…

Suggests that an ongoing commitment to engage in theory talk will have more intellectually exciting consequences than building a comfortable fort out of theoretical tools of reading and writing acquired in graduate school and then tenaciously defending that territory against waves of sinister assistant professors until retirement. (MG)

Reviews research on native language (NL) listening, and discusses the importance of listening in second-language (L2) acquisition, factors that influence success or failure of comprehension of first-language or L2 messages, the role of listening in the L2 curriculum, posited models of NL and L2 listening comprehension, and proposed taxonomies of…

Comments on article by Brett N. Steenbarger in which the contextualist themes in counseling are described. Contends Steenberger recognizes and validates importance of considering cultural diversity in human development. Makes case for stage theories that do incorporate contextualist themes. (ABL)