Focuses on status of drug education as change agent; complexities of education and research as partners; and need for compelling alternatives to provide solution choices to drug problem. Claims future can be commanded by putting values of democracy back on drawing board, as an overarching context in the search for ideas and compelling alternatives…

Responds to previous article by Steenbarger on science-practice integration in brief counseling and therapy. Focuses specifically on the integration of science and practice in brief psychotherapy. Elaborates on agreements and disagreements concerning Steenbarger's analysis of brief psychotherapy. Muses over what is lost as well as gained in brief…

The Management Profile, an integrated appraisal method designed to determine school leaders' individual strengths and weaknesses, is a three-tiered model of leadership roles, functions, and tasks. After receiving a confidential report profiling their individual management characteristics, administrators can develop a professional development plan…

Client-centered thinking is gradually transforming British schools, where there is increased emphasis on competitive marketing, enhanced "customer" information (for parents), and quality assurance systems. However, children are rarely seen as clients and even less seldom listened to as customers. This article explores British primary…

Discusses the notion of a musician's workstation and a curriculum for teaching musicians about the use of computers in music. Explains that the curriculum includes elements of physics and psychoacoustics, recording arts and sciences, the philosophy of technology and the musical arts, analog and digital electronic music, ergonomics, and computer…

This article introduces a series of papers on cognitive process-based instruction for students with learning disabilities. Cognitive process-based instruction is defined and differentiated from the process training advocated by S. Kirk in the 1970s. The method's basis of sound theory and academic tasks is stressed. (DB)

For too many children, our society is a fearful wasteland that mocks adult pieties and nurtures nihilism. The threat of violence cannot be dispelled with metal detectors, weapons checks, and secured hallways. Educators must adopt classroom practices that promote and strengthen peaceful relations among students and become more effective advocates…

The research on educators' belief systems about early childhood programs shows disagreement regarding "best practice." To implement a successful programmatic policy, teachers' and administrators' belief systems must be verbalized, acknowledged, and discussed. Early childhood care and education is a serious issue demanding enlightened action. (24…

Discusses changes in educational research methods over recent decades. Explores changing views of teaching and learning and what the changes mean for assessment and the content and delivery of the curriculum. Concludes that, to be effective, educational research must be relevant to education and perceived as such by educators. (SG)

A three-year project assessed the effectiveness of using a farm owned and operated by a local producer to implement, demonstrate, and transfer available technology. Responses from 104 of 340 participants indicated that on-farm demonstrations were effective. (JOW)

Relates highlights of the findings of the Modern Language Association's 1990 survey of upper-division literature courses. Discusses works consistently taught and recently added, literary criticism, educational goals, theoretical perspectives, course format, and respondent characteristics. (PRA)

Discusses in detail the findings of the Modern Language Association's 1990 survey of upper-division literature courses. Discusses works consistently taught and recently added, literary criticism, educational goals, theoretical perspectives, course format, and respondent characteristics. (PRA)

The economic theory of auctions is used to show that systems recently introduced by the British Universities Funding Council, whereby British institutions bid for students, are likely to produce similar bid prices by all institutions. As predicted, the first run of the bidding process for universities collapsed when most institutions submitted…

Evers and Lakomski's treatment of the late Thomas Greenfield's subjectivism in their book "Knowing Educational Administration" (1991) is unsatisfactory. Searching for a "better" administrative science, these authors neglect three aspects of Greenfield's work: the primacy accorded to values, the moral order embodied in…

Discusses poststructuralist theories and describes how they can be useful in explaining the phenomenon of children's gendered literature preferences. Offers insights into the complexities of gender and its connections with reading fiction. Discusses children's reading preferences in school, the publishing industry, the school curriculum, and…