Identifies crucial elements of black feminist theory as they surface in the scholarship and activism of black women at the end of the second wave of feminism in the 1970s and the beginnings of the third wave of feminism in the 1980s and 1990s. Socially constructed categories of race and power are emphasized. (SLD)

Offers insights into how a group of secondary science teachers came to enter the field of teaching. Suggests that the decision to teach is the outcome of a number of unpredictable and contingent factors. Includes 22 references. (DDR)

A hospital database was used for problem-solving activities in nursing education to enhance theory-practice integration and transition of entry nurses. Faculty faced a challenge in integrating the critically reflective curriculum with the highly prescriptive database. (SK)

Observes that the relevance gap between educational practice and research is often seen as a methodological problem, but communicative and social issues are also important. Uses economics ideas about tacit capability and Jurgen Habermas' account of communicative action to explore social problems in the relation of educational practice to research.…

Britain's National Health Service has a flexible program for achieving professional qualifications in information management/technology in health care. It is based on the concept of professional artistry, a constructivist view of professional practice as a practical art. (SK)

As a supplement to student development research, reviews clinical psychological research on the concept of purpose in life. Provides implications and recommendations for practice in the higher education setting. Proposes that by encouraging students to identify a purpose in life and assisting them in this process, student affairs practitioners may…

Presents information on counseling roles and discrepancies in role implementation based on cited models. Results of study reveal that school counselors continue to meet student needs through individual counseling in the traditional manner. Argues that counselor educators should begin to include brief counseling models, more definitively teach…

Introduces issue of collected articles that work towards providing an integration of and across-fertilization between education- and mental health-oriented theory, research, and school-based practice. The articles seek to show how academic and social-emotional assets and problems are interrelated and how schools have a role in their development…

Examines the scientific evidence supporting claims about phonemic awareness (PA) instruction. Presents a quantitative meta-analysis evaluating the effects of PA instruction on learning to read and spell. Concludes that PA instruction was found to make a statistically significant contribution to reading acquisition. (SG)

Notes that the practicum course helps students navigate the transition from theory to practice. Describes the author's experience with this program over two semesters noting the improvements made for the second semester. Presents data from student surveys regarding effectiveness of the practicum course. (SG )

Discusses how the Knowledge-Information-Service Era is reflecting exponential changes in social, economic, government, career, education, work, and other life systems. Argues that changes in work and workplace present a challenge to education to provide concentrated attention to career development, and that school counselors have a changing role…

Used the experiences of three preservice teachers and the experiences of the researchers to characterize the gap between theory and prescriptions for teaching and every day practice. Illustrates how P. Bourdieu's notion of "habitus," a set of dispositions, accounts for appropriate actions in situations where there is no time for…

In Qualified Vocational Instruction, one-third of instructional time consists of advanced application of theory in the workplace. Evaluation of a Swedish pilot project suggests that it is successful, but possible future paths (integration, separation, continuation, or liquidation) depend on political choices about the public/private role. (SK)

Reviews the use of readiness assessment measures as a strategy for improving career services. Proposes a five-step process model for readiness assessment and identifies current readiness measures. Continues with a theory-based conceptualization of readiness and links readiness assessment to the selection of career interventions designed to meet…

This article reviews key applied research issues relevant to people with autism, including: systems delivery models and issues, how best to integrate treatments, providing treatments to those with limited monetary resources, cost and cost/benefit analyses, how to educate adult psychiatrists regarding autism, and gaps between research and practice.…