Discusses continuing research on college classroom communication, originally the topic of the 20th issue of this journal. Ongoing research themes include the centrality of the teacher-student relationship; the importance of immediacy, interpersonal communication, humor, conflict, and socialization; and the problem of communication apprehension.…

Examines whether prepracticum trainees' varying perceptions of the success of a role play or videotape of a counseling session alters the potency of the role play or videotape in increasing counseling self-efficacy. Study indicates that trainees' perceptions of their counseling performance success may alter dramatically the potency of role play as…

Offers a blueprint that instructors of mass media theory courses can adopt to expose students to racially inclusive research in order to encourage students to explore and employ relevant theories when probing media and race questions. Offers examples of inclusive media research, examining six prominent theories: selective-perception theory,…

Themes discussed in reviews of seven books on educational management include the profession's changing context, management of change, managerial discourses, leadership micropolitics, the shift from management to leadership, power and values, and the education/management linkage. Educational management should stress educational goals, not…

Explores two themes: the marginalization of curriculum subjects and the gap between curriculum policy aims and the implemented physical-education curriculum in Hong Kong schools. Proposes a framework (representing normative, institutional, and resource domains) to further insight into problems connected with these themes and generate policies to…

Draws upon psychoanalytic theory to study learning from experiences in group psychology. Urges the educational leadership field to consider uses of emotional conflict in group psychology, analyzes group language usage, and presents three examples of leaderless groups' efforts to transform institutional life. (Contains 52 references.) (MLH)

The link between theory and practice in teacher education is discussed and an integrative model that allows for principled learning, meaningful application, and guided reflection that helps to bridge the theory-practice gap is presented. (Author/VWL)

Discussion of adoption models for learning technologies focuses on how the use of models tends to channel and constrain thinking. Topics include the importance of practice over theory; needs assessment; committees or consultants; developing a framework; data collection, analysis, and interpretation; implementation; and evaluation and revision.…

Discusses ways of using second language acquisition (SLA) research in teaching, and argues that the correct use of SLA research should meet a set of overlapping requirements. The requirements are then applied to three sample areas of research: the question of age-effects in second language learning, the acquisition of phonology, and the…

Examines the fundamental characteristics of and reviews empirical research on performance assessment of diverse groups of students, including those with mild disabilities. Discussion of the technical qualities of performance assessment and barriers to its advancement leads to the conclusion that performance assessment should play a supplementary…

Presents a generic model implemented for the past six years that has proven effective in structuring off-site (i.e., remote) training programs of short duration (three to eight weeks) for English-as-a-Foreign-Language teachers. (Author/JL)

Examines controversial positions in the field of race relations that provide a context for multicultural interventions. Discusses issues of rejection of assimilation, the rise of multiculturalism, the acceptance of linguistic diversity, and the cultural critique posed by Afrocentrism. Notes key points in these changing attitudes for practitioners…

Provides detailed advice on how professors can use reflection in their service-learning courses. Describes how reflection is a critical component to service learning because it allows students to respond, often in writing, to the relationship between what they are learning in class and what they are experiencing at their service sites. (EV)

This article first assesses the existing "state of awareness of the research to practice gap" among 111 preservice educators. It then discusses the potential benefits associated with the improvement of this knowledge and describes a variety of programmatic options, structural and instructional, that may enhance preservice educators' knowledge,…

Introduces an example project to describe a knowledge creation process and a practical mechanism for capturing and disseminating knowledge in a small working group. Describes the needs analysis, design process, and development process. (DDR)