Shifting priorities and modernist notions of self-expression had pushed art to the fringes of the curriculum. New influences, including national goals and standards, discipline-based art education, postmodernism, constructivist teaching, and new technologies, are bringing art education back to the heart of the curriculum. (Contains 16 references.)…

Critiques the usage of "rurality"--a key term in the field of "rural" studies. Suggests that the multiple meanings of "rurality" demonstrate the rupture of sign and signification discussed in recent debates concerning ideology, hegemony, and poststructuralism. Argues in favor of a productive dialog between Gramscian…

Argues that the crisis in the English profession is primarily an administrative one. Suggests coalition building with other disciplines is not only necessary but will be possible only if those in the English profession adopt a tolerant attitude; and the postmodernism the English profession has embraced should leave room for the perspectives of…

Postmodern organizations are driven by a new set of expectations. Organizational development increasingly involves interventions based on human resource development and learning organizations. Line managers are expected to be change agents who are aware of the external environment and know how to realign internal characteristics to adjust to…

Discusses the use of existing counseling theories and interventions in a diversity-sensitive counseling context, and potential limitations of affirmative action in the American Counseling Association's organizational structure and in counselor preparation programs. At issue are the conflicting values of various constituencies, and inconsistencies…

A gap exists today between career counseling's reputation and its practice. Some view career counseling as boring, assessment driven, and impersonal, but those who actually become involved in practical experiences usually leave with a different impression. Introducing postmodern theory and practice into student affairs curriculum might attract…

Examines four factors that may cause art therapists to reject the scientific method. Gives an overview of historical developments in science to provide a background for a discussion of each factor. Includes material from anthropology, psychoanalysis, and alternative health care. Offers suggestions for training art therapists in scientific…

Includes "Foreword. Social Theory and Educational Gerontology: Themes and Future Perspectives" (Phillipson); "Can There Be a Cultural Sociology of Ageing?" (Blaikie); "Consumers, Identity and Old Age" (Vincent); "Population Ageing: Critical Gerontology and the Sociological Tradition" (Phillipson, Biggs);…

Compares three world views upon which social sciences research has been based: positivism, interpretive humanism, and radical structuralism. Outlines challenges to the assumptions of these world views posed by postmodernism and feminism. Presents questions with which to reframe continuing education research. (SK)

Draws a distinction between postmodernism as a historical epoch and postmodernism as an epistemology, creating a framework for the discussion of events in the larger society and its implications for professional practice. Explores basic tenets of postmodern analysis and relates them to current school reform efforts that advocate for principles of…

Explores influences of postmodern notions of power on structure, leadership, change, conflict, culture, and processes. Because postmodernists reject the Weberian association of power with authority, power is deemed a strategy or cluster of relations, rather than a property of institutional position. Implications for educators are profound.…

Analyzes gendered representations of Alanis Morissette, Kate Moss, and Ally McBeal. Argue that, in each case, the appropriation of third-wave feminist tenets is accomplished via a postmodern aesthetic code of juxtaposition that serves to recontextualize and reinscribe those sensibilities in a way that ultimately functions to reify dominant…

Examines a speech at Berkeley by Stokely Carmichael that revealed a potential in discourse that enabled him to develop a strategic rhetoric of blackness. Examines contemporary discursive practices addressing issues of civil rights and race in light of the principles and purposes developed by Carmichael. Challenges rhetorical scholars and critics…

Surveys critically the cultural and educational context of the period 1960-2020 and analyzes the implications for educational leadership. Sources range from early contributions of Donald Willower to the latest prognostications of experts in Cambridge and the USA. Draws both general and special conclusions and introduces a new test, the A3M3.…

Discuses five premises for a qualified theory of democratic leadership. Discusses the essential characteristics of American pragmatism, especially that of John Dewey. Describes concept of constructivism and results of constructivist research. Lists givens of postmodern theory of democratic leadership. Posits a reconstructed theory of democratic…