This paper explores the intersection of Western art music and disability in relation to musical performance. Building on Joseph Straus's essay titled "Normalizing the abnormal: disability in music and music theory", this paper explores three main topics: the theoretical distinction in Disability Studies between impairment and disability; the…

A recent incident prompted this author to think that the life of an educator is terribly out of balance, and to demand that they find another way of living. Beginning with a description of that incident, the author goes on to recount several painful scenarios involving educators, substituting his narratives with the visuals of an appropriate…

The increase in violence in South African schools, as elsewhere, has been associated with a general "decline in moral values". There have been three different responses that emphasise the decline in religious teaching at schools, the loss of traditional values like "ubuntu," communalism and the like; and humankind's increasing…

In the early nineteenth century, there were three stage illusions in which a magician could cause a person to disappear. In one of these, the Proteus Cabinet, participants would enter a box, and simply vanish. As the designers of the Proteus Cabinet said of them, they were "Here, but not Here." My essay explores this concept in relation to…

In this article, the author criticizes the current Bush administration's handling of educational concerns and also his fellow educators. Using two stories, the author explains how the kind of humanity he used to see practiced by teachers is no longer observed today. He relates how he hears a great deal about No Child Left Behind and curricular…

The Commission on International Adult Education (CIAE) of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) provides a forum for the discussion of international issues related to adult education in general, as well as adult education in various countries around the globe. The following purposes summarize the work of the…

These days many interested observers, in both this and other countries, are asking why for so many years the Russian Orthodox Church has been persistently raising the same questions in the field of education and, very likely, will continue to do so. Some attribute it to a desire to gain power over society and limit the freedom of citizens. A few…

This collection of essays from the "Harvard Educational Review" offers historic examples of humanizing educational spaces, practices, and movements that embody a spirit of hope and change. From Dayton, Ohio, to Barcelona, Spain, this collection of essays from the "Harvard Educational Review" carries readers to places where…

Listed the literary references from which the articles in the journal were drawn. (RK)

Reviews "On Death without Dignity: The Human Impact of Technological Dying" by David W. Moller. Describes author as well grounded in concepts and theories chosen for analysis. States that the author supports contention that modern society fosters dehumanized dying which obscures death through technological control with little communal support for…

Computer assisted instruction, rather than being dehumanizing, provides benefits for both students and instructors. Seven arguments in favor of CAI are presented and nine references listed. (STS)

Humanizing education means making education value-oriented. (JA)

By raising pertinent questions relating to the process of humanization, the writers highlight several characteristics which principals can weigh in their pursuit of humanizing education. (Editor)

Story telling, an age-old human craft, is a powerful tool for contextualizing and humanizing nursing knowledge and facilitating deeper understanding of oneself and others. It contrasts with the rhetoric surrounding reflective practice. (SK)