Middle schools are responsible for preparing young adolescents for high school and helping them develop clear self-concepts and solid values. The nationally recognized Effective Parenting Information for Children (EPIC) program provides workshops for school staff and parents focusing on self-esteem issues and decision-making and problem-solving…

The movement concept approach to teaching elementary physical education provides challenges that require children to use all their resources to respond, enhancing total development through cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains. Worksheets can help teachers determine whether movement concepts are being learned and generalized to other…

Discusses the postmodern approach to education, noting its potential to encourage students of literacy who are interested in how various forms of the written word dominate a culture. The article describes 10 principles of postmodern literacy, using a story to make the point. (SM)

This article examines the value of a comprehensive, whole-person psychodiagnostic evaluation for identification of reading disabilities. It outlines the linear-maze concept of differential diagnosis of learning problems; suggests testing for organismic integrity through investigation of information processing modes, learning style, and emotional…

Thanks to four major education movements (the restructuring, effective schools and school improvement, school as culture, and demography movements), educational leaders are adopting a more holistic approach to improving schools. The four movements affect educational leaders' problem-solving behavior, the character of educational research, and…

Confusion in educational planning stems from having no clear objectives and no clear knowledge of the real clients. The new educational model involves contributing to socially useful results, not simply teaching subjects and conveying content information. Instead of relying on self-defeating techniques and mind-sets, educators can benefit from…

This commentary on a critique of holism within the learning disabilities field (EC 606 137) discusses differences between the natural and behavioral sciences, raises questions regarding the usefulness of the distinction between open and closed systems, challenges the notion that causation can be demonstrated without allowing for prediction, and…

To address the district's pregnant-student dropout problem, the Memphis City Schools initiated the Adolescent Parenting Program (APP), in cooperation with several community agencies. The program provides comprehensive services and an incentive program to ensure students' progress toward graduation. According to this program evaluation, the APP has…

Outlines the organization and activities of the Child Development Centre (CDC) of Aristotle University in Thessaloniki, which operates as a model preschool and kindergarten for over 300 similar institutions throughout Greece. The CDC utilizes art, music, visits to workplaces, movement activities, foreign languages and customs, computers,and free…

The paper proposes a zero concept, health-oriented approach to applying informatics to two health care problems: first, the lack of easily understood and used terminology linking health problems and interventions to the concept of "health"; and second, the lack of a unifying principle on which to base all aspects of health care. (DB)

Explores why so many people in Arizona--and elsewhere--have polarized themselves with regard to beginning reading instruction. Finds that at the root of this debate lie fundamental beliefs about the role of authority in child rearing. (SR)

Marshall McLuhan and George B. Leonard saw the world of 1989 as a place where "children can learn far more, far faster in the outside world than within schoolhouse walls." Their dream of graduates as enlightened explorers and researchers has not been realized. Education in the future must embrace both values and factual knowledge.…

The performance of foreign medical school graduates on multistation standardized patient-based tests was used to determine the validity and generalizability of global ratings of their clinical competence made by expert examiners. Results suggest that these ratings can be used as an effective form of assessment in this context. (Author/MSE)

Many current school designs ensure the continuation of pedagogical practices aimed at molding American students into a standardized product. The article suggests education must be a fundamentally aesthetic enterprise where each student is challenged to see life as an ongoing project that is comparable to creating a work of art. (SM)

Full-service schools are pushing traditional institutional boundaries by pioneering unique models of school, home, and community connections and serving as the hub for various cross- agency services. Diverse programs share several essential conditions: autonomy, leadership, effective governance structures, and a community emphasis. Three exemplary…