Describes the Diversion and Drug Treatment program, known as "Drug Court," in Miami (Florida) in which nonviolent drug offenders have prosecution of their cases deferred while they participate in a court-ordered drug-rehabilitation program. Those who successfully complete the program have their cases dismissed. Whereas typical recidivism…

Traditional American Indian education reflects beliefs that no single absolute truth exists, and that children learn by observing and interacting with others who know bits of the truth. Mainstream education sees teachers as the most important dispensers of universal truth learned in linear fashion. These views may be incompatible. (SV)

In the last essay of a yearlong series celebrating the hundredth anniversary of "The American School Board Journal," Barbara Bush encourages school boards to reorganize and empower the community around the school. Collaboration between helping agencies should be the goal. (MLF)

J. Robert Hanson responds to questions concerning the "learning style" and "perceptual and judgement functions," styles common among developmental students and members of particular ethnic/social groups, the modification of teaching styles to accommodate students, coownership of the classroom, and ways teachers can facilitate…

The whole-language approach is discussed as a perspective-in-practice anchored in a vision of a equitable, diverse society. (Contains four references.) (LB)

Preservice teachers need educational experiences that challenge them to connect disciplinary ideas. In a hyphenated curriculum, they work with ideas from various disciplines while thinking about their own practice, practicing integration in real classrooms. The article describes two programs that required preservice teachers to integrate general…

Michael Polanyi's 1958 book "Personal Knowledge" explains how models and world views form the core of human life. The paradigmatic context in which today's schools function derives from an outmoded 19th-century agrarian economy. The new millennium context turns around the explosion of information technologies and the globalization of…

Discussion of information systems methodologies that can contribute to interface design for public access systems covers: the systems life cycle; advantages of adopting information systems methodologies; soft systems methodologies; task-oriented approaches to user interface design; holistic design, the Star model, and prototyping; the…

For most English-as-a-Second-Language students, writing is the most difficult skill to master. By integrating writing within the daily routine of language learning, students become as comfortable with writing as they are with speaking and reading. This article presents practical examples for integrating writing within everyday K-12 classroom…

Examines three circumstances likely to alter the organization of acquisitions expertise in libraries: holistic understanding superseding specialized expertise; diverging futures for acquisitions expertise and acquisitions departments; and the role of acquisitions expertise outside the library. (AEF)

Examines the factors related to a holistic model for quality in distance education programs: learning involvement issues, course program administration, delivery considerations, instructional quality, and culture of teaching and learning. By surveying community college distance education program administrators, factors related to course and…

An elementary education professor taught first grade for a year and developed a balanced program for beginning readers that blended instructional methods from skills-based and holistic perspectives. The program consisted of five complementary parts: teacher read-alouds, sustained silent reading, decoding instruction, shared reading, and writing…

Explores the degree to which Nancy Ide's "Expert User's View" and "Holistic View" on teacher education in humanities education can be substantiated in Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL). Finds that most CALL courses are geared toward the expert user. Presents a rationale for a CALL course with a holistic orientation.…

Examines how Aboriginal groups and communities have taken leadership by developing their own holistic approaches to healing/wellness, based on their worldviews. Argues that a reflection on this process with an awareness of Aboriginal worldviews and cultural imperatives offers possible approaches that facilitate empowerment in working with…

Nonlinear imagination-based thinking draws on intuition to allow insight into the unseen realms that govern everyday life. Largely abandoned by Western education in favor of materialist rationalism, this faculty is being promoted by a sustainability center in Montpelier (Vermont) that demonstrates methods of harmonizing thinking, learning, and…