An American teaching anesthesiology in Tanzania sought help from a member of the host culture in order to grasp cultural meanings underpinning medical education practices, using action research to develop and refine research methods and solve problems related to the need to accommodate culturally diverse students' learning needs. (SM)

Maintains that graduate and undergraduate students need to be taught how to read literature critically if they are to practice other forms of criticism successfully. States that job candidates who seem to enjoy reading literature and who demonstrate an ability and an interest in teaching reading are difficult to find. (TB)

The Getzels-Guba model of organizational social system functioning (J. W. Getzels and E. G. Guba, 1957) has proven effective as an analytical aid used by graduate students in understanding the practical dynamics of the principal's school leadership functions. Conflicts arising from the internal dynamics of the model are explored. (SLD)

Representatives of 23 institutions report that they are incorporating cohorts in their school administrator preparation programs. Students typically report a sense of belonging and social bonding, new collaboration and networking opportunities, enhanced professional confidence, and a strengthened ability to reflect on practice. Liabilities include…

Student cohort groups, intensive education, portfolio assessment, teacher coaches, student workers, and powerful learning are integral to San Jose State University's newly restructured Preliminary Administrative Services Credential Program for prospective school administrators. The program grew out of students' dissatisfaction with the previous…

Describes a graduate curriculum course class assignment, based on the work of E. D. Hirsch Jr., in which students developed video presentations featuring film and television excerpts. Discusses video as a presentation medium, its inductive nature, the concept of simultaneity, practical implications for classroom learning and identifies cultural…

Presents an instructional activity in which graduate students examine information about a case, then render an opinion based on the referral. Uses a computer program to create an interactive format in which students can experience authentic cases. Suggests that case studies be used as the basis of class discussion. (DSK)

Discussion of the paradigm shift regarding the instructor's role as facilitator focuses on an action research conducted in a graduate course in which the presenter employed teaching strategies that encouraged students to learn collaboratively and independently from the instructor. Explains the use of computer-based applications, including Web page…

This article describes the use of an admission's portfolio by the graduate degree program in gifted education and talent development at Minnesota State University, Mankato. The benefits of the admission's portfolio are discussed, including retention of students and insights that assist with guiding students toward meaningful graduate products and…

Addresses the training of scientific cadres in the Republic of Bashkortostan over the past five or six years, indicating that certain observable tendencies are characteristic of Russia as a whole. Considers how to improve the effectiveness of the training of science cadres. (CMK)

Reviews the status of graduate education for women in the United States and Canada, historical perspectives on women's work in the workplace and home, and barriers to graduate education for women. Uses psychological and liberatory models of feminist pedagogy to elucidate a feminist direction for graduate education. (Contains 49 references.) (SK)

Although counseling psychology trainees are increasingly exposed to suicidal clients, research suggests that comprehensive, systematic training in suicidology in counseling psychology programs rarely occurs. This contribution provides counseling psychology educators and practitioners with an overview of the field of suicidology as it applies to…

Elaborates on some of the issues raised by Werth and Holdwick, and Westefeld et al. (2000, [this issue]). Comments on the implications for the training and clinical practice opportunities of counseling psychologists. Seeks to analyze certain aspects of the state of the art in these fields to stimulate and challenge thinking about working with…

Discusses how effectively two courses for college faculty met the ideals of adult education described by Habermas' theory of communicative action, examining the rationale for two models of negotiated assessment, outlining the courses, discussing a theory of adult education inspired by Habermas, and examining use of the ideal speech situation as a…

Describes a system of postgraduate medical education in Great Britain that focuses on the emphasis given to the value of a planned structure and educational standards, the importance of knowing the facts, and the urgent need to support teachers. (DDR)