Discusses the use of student journals as a means of assessing the intellectual journey taken by students through a postgraduate course in critical language awareness. Shows how students construct their multiple identities in their journals and how these identities are transformed or conserved as they enter a new discourse community. (Author/VWL)

Examines entrepreneurial activities in university science and technology parks that promote innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises. Highlights projects at the University of Adelaide and Australian government programs that support entrepreneurship. (SK)

Questionnaires, observations, and interviews were used to study the establishment of a postgraduate distance learning program for social work managers. Research highlighted the need for planning, efficient distribution of course materials, development of support services, integration of the program within the university structure, and development…

Provides units of study for a graduate level seminar designed to help students gain command of the conventions and nuances of filmmaking, while encouraging them to critique these conventions as they develop an emergent voice of their own. (PA)

Examines extent expectations of attendance in graduate program and its payoffs affect undergraduate major choice. Results explain why some students choose to major in fields associated with poor job prospects for undergraduate degree holders. Option to attend graduate school is not significant factor in choosing to major in computer…

Describes the development of a semester-long course that addresses issues of scientific integrity in a practical way as they arise in the daily lives of working scientists. Shares the topical organization of the course and other details. (DDR)

Presents a course design for a graduate level seminar in writing for students concentrating in either composition and rhetoric or TESOL for the Master of Arts in English at Wright State University. Notes that the course focuses on curriculum design and integrates the practices of teacher lore with the disciplined, critical thought expected in a…

Analyzes the hierarchies that have defined college English. Reviews two models for how literacy programs can contribute to public learning. Suggests that if educators adopt a civic stance on graduate studies, they may be able to place graduates in positions where they can use their leadership skills beyond as well as within departments of English.…

Summarizes empirical results reported earlier on relations between students' problem stages (mental model) in writing research proposals for a masters' thesis and the information sought, choice of search terms, and relevance assessments; refines Kuhlthau's model of the information search process; and proposes a theory of a task-based information…

Questionnaire responses from 66 (41%) of graduates of the accelerated Master of Teaching program at the University of Memphis (Tennessee) show that most were hired immediately after graduation and remained in teaching 5 years or more. Overall, graduates thought that the program prepared them well for teaching. (SLD)

Distance learning in graduate courses was studied from the perspectives of three professors and their students in the studio and at remote sites. Identifying differences in the perceptions of studio students, remote students, and teachers, this study highlights issues requiring research and debate as distance education becomes more prevalent. (SLD)

Summarizes a study following 16 teachers who had completed a graduate-level course in clinical supervision through their experiences as cooperating teachers paired with full-time student teachers. Although all cooperating teachers implemented some aspects of clinical supervision, they did not conduct clinical cycles often, due to time constraints.…

Discusses the importance of needs assessment and analysis in performance technology and describes an effort to introduce graduate students to analysis at San Diego State University. Highlights include instructional strategies; the use of technology in a distance course via the Internet; and difficulties that novices have with analysis. (LRW)

Graduate student journals of research projects and their supervision are suggested as a means of structuring the supervisory process, making it more accountable, and facilitating students' successful completion of their academic and research tasks. However, the method also requires skill in successful thesis production on the supervisor's part.…

Conclusions of a literature review of 155 sources include the following: (1) genetic sources are more related to vocational interests than previously believed; (2) three-dimensional interest models are being confirmed; (3) research on culture and gender in career development is rapidly increasing; and (4) the adequacy of vocational assessment…