Considers the impact of Northrop Frye's work on education. Shows how Frye explores systematically the continuity of the literary tradition and the structural principles used to discuss that tradition. (RL)

Shows how Northrop Frye's approach to teaching literature, literary analysis, and literary criticism is a combination of structure and relevance. (RL)

The adult education movement following World War I and prior to World War II focused on the goal of equipping adults to govern their social and civic affairs. Various conceptions and approaches to adult civic education are described. (Author/EC)

Questions commonly held assumptions about lifelong learning. Suggests that lifelong learning should include daily-life activities of learning, doing, and being that involve cooperation with a community of friends or family rather than just formal instruction. Outlines elements of holistic lifelong learning. (SAS)

Identifies the hyperactivity of linguistic conceptual consciousness (the discursive mind) as powering instrumentalism. Explains that the practices of Zen and art can counterbalance the discursive emphasis. Explores haiku as an illustration of how this resistance may work. Recommends anchoring arts education in a foundation of intrinsic perception.…

This paper first identifies four assumptions that it argues underlie special education and then suggests there are 10 ideas that undermine special education, including: (1) structured curricula impede true learning; (2) teaching discrete skills trivializes education and ignores the whole child; (3) students must be internally motivated to learn;…

Reports on what proved to be one of the more challenging issues raised by the feedback to principles and Standards for School Mathematics: Discussion Draft and how that feedback was used to create a more effective final document. (KHR)

Considers reasons for trusting mathematics and why learning mathematics is important. Discusses cross-cultural consistency in mathematical knowledge. (KHR)

Reports on what proved to be one of the more challenging issues raised by the feedback to "Principles and Standards for School Mathematics: Discussion Draft" and how the writers used that feedback to create a more effective final document. (KHR)

This article describes the philosophical underpinnings of applied behavior analysis (ABA) for children with autism. It discusses the three interrelated levels of behavior analysis (technology, science, and philosophy), and the three pillars of behavioral philosophy: empiricism, pragmatism, and selectionism. The amelioration, rather than…

Provides weekly activities based on suggested activities from "Principles and Standards for School Mathematics." (KHR)

This paper presents an overview of the Direct Instruction principles and guidelines that define general-case programing and then reviews recent research findings related to general-case instruction with learners with severe disabilities. (Author/DB)

Inquires into the question of how the necessity for a radical critique of education is justified, based on a comparative analysis of the argumentational structures used by Alice Miller and Jean Jacques Rousseau. Hypothesizes that both approaches are based on a concept of the origin of human societies based on the modern version of "the myth…

Child care and early childhood education should be fully integrated. The roots and consequences of the current separation are examined. A description is provided of the Kramer Project, a day care school. Obstacles to fully integrated day care and educational services are discussed. (IAH)

This article discusses the role of health educators and the principles which should guide their practice. Health educators are advised to remain vigilant in not misinterpreting research data. (IAH)