Feminist theory has become an increasingly important tool in analyzing the position of women within the discipline of education. This paper presents a liberal feminist framework for gender equity issues specifically concerned with the recruitment and support of women in educational administration. It is organized into three parts: (1) the tenets…

This paper describes Maine's high standards for all students and a model for personalizing instruction and assessment to fit student needs, thus providing fair opportunities for all children to achieve the standards. Maine's academic standards, the Learning Results, are structured in three levels: broad performance goals for all students (guiding…

Author details her awareness of the realities of the classroom environment and the influences teachers and parents have upon children's learning processes. (RK)

Article considers the need for the B. A. degree, its relevance for students, and the institution of a complementary degree, the B.L.S. (Bachelor of Liberal Studies). (RK)

Educational reforms must emphasize new approaches to teaching methodology, teacher efficiency, and the circumstances under which teachers perform their duties. (RN)

An administrator attempts to defend his professional behavior with a statement of principles designed to point out that the academic world is similar to the life outside it, full of apparent incompatibilities that had to be made compatible by the art of politics. (Author/RK)

An outline of some instructional principles by which reading instruction may be analyzed. (Author/HB)

A progress report of a project undertaken by the Battle Creek Physical Education Curriculum Project Team, and supported by funds provided under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

Reviews research in the areas of classroom organization and management, delineating the principles underlying a comprehensive approach to these areas. (MP)

The underlying problems which should guide the revision of the secondary social studies curriculum in New York state are examined. Educational principles are discussed; explanatory statements regarding social science disciplines, history, social studies, and concept teaching are provided; and teacher education and student evaluation are…

The authors briefly describe their research on teaching cooperative classroom behavior to students; outline the essential components of a curricular activity designed to foster cooperative behavior; and explain how teachers can promote in their students both the skills and the affective components of cooperation. (SJL)

Total conducting ability involves technique, mechanics, insight into elements of expression, and musical sensitivity. Presented are eight basic principles which combine musicianship and conducting. (KC)

The author outlines four causes of classroom discipline problems: lack of administrative leadership; poor teacher organization; lack of a basic set of principles for avoiding disruption; and failure to identify the characteristics of potentially disruptive students. For each factor, successful practices are identifid. (Author/SJL)

While advocating one theory, based on developing critical abilities, which he feels best rationalizes the total literary experience, the author argues that almost any rationale would be preferable to the current absence of a rationale for college literature curriculum--better both for the students and for the discipline. (Author/SJL)

Tracing the development of comprehensive schools in relation to working class protests against separate schools for different social classes, the author argues that comprehensives may yet fail because lower-class children continue to be patronized by teachers who feel they cannot learn. (Part of a theme issue on comprehensive education in…