Considers use of and suggests referents for the terms, race, culture, and ethnicity, in multicultural counseling. Discusses findings from a pilot study of culture and race concepts. Recommends clarification of terminology in counselor education and specification of intended referents in counseling research. (PVV)

Addresses misconceptions and prejudices held by many student affairs professionals toward faculty and their role in serving student affective needs. (Author/CM)

The authors do not feel guilty for implying that all children may not benefit from full inclusion. Children are individuals with differing needs and should not be made to ride the current bandwagon. Total inclusionists who view pullout programs as undemocratic do not see the cruelty behind inclusion of severely retarded children. Recent research…

Refutes such myths as the following: test scores are down, there is no relationship between money spent and achievement, private schools are better, U.S. business spends a great deal on remedial education, and schools are not producing enough technically competent workers. (SK)

Reviews the development of the climax concept of succession, illustrates the misconceptions in current textbooks, and provides a conceptual model for an updated view of succession useful in teaching at the introductory level. Contains 38 references. (JRH)

A war rages over outcome-based education. There is one primary reason for the OBE backlash: the mastery outcomes are often vaguely worded and associated largely with the affective domain. Supporters'"Aquarian" and "Nostalgist" fallacies do not help. A twofold policy embodying high, uniform, but sensible standards and…

Given the widespread acceptance of pseudoscientific and paranormal beliefs, this article suggests that science educators need to seriously consider the problem of how these beliefs can be combated. Proposes teaching science students to critically evaluate the claims of pseudoscience and the paranormal. (LZ)

Describes barriers to self-direction in learning from organizations, educators, and learners, emerging from emotions, understanding, and values. Provides an annotated bibliography of 17 sources about overcoming resistance. (SK)

Review of research on nurses' attitudes about AIDS reveals a misconception that negative attitudes prevail. Continued focus on negative attitudes might steer nurses away from AIDS care. Research should emphasize what nurses need to learn about AIDS. (SK)

Documents growing public support for school choice and profiles four types of choice programs. Although the school-choice movement has some real advantages in producing a market-driven, competitive, and performance-based system, it is not an educational panacea. Fundamental changes are needed within society, regulating political agencies, and…

The role, function, and historical perspective of entrepreneurship have been misunderstood. Rather than being used synonymously with charismatic leadership or small business, it should be considered the shifting of resources from areas of low to areas of high productivity. (SK)

Educators and business people must recognize that there is no shortage of skilled labor but a shortage of jobs requiring skilled labor. Corporate America appears to be hiding decades of mismanagement behind presumed faults of the education system. The salaries of skilled laborers have actually declined 3 percent since 1987, and about 20 percent of…

Examines a strand of Basil Bernstein's sociology that considers the importance of language. Attempts to understand the central meaning of Bernstein's work and classroom applications. Argues against interpretations supporting either a deficit explanation for student performance or one based on home-school differences. Recognizes language's…

To give practitioners greater control of theory, myths about theory must be dismantled; limitations in theories currently guiding practice must be acknowledged; and theory to fill the gaps and build a more adequate knowledge base must be developed. (SK)

Without a definition of good teaching, the supervisor's efforts to help teachers improve will probably be fragmented, and teacher improvement may not occur. This article examines three definitions of good teaching, presents and defends a certain definition, and suggests supervisory applications. Good teachers are proficient in the kinds of…