This paper presents an exploratory study of MSW students who self-identified as having political/religious world views differing from what they perceived to be dominant at their school. A goal was to learn about conditions that fostered or inhibited authentic speech for those students. A secondary goal was to learn how students dealt with their…

Cummins calls on educators to promote critical dialog during micro-interactions with students, times when students acquire knowledge and negotiate their identities. For critical dialog to flourish, educators must create caring environments. The purpose of this paper is to examine whether a discourse of caring was transmitted to ethnic Kurdish…

Each year, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) conducts a wide, detailed survey of restrictions on speech at America's colleges and universities. The survey and resulting report explore the extent to which schools are meeting their obligations to uphold students' and faculty members' rights to freedom of speech, freedom of…

"Project Read"[R] is a multisensory language arts curriculum designed for use in a classroom or group setting. Two main objectives of the program are to use language in all its forms, and to use responsive instruction rather than preplanned textbook lessons. The program emphasizes direct instruction, and lessons move from letter-sounds…

This article reports empirical research into public books of condolence signed following two key mourning events within British culture: the 1989 Hillsborough soccer stadium disaster and the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1997. The author suggests that not only do condolence books provide valuable historical record of the way contemporary…

A/r/tography is an arts-based research methodology that inquires into educational phenomenon through artistic and aesthetic means. A/r/tographical research engages in pedagogical inquiry where the distinctions between researcher and researched become complicated, responsive, and undone. A/r/tography, the authors argue, develops the relationship…

The rewards and frustrations of classical ballet as a form of self-expression, of discipline, and as a career are discussed. (MJB)

Explores the activity of writing as a coping mechanism during grief, based on questionnaire responses from 16 bereaved persons. Discusses forms the writing has taken, whether the writing was spontaneous or structured, difficulties experienced, disclosure, reactions of others, perceived helpfulness, and time when writing was most helpful. (JAC)

Offers the author's (a psychiatric nurse) personal perspective on the self-healing aspects of writing poetry. (SR)

This paper examines phenomenological approaches to studying expressions of emotions through art. The author begins her discussion by defining the terms in the title. Expressions are controlled, deliberate gestures. Emotions are sensations which involve appraisals of something. Art is something consciously controlled by the artist. The creation of…

Activities of Very Special Arts, an international organization dedicated to enriching the lives of children, youth, and adults with disabilities, are described. Ways parents can encourage their school to participate in a Very Special Arts program are suggested. (MT)

Kierkegaard's concept of vocation focuses upon the relationship of man to the material world, the locus of his productive self expression. (Author)