Describes the author's experience of teaching three composition courses--Women Essayists, Language Awareness, and Advanced Argumentation. Explains how she turned much of the teaching over to the students and how most everyone benefited from it. (TB)

Presents the results of a study of two fifth-grade reading groups, one comprised of all girls and the other of mixed gender. Discusses results in a reflective essay format, suggesting that the group of girls was more emotional in their observations and the mixed group was more action and plot oriented. (TB)

Social identity theory holds that social group memberships become part of the psychological self, affecting thoughts, feelings, and behavior. However, tests of this hypothesis have mainly involved judgmental dependent measures. A method is suggested that can provide more direct evidence. Discusses use of that method. (KW)

Interviews students who were involved with the 1989 Beijing student movement. Finds that the spatial concentration of students on Beijing university campuses nurtured many close-knit social networks and exposed students to environmental influences promoting social action; these conditions helped sustain the student movement and guided its choice…

Examines the growth in developing performance-centered systems in business. Discusses Web-based systems, including the Internet and intranets; knowledge management systems; knowledge acquisition; performance-centered design; performance support; group processes; systems approach; focus on goals; electronic performance support systems;…

Discusses the founding of San Antonio, originally San Antonio de Bexar, which, in 1718, came into being as a military settlement involved in Spanish imperial defensive measures. Focuses on the development and continued growth of San Antonio, Texas's most populous city in the 19th century. (CMK)

Describes Adventures in Peacemaking, an after-school program that teaches conflict-resolution skills to children ages 5-12 through the use of noncompetitive games and play. Sidebars depict a conflict escalator and a win-win grid. (TD)

Analyzes a small group of 12th-grade students who interpreted the character of Gertrude in "Hamlet" through a "body biography," a life-sized human outline filled with student-generated words and images. Concludes with a reconsideration of the notion of engagement that includes attention to both the immediate social relations…

Discusses results of an evaluation of a Web-based course at the United Kingdom's Open University relating to student satisfaction. Considers skills versus academic content, previous computing experience, interaction through computer conferencing, online group work, online tutoring, lack of time, and course revision; and compares results with three…

Uses data from a study of organizational socialization and induction in universities to critique social practice theory and further develop a model illustrating these dynamics in university life. Offers a case study of one unusual sub-departmental workgroup in an English university that comprised both deaf and hearing academics; such a case study…

This article describes a group intervention model that attempts to help parents cope with the problems of rearing a preschool child who is deaf or hard of hearing. The group process involves changing emphases on: (1) the parent's individual personal perspective; (2) development of group norms; and (3) process and problems in daily life. (Contains…

Provides overview of the types of women's groups that have developed since the initiation of consciousness-raising groups in the 1960s. Documents the important historical processes in women's group work and reviews literature conducted with women's groups, including self-help groups and informal support groups. Concludes that the absence of…

Explains cultural and spiritual traditions within African American women's experience that form the foundation for group counseling strategies. Reviews literature regarding African American women's experience in groups. Explains group interventions such as art, music, dance, imagery, journaling, and rituals that can help transcend, empower, and…

A trainee in psychotherapeutic counseling conducts an allegorical trip to the Greek underworld via a caving trip to demonstrate the healing and learning potential within the risk-based experience. The acknowledgement of one's fears and their origins can have a powerful effect and serve as a metaphor for transformation in other areas of life.…

Analysis of a case study of a whitewater rafting accident reveals that such accidents tend to result from multiple actions. Many events leading up to such accidents include procedural and process factors, suggesting that hard-skills technical training is an insufficient approach to accident prevention. Contains 26 references. (SAS)