Thirteen predictors of self-reported high school leadership were investigated using data from the Project TALENT sample of high school seniors. The high school leader was characterized as mature, interested in business management, self-confident, socially sensitive, vigorous, and having high socioeconomic status. Cognitive variables were not…

Beginning teachers experience an initial, marked socialization adjustment, then enter a plateau phase during which they internalize the values of the teaching subculture. Among beginning teachers, males appear to be more custodial in their approach than females, and teachers of science and practical subjects more custodial than teachers of…

Presents strategies for exploring the cultural content of feature foreign films in the language or culture and civilization classroom. Examples are taken from Francois Truffaut's "L'Argent de poche" and from Agnes Varga's "L'Une Chante, L'autre pas." (AM)

Data from a survey of local vocational advisory committees and secondary and postsecondary school administrators in Missouri were analyzed to determine each group's perception of advisory committee characteristics and the relative importance of its functions. Recommendations for vocational school personnel are suggested from the investigation…

Although India's literacy rate has increased, the faster population growth has increased the nation's total illiteracy. The paper reviews differences in literacy rates among various regions and examines factors to explain this inequality, concluding that compulsory education for children is not enough and that adult literacy campaigns are vital.…

Discusses the legal problems presented by job health hazards which have a different effect on men and women. Where methods of eliminating or minimizing exposure, as required by the Occupational Safety and Health Act, affect only one sex, the provisions of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act may be violated. (MF)

Teachers read and rated a description of either a male or female student who demonstrated either masculine or feminine sex role behavior, and whose major course of study was either English or physics. Student sex role influenced both teachers' perceptions of students and their evaluation of student writing. (Author/RD)

It is asserted that intelligence testing is part of a national educational ideology which is used to rationalize Chicanos' educational inequalities. This rationale suggests that inequality is the result of the group's inability to function competently within the American social and educational structures. (MH)

Reports a study of gender differences in enrollment and performance of on the College Board's Advanced Placement Computer Science tests from 1984 through 1996. Although the gender gap in test performance has narrowed significantly over that period, the percentage of women taking the examinations has been consistently low. Argues that stronger…

Examines seven multimedia science projects in elementary and secondary schools. Discusses science attitudes and understanding, student responsibility for learning, gender equity, constructivism, multiple intelligences, learning and attitudes, and recommendations for teachers. (LRW)

Ten years after initial participation by 729 American, Chinese, and Japanese first graders and their mothers, interviews and achievement tests completed by 475 students from this sample found high stability of achievement relationships among all three societies. Associations between early predictors and achievement were similar for all groups.…

Considers the relationship between disability and cultural diversity in a discussion of parent perceptions and participation, disability as a culturally and socially constructed phenomenon, differing ways of dealing with a disability, and differing methods of communication. Recommendations based on research and practice are offered. (DB)

Presents a background to the main issues concerning Asian language learning at a distance at tertiary level and in industry in Australia. Also reports on the development of the course, "Communicate in Japanese: A Self-Study Course," at the Institute of Languages. Describes the benefits of distance education learning as a means of…

Defines one aspect of liberation theology as emphasizing its own particular social experiences to question universal claims of theology and to unmask oppressive particularities of those universal claims. Argues that religious educators can answer the culture of disbelief with calls for greater tolerance and understanding of diverse belief systems.…

Traces the problem of modernity in premodern conceptions of Jewish learning, reviews responses to this problem during the last 150 years, and proposes a view of learning that promotes the reengagement of moral authority in education. Discusses the relationship between these movements and the development of a new rabbinical school. (MJP)