The period of 1934-1950 for the Council for Exceptional Children is traced, including growth of units, improvement of the yearly convention, publication of a new journal, and development of other publications on special education. (CL)

The period from 1924-1934 in the development of The Council for Exceptional Children is examined in the third of six installments. Documented are such aspects as difficulties over developing a constitution, the minor professional status and role of female teachers, and growing competition from other organizations. (CL)

Discusses the North Carolina branch of The Nature Conservancy and its efforts to preserve natural areas Camping and Outdoor Education; University of North Carolina Damping and Outdoor Education; University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Pine Lake Field Campus; 4016 Blumenthal Road; Greensboro, NC, 27406. (AN)

Discusses seven basic themes that underlie the author's "direct research" activities. These themes include reliance on research based on description and induction instead of prescription and deduction, and the measurement of many elements in real settings, supported by anecdote, instead of few variables in perceptual terms from a…

Heavy prior reliance on self-report has excluded crucial populations from organizational inquiry, postponed cross-checking of propositions, inflated the apparent consequentiality of minor irritations in the workplace, and imposed a homogeneity of method that raises the prospect that the findings of the field are method-specific. (Author)

Suggests that within bureaucratic systems norms of behavior develop that can be classified as system-beating. Examines elements necessary for such behavior to occur: individual with role within system; system comprised of many specific roles; observation of practical actions and practical circumstances; interpretation of these circumstances;…

This study examined the number of articles published in 29 journals from 1999-2001 on priority topics related to curriculum access as identified in a recent survey of senior staff from 16 general and special education associations. These results were compared to articles published in these journals on a nonpriority topic related to curriculum…

This article presents the history, strategy, structure, educational practices, and globalization perspectives of two revolutionary organizations in the United States of America: the Freedom Road Socialist Organization and the League of Revolutionaries for a New America. This article relates the work of these organizations to the theory and…

Context variability can be defined as the number of preexperimental contexts in which a given concept appears. Following M. Steyvers and K. J. Malmberg's (2003) work, the authors have shown that concepts that are experienced in fewer preexperimental contexts generally are better remembered in episodic memory tasks than concepts that are …

Although the influence of workplace practices and employees' experiences with training effectiveness has received considerable attention, less is known of the influence of workplace practices on training evaluation methods. The purposes of this study were to: (1) explore and understand the training evaluation methods used by seven Taiwanese…

Available from: Comparative Administration Research Institute, Kent State University Press, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242. (IRT)

This guide presents an overview of 12 major environmental organizations. Information is given about the organization's focus, ties to government officials, the organization's financial health, significant accomplishments, mishaps and contradictions, future potential, celebrity spokespersons, and potential clout. (MDH)

This study examined concurrent and longitudinal associations between peer deviance, parenting practices, and conduct and oppositional problems among young girls ages 7 and 8. Participants were 588 African American and European American girls who were part of a population-based study of the development of conduct problems and delinquency among…

This article examined organizational leadership in the context of China. Taking a cultural perspective, this literature review traced the cultural roots of Chinese leadership and analyzed the cultural impact on leadership practice in organizations. It further provided general guidelines for leadership development in China, followed by…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the status of American democratic values and to identify participant perceptions of the core identity of American higher education. Kezzar (2005) proposed that projects for democratic dialogue are a neoliberal response to the failures of necoconservative and Old Left policies. These projects may be part…