Examines the educational reconstruction attempted in Germany's Lutheran states in the sixteenth century. Describes the close collaboration of churchpersons and politicians in the Lutheran Reformation and discusses how schools were used as instruments of acculturation, intended to encourage young people to conform to approved patterns of…

Found a strong correlation between residential mobility rate and a measure of marital dissolution. Concluded that community size and marital dissolution correlated positively because of higher levels of residential mobility in large cities and urban areas than in small cities and rural areas. Found high residential mobility both an indicator and a…

In support of moral education, the authors propose that teaching morality to criminals is a necessary and economic facet of correctional education, especially to combat crime in general and recidivism specifically. The authors view the criminal's inability to make rational, moral judgments as a major cause of crime. (Author/CT)

Criticizes two alternative approaches to indigenism--integrationism and ethnic particularism or Pan Indianism--which have played significant roles in producing contemporary patterns of Native American thinking on the indigenous question. Also discusses the impact of Central American revolutionary movements on the Indian movement and the Indian…

Addresses a basic question: is the social assimilation of national-origin groups in the United States as limited as is generally assumed. (Author)

The influx of Cuban refugees following Castro's rise to power and the Bay of Pigs invasion is described. Their settlement in southern Florida was aided by the educational community, particularly the schools and colleges of Miami, whose task will continue to be that of unifying the American and Cuban cultures. (LBH)

This report describes the best practices identified by eight projects in upstate New York funded to work towards increasing the number of individuals with developmental disabilities who serve in leadership roles on policy boards and planning committees of community agencies and organizations. Programs were based on the model developed by…

This publication reviews cross-disciplinary literature on education with the aim of informing the reader of the relation between educational governance and social inclusion/exclusion in policy and research. Various conceptual issues raised in the literature are examined first. Then, two problematics are considered to emphasize how the methods,…

This publication presents papers from 13 nations that describe the integration of children with disabilities into early childhood education programs. The compilation of case studies will serve as a reference document for the International Consultation on Early Childhood Education and Special Educational Needs, organized by UNESCO in collaboration…

The non-traditional student, or adult learner, is making up the new majority in secondary education, creating several implications for community colleges. The average non-traditional student is an adult, age 25 or older, who has returned to school either full-time or part-time. The student must balance school with employment, family, and financial…

This paper examines the assumptions that a person's ethnic identity is equal to his/her national identity by looking at the stories of seven Korean American college students and their ethnic sense of self. It explores the lives and stories of these students as they refine what it means to be Korean American persons through social interactions with…

Now more than ever, there is a need to understand and respect diversity in the classroom--especially in drama and theater work where it is easy for students and teachers to act out unconscious biases. This book offers a pluralistic perspective for the field of educational drama and theater practice, demonstrating how educators can respectfully…

The main objectives of a Vilnius, Lithuania, seminar were to share experiences in curriculum reform to promote life skills for social inclusion. This was to be achieved through an exchange on principles, approaches and methodologies that inform processes of curriculum reform in life skills education. Most of the participants were senior education…

This report discusses the findings of a review of 35 articles on the perceptions of students with disabilities regarding student placement. Results of the review indicate students with special education needs vastly prefer general education classroom placement to any form of separateness. Students generally report reluctance about leaving the…