This publication contains seven papers by the staff of the University of Exeter School of Education and by invited outside contributors. The focus is on issues that consider the social context of mathematics. The papers are: (1) "Images of Mathematics" (Leone Burton); (2) "Of Course You Could be an Engineer, Dear, but Wouldn't You…

Conclusions of major reviews of the literature on student ratings of college teachers are summarized for the period 1971 to September 1988. Several factor analytic studies have concluded that student ratings are multidimensional and that no single item will be useful for all purposes. Consistency, stability, and generalizability are aspects of…

This account of efforts to reconstruct educational research in China, guided by Marxist principles and reflective of a national policy of building a "socialist spiritual civilization," presents the major requirements of that endeavor. Educational sciences are to be guided by four understandings: correct theories; realistic policies;…

Achievement attributions of adolescent females in the masculine domain of mathematics were investigated in relation to self-schemas for gender, expectancy of success, and mathematics achievement. The most important findings revealed by multiple regression analysis were that mathematics achievement and the self-schema for masculinity predicted…

Problems of bridging the gap between theory and practice in the professional preparation of student affairs practitioners are considered. After briefly discussing the character of professional work and the role of theory and research, attention is directed to problems inherent to the nature of applied educational fields and issues related to the…

The professional development resources annotated in this document were selected as the core resources available for the first five functions of the North Carolina Teacher Performance Appraisal Instrument (TPAI). The list is designed to include the most practical, up-to-date research associated with the 28 practices listed under the five functions.…

This examination of the reproduction of cultural norms focuses on ways in which the hidden curriculum facilitates cultural reproduction. The conceptual framework outlined in this paper emerged from a five-month observation study of a tenth-grade social studies class located in a predominantly working-class school. During the on-going data…

The educational system should create conditions in which the teacher undertakes research in the classroom and then shares results which will be used in improving teaching and for teacher self-renewal. The advantages are that: (1) the teacher becomes more knowledgeable about a situation, more able to defend his or her pedagogic actions, and perhaps…

These proceedings of a conference built around the theme of the professionalization of adult and continuing education include the full texts of presentations at the conference General Sessions, papers and synopses of conference workshops and panel presentations, reports from the seven task forces of the Commission of Professors of Adult Education;…

A case study of a Togolese secondary school provides the focus for an examination of the impact of Western notions of gender-based role expectations in Third World education. Work on the reproduction of inequality in education suggests that in-school processes direct different knowledge to different groups. However, in the case of Third World…

This document consists of eleven bulletins which present answers to questions about research on the teaching and content of elementary school mathematics, K-8. The bulletins are revisions of a set originally published in 1970 and revised in 1975. Specific research findings on eleven topics are cited with selected references. Titles are: (1)…

Approaches to increasing minority group participation (women, Chicanos, Native Americans, and Blacks) in educational research and development at large universities are addressed. It is suggested that commitment by a college to increase minority participation in research should be indicated in its mission statement. One of the major problems has…

A longitudinal study of political attitudes and behavior of high school students reveals varying results when two different methods of data analysis are applied. A sample of 293 students was questioned (during their sophomore year in 1974 and again in 1976 when they were seniors) about political orientation, number of social studies classes taken,…

Four training courses developed under the Job-Oriented Basic Skills (JOBS) program were evaluated to determine whether they could compensate for the skill deficiencies of lower aptitude Navy personnel. The JOBS program was designed for personnel who scored in the lower mental aptitude categories on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery to…

Through the late 1970s the idea was expressed that community education provides a structure for citizen involvement in local decision-making processes and that democratic processes would be reintroduced at the community level through a new commitment to it. Minzey and LeTarte proposed the concept of process--to develop a community process of…