Presents an instructional model for teaching primary students to understand current affairs through instruction on how to analyze political cartoons so they can identify the key concepts and relationships that are depicted. Discusses goals to be attained and the use of semantic mapping. Describes the instructional strategy, including a student…

These three articles respond to and clarify "Rationality and Ideology" (Educational Theory v37 n2 Spr 1987). Cato points to weaknesses in the theory that rationality transcends prior ideological commitments. Selman addresses the question of whether or not philosophers of education are removed from practical considerations and examines…

Analyzes how higher education in Georgia reacted to a trial concerning improprieties in its Developmental Studies Program. Warns that a free-standing, state-wide program administered separately from a traditional academic department is in danger of losing independence to high-level bureaucrats. (SR)

Schools have become fair game as a campaign issue but are not top priority. How the 41st president performs will hinge on the political estate of Ronald Reagan, the high voltage Washington political scene, and the caliber of the team staffing the new administration's education team. So far, the Education Department has failed as a believable…

Contends that there is no literacy crisis, and that the means for solving it have been manufactured to increase corporate profits, and increase the power of the Pentagon to ensure these profits. (JAD)

Describes the post World War II development of the discipline of international relations, stating that it helped reinvigorate interest in the tradition of political philosophy. Examines shortcomings, such as its division into realist and idealist camps, and discusses the works and ideologies of people such as Morgenthau, Aron, and Beitz. (GEA)

Argues that myth and ideology, as belief systems and modes of argumentative discourse, are structurally different but functionally similar. States the importance of distinguishing between the two and discusses the importance of analyzing them as they are used in systems of political argument. (GEA)

The author presents a selective but detailed account of the proceedings of the November 1986 conference of the German Association of Adult Education Centers, from a British point of view. A theme running through the proceedings is the political empowerment of adult education. A section comparing British and German adult education issues is…

The focus of this essay is the social functions of educational reform as part of the social and political outcomes of schooling. It argues against change which looks at particular events without considering issues that tie schooling to questions of history and power. (MT)

While colleges and universities have often become just another special-interest group using contemporary techniques and encountering common problems in dealing with state legislators, the central interest remains the allocation of adequate resources for the institutions. (MSE)

Revisionist education histories continue to guide the nature of inquiry within the profession regarding the history of vocational education. The increase of state-level policy analysis in vocational education indicates one trend toward utilizing political histories. Vocational educators should become knowledgeable about the historiographical…

The authors describe development of a model useful for teaching political skills in the management curriculum. The model contains two dimensions relating to (1) the skill of "reading" an organization's politics and (2) the skills that individuals carry that predispose them to act in a certain way. (Author/CH).

Explores the relationship between death anxiety and sociopolitical attitudes and political behavior. Data from a sample of 209 undergraduate students indicate that death anxiety is modestly related to attitudes reflecting a turning away from the social and political world. Death anxiety does not seem related to political behavior. (Author)

The formulation of educational reform efforts into specific problems is part of an institutional discourse that represents value, commitment, and social wisdom. How teacher education is practiced reveals particular cultural conditions, political structures, and social interests. (MT)

Elaborates ways in which literature may influence politics and demonstrates literary techniques employed to develop political arguments, disseminate political thought, and articulate ideological positions. Describes an interdisciplinary undergraduate course which used literature from Latin America as its focus. (JDH)