Reviews and describes different versions of feminism and postmodernism. Reviews the current debate about the challenges that the two sets of theories offer to traditional epistomologies. Concludes with suggestions about the influence of feminism and postmodernism on educational research. (CFR)

The United States needs more citizens who question the morality of using military power to conduct foreign affairs and who can ethically weigh federal spending and industrial, environmental, and social priorities. Instead of bemoaning students' dismal math and science performance, we should address their woeful ignorance of history, literature,…

Academic freedom in the universities of South Africa is examined, focusing on competing conceptions of the university's role, limits on the university's autonomy, selection of students and related concerns of enabling black student enrollment while maintaining academic standards, and intellectual freedom in the context of political pressures. (DB)

Compares recent policy changes in Alberta and British Columbia concerning preschool and primary education. Discusses the conflicts involved in a movement away from centrally imposed models of norm-referenced attainment to a more child-focused developmentally based curriculum in a flexible nongraded setting. Contains 30 references. (SV)

Offers ideas for teaching children about China. Includes suggestions dealing with geography, philosophy, history, and diet. Recommends means of bringing the topics to life through games, class discussion, role playing, and other activities. (SG)

This introduction to six articles on learner-centered instruction of students with hearing impairments briefly looks at such principles as the importance of expectations, the interaction between practice and research, collaboration, reflection, and lifelong learning. (DB)

A teacher of fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade students with deafness in a residential school shares methods and activities found to be effective. The methods stress the importance of expectations for learners, ways that design of the learning environment can encourage student ownership, risk taking, and responsibility. (Author/DB)

A study of 12 award-winning and 87 novice University of Sydney (Australia) faculty found award-winners had more complex and flexible concepts of teaching effectiveness; used a wider range of criteria for evaluating teaching; relied more on personal feelings, peer evaluation, and longer-term student learning; and used more systematic feedback…

Lehigh University's (Pennsylvania) commitment to meeting the financial aid needs of all regularly admitted first-year students who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents has meant reallocation of institutional resources. The policy has already improved the applicant pool and quality of the first-year class, making the institution more…

A Lewinian orientation to educational problems fits current innovative thinking in education (e.g., models for making education multicultural), and provides the bases of important applied work on cooperative learning techniques and constructive ways of structuring conflict within educational settings. Lewinian field theory provides a broad…

Canadian Inuit and Mohawk indigenous schools illustrate the meeting of formal and traditional education models and suggest the dangers in oversimplified "learning style" dichotomies. The western cultural package of standard literacy practice, schooling, and abstract thought is challenged. (Contains 46 references.) (Author/LB)

Student teachers who responded to a questionnaire (n=109) and participated in follow-up interviews (n=16) to determine their attitude toward the humanistic approach to teaching and learning in schools were generally positive about the humanistic approach while recognizing from their practice teaching that implementing the approach may be…

An interview with a Japanese professor of education, Nubuo Dobashi, compared characteristics of Japanese and American higher education systems, concluding that Japan is doing an exceptional job of educating average public school students, but the system has problems of access to higher education and lack of educational opportunities for some. (MSE)

Describes the educational philosophy and practices of the Sunrise Children's Center in Amherst, New Hampshire, which serves all children, both disabled and nondisabled, from the ages of two to six years. The description of the program is highlighted with stories of children in the center. (BB)

Examines criteria for a moral epistemology of practice in teaching. Requirements include a view of meaning and truth; a comprehensive scope; a flexible view of rationality; morality; a common language of description, explanation, and justification; and sensitivity to objectivity. The moral issues of care, courage, and deceit are discussed. (SM)