The need for changing existing attitudes and practices toward minority cultural groups and ways in which this might be accomplished are discussed. (RW)

Historians and social researchers have viewed social policy in America as primarily concerned with issues of equality. Argues that an equally important theme--a sense of loss--has gone largely unnoticed. Examines the role of loss in the historical development of social policy for public education. (Editor/RK)

Motivation in language teaching and learning is discussed. The relationship between the individual and the school or institution and its effects on learning motivation are noted. Teacher motivation depends on pay, hours worked, environment; learners' motivation is affected by incentives, assessment of language learning procedures and experiences…

Professional educators may be behind the times in their thinking about school size. Many educational leaders mistakenly believe that large schools provide better learning environments at less cost than smaller schools. Actually, there are few conclusive before-and-after consolidation studies, consolidation does not seem to save money, and small…

Explores the experiences of graduate students returning to school. Connects adults' experiences in graduate school to those of children in elementary school, utilizing findings and comments from interviews conducted with 30 graduate students. Argues that the boundaries between child and adult learning are socially constructed. (25 citations) (MAB)

A discussion of educational reform efforts in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia looks at these changes in the larger context of recent substantial political, social, and economic change. It examines the role and value of education in the different societies, quantitative and structural development in education systems, and economic…

Examined faculty attitudes toward a new problem-based learning (PBL) curriculum at Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine, surveying 115 participants in the new curriculum and 96 nonparticipants. Participants judged the PBL curriculum to be superior in most respects to the old curriculum, whereas nonparticipants judged both to be about equal. (MDM)

The attitudes of 323 veterinarians toward professional continuing education were distilled into 3 dimensions: relevance, benefit, and accessibility. Significant differences were found between participants and nonparticipants. (SK)

Presents the address by President Susan Adler at the 80th National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Annual Conference in November 2000. Focuses on the NCSS initiatives, such as the Governance Task Force and the Citizenship Education Task Force, and explores the future of social studies. (CMK)

Traces the origins of Friedrich Froebel's views on children, curriculum, pedagogics, and didactics; the underpinnings of his beliefs concerning the nature of knowledge; and the kinds of knowledge and dispositions he believed were appropriate for children to acquire. (MDM)

The real challenge to higher education in America is coming to terms with the fragmented and contested terrain of learning resulting from profound social and cultural change. Teaching anything has become difficult in a culture that has devalued learning. Once the public acknowledges this, reforming the system will be seen in a new light. (MSE)