Asserts that social studies teachers must combine individual rights and responsibilities when teaching citizenship. Contends democracy depends on citizenship literacy, or citizens who understand their First Amendment rights as well as their obligations. Stresses the importance of teaching students to think critically about their role as citizens.…

While visiting small town school districts across the country, two educational administration professors discovered that boards of education everywhere faced the same challenges and exercised considerable competence, conscientiousness, and civic responsibility. Chief concerns were trying economic circumstances, changing demography, and district…

It is wrong to assume that basic skills achievement, particularly as measured by multiple-choice standardized tests, represents a proper consensus regarding the ends of education for low-income students. Educators should reduce reliance on the positivist research paradigm underlying much of the quantitative empirical research which informs…

In an experimental study, K-4 teachers were trained to foster supportive teacher-student relations and provide occasions for students to work cooperatively. Results indicate that students in experimental classes demonstrated significantly higher supportive, friendly, and spontaneous prosocial behavior. Guidelines are provided for creating…

Questions how musical events educate, examining the debate between emotional and cognitive responses. Compiles arguments from musicoaesthetic and musicotherapeutic discourses. Identifies limitations in each line of reasoning as it explores how the musical experience is located in the self. Suggests a relationship between voice and mood. Offers…

Discusses theater education in the areas of curriculum, production, and criticism, as proposals in E. D. Hirsch's, "Cultural Literacy" might affect it. Explains context, cultural literacy, and contextual criticism in theater education. Traces interwoven history of education and theater. Explores how embracing Hirsch's proposal would…

Discusses the impact on social studies education of events following World War II, including the Cold War and McCarthyism. Examines the professional literature to determine how the emphasis in social studies education changed from stressing broad societal and international goals to rote learning of civic duties. Concludes that after the 1950s,…

States that religious practices in the Venezuelan public schools encourage moral development and do not create controversy because these policies have traditionally been an important part of Venezuelan children's education. Contends that values are taught to children not only in school but also by the family and the Roman Catholic church, the…

Argues that Native American tribes encounter major legal problems in the practice of traditional religions due to differences between Native and Anglo American worldviews. Examines the ideology of civilization underlying values in American jurisprudence, foundations of American Indian law, and relevant constitutional law. Contains over 200…

Maintains that sexism is the foundation on which all other forms of oppression are built. Discusses a classroom exercise in which 150 first-year students at Indiana University, Bloomington, write an essay describing a conversation with someone about homosexuality. Analyzes student essays in terms of what they reveal about the link between sexism…

Stresses the need to challenge students' unrealistic ideas and heightened expectations of U.S. presidential performance. Maintains that college courses about the presidency must stress the role of the president within the context of democratic accountability, Madisonian principles, and the separation of powers doctrine. Discusses presidential…

Describes the demographic characteristics, sexual behavior, and fatherhood status of a sample of 150 minority males under the age of 19 years from urban, low-income neighborhoods. The majority (90.6 percent) reported sexual experiences before the age of 15, and 30 percent were aware that their partners had become pregnant. (FMW)

The problem with privacy and computers is not technology but lack of systematic value education in those who use, teach, and learn about computers. A deeper issue than updating the law to the age of computers is integrating computers and the right to privacy into the world of education. (MSE)

Discusses possible problems that may arise in interdisciplinary courses due to lack of instructor education or differing value systems of teachers who are team teaching. Examines strategies for interdisciplinary education, and for the preparation of instructors. Describes potential for communication and confusion in three interdisciplinary…

Examines ritualized beginning moments of three high school teachers' classes. Reveals the moral significance of what is treated as the routine of readying a class for instruction. Teachers and students are found to share assumptions which include a sense of responsibility, a respect for role, and a seriousness of purpose. (JS)