The new postindustrialism is marked by three momentous developments: the electronic computer revolution; the emergence of a competitive global market; and the prospect of serious environmental damage. This article summarizes major themes of the author's book "Education and Work for the Year 2000," stressing the need to resolve the…

Proposes a postmodern ethics based on mutual respect and trust, derived from psychotherapy, and recognizing the primacy of individual subjectivity. Develops the concept of free attention to one another creating moral space. Stresses affect over reason and practice over theory. Sees moral space as fundamental to the social fabric. (CH)

Discusses cable television subscribers' perceptions and consumption patterns of television news and describes a survey that compared broadcast and cable television news viewing habits. Media dependency and media consumption are considered, attitudes toward news sources and the perceived monetary value of the Cable News Network (CNN) are studied,…

Describes visitor-oriented exhibits at the Natural History Museum that utilize precise principles of communication for educative purpose. These exhibits are designed on the basis of detailed knowledge of the audience, extending attention to the entire gallery as an experience rather than providing notice to individual exhibits, while taking…

Provides illustrations, questions, and vocabulary to enable students to develop visual thinking skills through the study of architecture and its concepts. Seeks to help students gain a critical appreciation of the built environment and learn to use architecural terms and basic design principles to discuss architecture as a visual art form. (KM)

Provides ideas and resources for using popular music to teach geography. Discusses social values, conservation and land issues, and developmental issues in Latin America. Concludes that popular music reflects the character of a place as well as the perspective and values of the musician. (DK)

Discusses student criticism of higher education. Responds in the context of moral questions. Argues that education is about the development of a moral imagination. Suggests that students be encouraged to locate their own questions in material to be studied. Concludes that through storytelling teachers and students can find common ground as well as…

Explains the concept and context of holistic education, focusing on the Chicago Statement on Education (June 1990) issued by 80 diverse holistic educators. The article introduces five articles in the same issue of "Teacher Education Quarterly" on holistic education and its implications for teacher education. (SM)

The evolution of environmental education (EE) in elementary, secondary, and higher education in Italy is described, focusing on its role in curricula, trends in awareness, an international agency's research program on EE, values underlying EE, a suggested educational model, and use of an indicator system for evaluating educational quality. (MSE)

The executive director of the Foxfire Fund and the codirector of the Institute for Democracy in Education discuss collaborative strategies for promoting democratic approaches to education, the history and current context of democratic education, and the importance of empowering teachers to implement student-centered democratic education. (LP)

A feminist educator discusses contradictions, inconsistencies, and inadequacies in college policies concerning sexual harassment. It is argued that the fundamental question is whether women students are taken seriously, not whether sexuality enters into the relationship between students and teachers. (MSE)

The education crisis is like TV violence; the worse it gets, the more inert we become. Truth is that Americans do not really care about education. The young are adept at "reading" adult hypocrisy. Commercialism rules. There is nothing in Homer, Virginia Woolf, Shakespeare, or teaching that will bring youngsters big bucks. Freedom and…

Describes a study of users' document selection behavior that was conducted to build a tentative cognitive model of document selection behavior to be used in designing intelligent information retrieval systems. Topics addressed include studies of relevance and of decision making; value judgments; and document information elements considered during…

Choice of leisure activity expressed by students and one parent each from four countries supports a three-dimensional factor structure of leisure dimensions, identified as aesthetic-intellectual, sports, and social-entertainment. Subjects were 642 U.S., 174 French, 243 Danish, and 139 New Zealand college students and their parents. (SLD)

Reviews research on the personal dimensions of teaching and how teaching can be enriched by conceiving of it as a reflective and moral practice. Concludes that teacher behaviors can translate specifically into enacted social values such as civility, effort, and appreciation of subject-matter. (CFR)