The authors refute L. Heshusius's 1982 article which asserts that the holistic paradigm is more useful in special education than a more data-based accountable framework. (CL)

Explores an insight offered by Plato in his "Seventh Letter" to explain why the traditional mode-based approach to teaching composition is so attractive and how it can be expanded upon to teach students productive inquiry. Shows how the process-based approach promotes that sort of productive change and suggests how to engage students in…

Based on the literature reviewed, the authors present recommendations for parents and educators of gifted adolescent females. It is argued that differential treatment will produce more equitable education and the requisite skills to achieve success in both traditional and nontraditional careers. (Author)

The author defines structuralism (a method for modeling and analyzing event systems in a space-time framework), traces its origins to the work of J. Piaget and M. Fourcault, and discusses its implications for learning. (CL)

States the relationship between the general philosophy of home economics and the specialization of merchandising. (JOW)

It is the transformation and fusion of the reader and text into something greater than each alone that makes reading a mysterious, visionary process. (HOD)

Discusses the educational philosophy of John Dewey and suggests that he has more to contribute to the concept of lifelong education than might be supposed and that he ought to be afforded a more prominent place in lifelong education. (JOW)

This paper attempts to assess the extent to which Eduard Lindeman has created the framework of discourse and analysis predominant in adult education. Six contributions to the development of conceptual frameworks, philosophical imperatives, and substantive foci are identified. (Author/SSH)

The Ross Educational Philosophical Inventory was psychometrically examined through the use of expert judges and factor analysis of a sample of responses to the inventory. Results are negative in general, but moderately positive results were found in relation to two of the four categories of the inventory. (JKS)

A defense of the study of the humanities in light of the back-to-basics movement. (DD)

Practical implications are drawn from an examination of K. Jaspers' existential philosophy and his view of the university's proper function. (GW)

For over 30 years, contemporary American integral philosopher, Ken Wilber, has challenged all of us to critically examine how biased, if not distorted, our current forms of thinking and knowledge are, and what kind of education ought to be developed in order to build, what he refers to as, a future "Wisdom Culture." To date, no critical…

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