The second in a four-phase research project, this report presents data from a stratified random sample of California middle schools using four grade span configurations (K-8, 6-8, 7-8, and 7-9). This phase, a pilot study, is designing a methodology to help researchers discriminate among the number, percentage, and types of programs offered by the…

Informed by recent Marxist education theory, the author gives a new account of the changes brought about by the 1875 Education Act in South Australia. Many of these changes, although couched in terms of morality and efficiency, represented a direct assault on the lifestyles and culture of the laboring people. (RM)

This text examines various features in the school culture and argues that the "extraordinary" represents an important dimension in the way a school is maintained and managed. It discusses various aspects of culture such as vestibules, speech night, school excursions, and festivities and looks at aspects of school administration from the…

The research project "Special Places; Special People" is designed to provide insight and advice in the management of schools and their grounds for the benefit of children. This document describes the project's research methodology and findings, explores some of the wider implications arising from the study, and suggests ways in which…

Speculates on the effect of the debate about evolution as a scientific theory on public perception of science. Cites poll data that suggests that the public and a good number of science teachers have not resolved the issue for themselves. Focuses on the hidden curriculum. (DDR)

The teaching of values to students is unavoidable and inevitable. The problem for educators is how to choose wisely what is explicitly taught in the way of values and how to understand and control the implicit moral education in schools and in the communities that support them. (IAH)

The Americanization movement and civics education can be interpreted as symbolic action sanctioning a particular status order with certain definitions and interpretations of social phenomena. The purpose most commonly attributed to it is the transformation of immigrants. The movement is biased toward cultural homogeneity and the anonymity of the…

This article urges redefinition of the relationship between general and special education at the classroom level and in teacher education programs. A major concern is the dependence upon the expertise of special educators which currently characterizes the general education community. This dependence is described as a constraint upon teacher…

Suggests that the image of children that informs contemporary pedagogy is based upon a paradigm of mastery and control. Opposes the emphasis in teacher education on technical understanding underpinned by an intolerance of and desire to dispell difference. Advocates concern for children rather than rationalistic abstract discourse on…

Third semester college students of French viewed part of a film, read part, and then were given a surprise vocabulary test with colloquial words from the text. Their performance, compared to a control group, suggests that incidental vocabulary acquisition is possible in a foreign language situation. The test is appended. (Contains eight…

Uses data from English comprehensive schools to suggest that schools teach the reality of second class citizenship for African-American people through a hidden curriculum. Argues that teachers have the opportunity to challenge stereotypes and empower students by putting antiracist principles into practice. Stresses the need to recognize and…

Britain's education system is a beleaguered service accused of failing young people who leave school early without developing their potential. Education will always fail if youngsters' capacities are sectioned off to match a pyramidal, hierarchical society. The conditions for a learning society are basically political, requiring creation of a…

Factors that contribute to different perspectives and attitudes toward learning in both teachers and students are discussed, and MARKETING SIMULATION exercise for undergraduates at University of Lancaster is described. An evaluation of instructional effectiveness of this exercise is reported with emphasis on the impact of hidden curricula on…

Most international schools have an expressed desire to change not only students' knowledge base, but their attitudes and values. Some claim that developing a value-system free from petty national prejudices is international schooling's major benefit. Further research is needed to corroborate such claims. (31 references) (MLH)

An English teacher who taught two years at a racially and economically diverse high school reflects on unintentional forms of racism hiding behind her hard-working colleagues' standard practices. Examples include underrepresentation of black authors in the curriculum, lack of faculty diversity, and a persistently "white" school ethos.…