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.…

Examines the socialization process of newcomers to a residential high school for performing arts. Finds that communication appeared particularly useful in reducing affective uncertainty and providing students with reassurance and support. Analyzes the hidden curriculum of this school, identifying four aspects: control versus freedom, inclusion…

Investigates music teachers' everyday conceptions of musicality through (1) a pilot study involving music teachers in higher education and (2) interviews with teachers in music teacher education and in compulsory school. Finds in the pilot the categories of musical achievement, musical experience, and musical communication, while the interviews…

Suggests three strategies for using picture books to support discussions of and encourage respect for human diversity: (1) using books to highlight commonalities; (2) using books to highlight individual differences; and (3) using books to highlight diversity. Provides references and a bibliography of children's books. (CMK)

Changing the culture of a college is the first and most critical step toward successful change. The Community College of Denver (CCD) has created a culture that is sustained by a heartfelt shared belief in the primacy of student success, and that has produced remarkable improvements in student success outcomes. (PGS)

Although proponents of "heavy" phonics instruction (intensive, systematic phonics instruction carried out extensively) argue that the literacy gap between minorities and the middle class can be closed by teaching phonics, heavy phonics instruction seems to be a tool for widening rather than closing the literacy gap between non-mainstream…

In the first part of the paper, the author discusses his observation that teachers perceive any form of theorizing in schools to be intellectually dependent on educational researchers. Teachers assume that their access to educational theories depends on a group external to themselves and that theory has little practical value in the classroom. In…

This paper examines the role of comparative education from the perspective of the dependent society, with particular attention to Latin America and the Caribbean. The paper starts by comparing the theories of dependence developed in both dominant and dependent societies. The Marxist theory and the liberal, "developmental" theories that…

Examines different ways of using computer-aided learning for language arts instruction, focusing on the underlying assumptions about learning and teaching. Asserts that in order to help students become more effective and independent learners, teachers must actively examine the underlying assumptions of using computers for learning. (MM)

Proposes an integration of critical theory and humanistic education. Strengths and limitations of each are discussed, and a model for liberatory education is proposed. The model is illustrated with an example from a fifth grade classroom. Further dialogue among humanistic educators and critical theorists is recommended. (Author/VM)

Describes education as an alienation of mind from body, thought from action, reason from feeling, and self from other. Traditional definitions of education relate it only to society's productive--not reproductive--processes. Reconstructing education is only possible if we acknowledge the workings of gender in educational theory. (KH)

Discusses distinctions between the formal, overt curriculum and the hidden or implicit curriculum that inculcates values and expectations not openly acknowledged. Before 1900, schools stressed homogeneity, efficiency, and obedience to ensure students' smooth transition from childhood to life in an industrialized society. These values became hidden…