Describes distinctions between learning, training, development, and education and illustrates how different models of human resource management/development influence their meaning. Concludes that training, development, and education are an integrated whole linked by the concept of learning. (SK)

Discusses the nature of the trust responsibility of the federal government toward American Indians and what primacy it has in the pyramid of federal values and decision making. Examines the contested origins of the federal trust doctrine, negative and positive aspects of the relationship, three kinds of trust responsibility, and the enforceability…

Examines authentic leadership in the early childhood field. Recommends developing an authentic working definition of "leading" and using metaphors to build a conceptual framework of leading. Suggests principles to guide in learning leading: professional passion, professional rigor, and professional innovation. Presents steps for learning…

Investigated how state coordinators of abstinence education programs defined "sexual activity." Researchers surveyed Title V abstinence education coordinators from the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and three territories. Of the 17 coordinators providing at least partial responses, none reported having a definition of sexual…

Definitions by elementary students were scored for conformity with Aristotelian form and information quality. School exposure to English was correlated with quality and quantity of formal definitions given. Results of this and a similar French-as-a-Foreign-Language exercise indicate that definitional ability depends on opportunity to practice…

Inspired by Thomas S. Kuhn's book "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions," this article redefines education. Under the old conception, education was viewed as a process and system, or an effort and intention. Education as newly defined changes the emphasis from inputs to outcomes. Only if the process succeeds will education have truly…

Compared special education and vocational rehabilitation guidelines for serving individuals with specific learning disabilities from survey of 50 state departments of vocational rehabilitation. Found considerably more agreement within each field than between fields. Found agency definitions shared important elements but differed in how specific…

Contrasted four theories of natural language category acquisition by investigating the relation between category intensions and extensions in kindergarten children, second and fifth graders, and college students. Since none of the theories discussed could explain the pattern of results, an exemplar-based model was proposed. (RH)

The article defines the term, "transition," discusses the types of transitions that occur during early childhood special education, explores the rationale for studying and planning such transitions, and identifies transition issues and procedures. Tables offer data on critical events in rearing a handicapped family member, commercially available…

Using biographical interviewing, the study addressed graduate women's definitions of role models and mentors, perceived benefits of the mentor-protege relationship, and developmental discontinuities in mentor selection. Results are discussed within the context of the politics of mentoring of the attributions made by male mentors for female…

An interview with Dr. Harvey Wall, who retired from his position as director of the Division of Undergraduate Studies at Penn State University in 1986, is presented. A definition of academic advising and his views on how advising should look to the future are included. (Author/MLW)

The utility of school-based management (SBM) as a means of generating school improvement is examined. A model of high-involvement management is applied to show what makes SBM work and under what conditions in four school districts. The definitions of SBM must be expanded to include organizational redesign. (SLD)

This comment on a 1994 article by L. Fuchs and S. Deno about curriculum-based assessment questions the original authors' terminology and stresses the importance of distinguishing between "curriculum" as what is taught and "instruction" as how it is taught. (DB)

Describes and defines the Internet from a classroom perspective as a place to talk, a place to get organized information, and as a place to organize and put information. Two World Wide Web projects in Syracuse, New York, that support school curricula are described in a sidebar. (JKP)

A community consists of people bound together by a common thread, such as shared learning, ethnicity, a common national history, professional identity, or social/political agenda. To maintain equilibrium, a democratic community needs more than psychological theories, group dynamics, or simplistic cultural descriptors. All persons come to…