Considers the implications of discipline-based art education (DBAE) for music education. Recounts the historical shift in art education that produced DBAE. Identifies DBAE's characteristics. Explores the influence of the Getty Center for Education in the Arts upon DBAE. Urges further discussion of incorporating DBAE ideas into music education. (CH)

A preservice teacher education course in educational psychology focused on students (n=67) taking greater responsibility for learning through exposure to a variety of learning experiences, including curriculum negotiation, peer discussion and teaching, learning contracts, self/peer/collaborative assessment, and critical reflection. Locus of…

Discusses concept books with regard to educational value, evaluative criteria, and relationship to child development. An annotated bibliography of 29 concept books appropriate for early childhood classrooms is included that lists books on colors, foods, occupations, money, senses, shapes, and time, and activities for integration in the content…

This article suggests ways that the Purdue Three-Stage Model, which nurtures cognitive skills of highly able students, can be applied at the secondary level. The article examines the structure of secondary schools; characteristics of gifted adolescents; program design; and three specific applications in Honors English, middle school seminars, and…

Describes the implementation of a multicultural education program in the New York City public schools, detailing steps in development of the "Children of the Rainbow" curriculum guides for primary school grades, and the obstacles, including attacks by community members, faced in program development. (SLD)

This article explores the global education controversy by examining challenges made on three global education programs; discusses the implications of the challenges for teacher educators in preservice, inservice, and graduate programs; and presents practical suggestions to help teacher educators enhance the quality of the educational process. (SM)

Describes a study that attempted to determine the effects of fixed versus flexible scheduling on the curriculum involvement of elementary school library media specialists and on the curricular integration of library skills. Teachers' planning styles are discussed, and recommendations for further studies are suggested. (10 references) (LRW)

This 2-year study involved 580 seventh- and eighth-grade students to determine the effects of a long-term professional development plan to integrate the Texas Instruments' Math Explorer calculators into mathematics teaching and learning and students', teachers', and parents' attitudes toward calculator use. Includes recommendations for practice…

Reviews issues related to multiculturalism in art education. Contends that there is a tension between art associated with Western Civilization and art from a multicultural perspective. Concludes that art education must have separatist, integrationist, and multicultural orientations. (CFR)

Discusses the history and design of a project to integrate material on the internment of Japanese Americans in the Second World War into the curriculum at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). Proceedings of a seminar to develop the process are also reviewed, with suggestions for the future. (SLD)

Presents a series of ideas for educational reform, some drawn from the author's previous works. Experimentation is badly needed to see what will work at every level of education. Suggestions include encouragement of single-sex schooling and endorsement of allowing college curricular authority to reside with faculty. (SLD)

A project in which teams of preservice teachers were grouped with teams of seventh grade students and worked cooperatively on a set of assignments is described. The plan, project, implementation, results, and summary are presented. (KR)

Describes the Commonwealth Caribbean: 17 English-speaking countries in the Caribbean, sharing history, culture, and developmental problems. Examines the social studies in individual Commonwealth Caribbean educational systems. Highlights needs for improved teacher education; textbook availability; and a six-level primary social studies course.…

Describes the University of California (Irvine) one-year humanities core course as hermeneutically and contextually oriented. Explains course development, structure, and organization and provides the reading list. Students assignments include essays and a dialectical notebook. Provides a three-day fall seminar for the teaching staff. Finds course…

Discusses the benefits of incorporating African-Caribbean contributions to U.S. history and culture at the level of higher education, such as promoting global interconnectedness, correcting misinformation about African Americans, recognizing and profiting from knowledge acquired by ancient civilizations, and strengthening economic competitiveness.…