The ability to understand and frame problems encountered in practice is a critical skill for school leaders. This paper reports on a study that inquired about the teaching and learning of problem-framing skills in the Prospective Principals Program at Stanford University, a preparation program for school administrators that relies on problem-based…

While increasing teachers' scientific knowledge base has been identified as a challenge for teacher education (e.g., NCES, 1996), the skills used to identify a need for knowledge and the skills necessary to search for that knowledge have been less discussed. Yet, the ability to learn for oneself is really the goal of lifelong teacher education. In…

Beginning with more than 60 mathematics problems commonly taught in middle and high school, this book shares the excitement and mystery of mathematics, shows students how 60 mathematicians discovered mathematical solutions, and demonstrates how these discoveries can be applied to everyday situations. Each chapter presents the historical background…

Reflects on the origins and present situation of the National Institute of Education, discusses some priorities which the Institute could address, and makes some suggestions to the professional educational research and development community for the expansion and enhancement of research and development on teaching and learning. (Author/JM)

This paper discusses research on frustration, oppression, stigma, and cognitive dissonance as they are related to the lives of women. The anger resulting from these processes is discussed, and ways are suggested for recognizing anger, working through it, and using it constructively. (Author)

Discusses the role legal services play in public health care delivery in disadvantaged communities in relation to such socio-medical problems as lead poisoning, child abuse, involuntary mental commitment, and housing code violations. Recommends a legal advocacy program to ensure adequate public health care. (Author/SF)

Following a review of basic educational, social, and health constraints faced by single pregnant adolescents and adolescent parents, an urban community's action program directed to this group is described. The organizational structure of the action program is presented as a model for others to explore. (Author)

This paper discusses schools as a precipitating factor in the lowering of academic potential and self-esteem in female students. Several aspects of the schools are considered, including curriculum, staffing patterns, and nonverbal cues. (RP)

This study investigated the effects of repression-sensitization communication network change, task change, and situation change on leadership continuity. Twenty-four 5-man groups, homogeneously composed of either repressers or sensitizers, participated in a wheel network, a completely-connected network, and a leaderless group discussion (LGD)…

An indictment of the ways in which reading and mathematics standardized tests affect classroom curricula. (Author)

The author discusses some of the human, psychological, and educational problems that he has encountered in introducing humanistic teaching to his college classes as an alternative to conventional education. (JR)

Article is a literature review, but a literature review with definite policy implications. It concerns the widespread use of amphetamines in the nation's schools to control a syndrome which doctors and medical researchers call "hyperkinetic behavior disorder," or "minimal brain dysfunction," and which teachers and parents know as "hyperactivity".…

Describes a summer camp for children with learning and adjustment to school problems. Behavior modification is the basis of the remediation program. (ST)

Administrator-faculty cooperation at Danforth Foundation workshops can be a model for other national, regional, and statewide institutes. (Editor)