A poststructuralist approach to teaching social and behavioral sciences in nursing education shifts focus to an examination of subject positions, discourse, conflict, and action. It provides a useful foundation for examining the politics of health care. (SK)

Research on the context and process of essay writing demonstrates its utility in developing reflection and self-appraisal. Essay writing teaches students to be evaluative in their writing and in their learning. (SK)

Interviews with 50 student nurses and survey data from 81 over the course of their undergraduate careers showed how they moved from a lay to a professional image of nursing. They remained idealistic but were realistic about nurses' role and the constraints of the hospital system. (SK)

Story telling, an age-old human craft, is a powerful tool for contextualizing and humanizing nursing knowledge and facilitating deeper understanding of oneself and others. It contrasts with the rhetoric surrounding reflective practice. (SK)

Describes a continuing education module that addresses care in the community, influences on patients' experience, current social policy, and the role of the carer. The module is designed to help trained nurses integrate patient care from hospital to community setting. (SK)

Offers suggestions for state and local officials in preparing themselves for their role in the global economy. Provides tools for thinking systematically about techniques for cross-cultural training and making cost-efficient decisions about appropriate actions in different situations. (Author)

Argues that the development of thinking about the administrative state needs to be understood in terms of "bureau men" interested in making administrative methods more efficient and of "settlement women" who sought and won the expansion of governmental responsibility for social ills. Suggests that reconstructed history may raise awareness of the…

Examines Heidegger's two forms of caring as a framework for looking critically at the understanding of caring. Explores the meaning of caring from the perspective of students and a family studies teacher in the everyday life of the classroom. (Author/JOW)

A survey of 899 young adolescents to assess nutrition knowledge needed to make health-related lifestyle choices identified gaps in knowledge for future adolescent programs. Higher scores were achieved by eighth and ninth graders, breakfast eaters, light exercisers, and females; lower scores by seventh graders, breakfast skippers, very light…

By skillfully structuring volunteer assignments, organizations can be successful in persuading a significant number of retirees to accept assignments and to devote a minimum of two days a week to those assignments. (Author/JOW)

A study of Albuquerque, New Mexico, provides insight into income stagnation and the future of the economy. Evidence confirms that the roots of the widening income gap are deep and the problem will not soon disappear. (JOW)

Describes distance technologies being used now, such as video networks, audiographic systems, the Internet and other computer networks, and interactive television. Suggests future needs: an increase in the level of interaction and more online support services. (SK)

Reviews types of learning styles and criteria for choosing an appropriate assessment instrument. Describes four generations of distance learning and suggests ways to enhance distance education instructional design for different learning styles. (SK)

As communities develop in cyberspace, distance education facilitators should recognize that, although community cannot be mandated, there are ways to foster a sense of community in distance learning environments: focus on human interaction, learning partnership, regular and consistent feedback, and course-based listservs. (SK)

In undergraduate distance education, two approaches are emerging: (1) an individualized model based on correspondence study, giving students flexibility and control; and (2) the distributed classroom, cohorts working collaboratively and independently in resource-rich environments. The distance learning population is so diverse as to make the…