Reviews theoretical concepts and research findings related to values and valuation processes as they influence educational administration and decision making. Discusses the application of values theory and research through reflective educational practice, methodological problems associated with values research, and current research trends and…

Interviews with 20 Punjabi Sikh teachers (mostly immigrants) in British Columbia found that they played a wide variety of roles in the education system. They served as bridges between the Punjabi Sikh community and the schools; acted as translators, cultural informants, and role models; and were committed to influencing parental attitudes toward…

A grade 7-8 generalist teacher attempting to implement new student-centered assessment practices was influenced by his beliefs about the nature of teaching and learning, his understandings of the new forms of assessment and their influence on other classroom practices, his involvement in the collaborative research program, and contextual…

Surveys, focus groups, and interviews with 1,965 high school students in Quebec found that 88 percent of boys and 44 percent of girls agreed with gender stereotypes, and that conformity to gender stereotypes was negatively related to students' academic achievement and parental education level. (SV)

Studied the effects of training in morphological awareness for 33 dyslexic students in grades 4 and 5. During training the experimental group gained significantly more than a comparison group of 27 students on 1 of 3 measures of morphological awareness, but both groups made equal gains in phonological awareness, phoneme discrimination, and picture…

Interviewed eight Norwegian school children whose treatment for cancer had been completed, their parents, their teachers, and health personnel. Findings show that students with cancer have a clear desire to value their own academic ability, and that they strive to master academic requirements in spite of illness. (SLD)

Shows that education change depends on level of policy formation and level of policy transformation and on what P. Bourdieu has termed the repertory of actual and virtual possibilities and relations of symbolic force within the base arrangements of a civilization. Discusses teacher education reform in the context of the Swedish Teacher Education…

Presents a theoretical framework for analyzing students' social, emotional, and motivational interpretations and demonstrates the application of the framework in two studies involving 8 12-year-old boys and 14 12-year-old boys in which such interpretations were analyzed in a cognitive apprenticeship-based technologically rich learning environment.…

Discusses educational change at the collegiate level using the example of recent changes in Irish higher education. Suggests that the greatest determinant of success in college change efforts is the ability of academic leaders to infuse a vision of the college's future as they build a culture supportive of change strategies. (Author/SLD)

Studied the robustness of the sign test frequently used to examine group differences as measured by multiple indicators where observations are correlated. Findings of a simulation study show that modest intercorrelations only influence the ability to detect Type I errors to a limited degree, but high intercorrelations make use of the sign test…

Outlines a psycholinguistic framework for reading and spelling methodology at the preliminary stage. Based on the theory of metalinguistic development of A. Karmiloff-Smith and J. Gombert, the framework involves a three-step model for early reading and spelling instruction. The approach balances focus on meaning with focus on skill. (SLD)

Studied the effectiveness of phonological training in improving the reading of 33 poor readers in grade 4 in Sweden. Results show that some children resisted phonological training. These were students for whom only orthographic deciding skills, and not phonological decoding skills, predicted text reading before the phonological instruction. (SLD)

Reviewed studies of the social interaction of toddlers in interaction and play in daycare centers in Europe. Identified a characteristic style in the interaction with peers of 1- and 2-year-olds shown in play sequences, construction of shared meaning, and affiliative structures. (SLD)

Studied the relationship between students' future time perspectives and their investment in schooling in more than 600 Dutch secondary education students. Different future time perspectives were found to be good predictors of school investment, and locus of control was found to have an influence on the relationship between future time perspective…

Studied the emphases of teachers on six educational goals reflecting different values such as achievement, personal development, and appropriate behavior. Findings from abut 40 Norwegian schools and samples of 144 and 157 teachers shows school-specific goal priorities when a profile approach was used to look at goals. (SLD)