Undergraduate students (n=131) responded to eight educational posters dealing with the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) using a nine-item semantic differential scale. Two posters were consistently rated as more informative, reassuring, effective, decent, and better than the others. The first utilized an objective and informative…

Discusses the deculturation that occurs when Native American nursing students are required to adopt communication styles that are contrary to the Native American culture. Nursing students are taught to use direct eye contact, observation, and inquisition to aid in diagnosis. These techniques are considered disrespectful to Native Americans. (KS)

Observed and interviewed eight male principals from a large urban school system to identify their activities as instructional leaders. The ways principals acted as instructional supervisors could be organized into the following four broad categories: (1) setting and maintaining expectations; (2) providing resources and support; (3) observing…

Compared mean concern scores of 125 preservice teacher interns on the Intern Concerns Checklist at 3 points during a 4-month practicum. Survival concerns decreased over time, but concern for pupils was consistently high. The current topics and sequence of internship seminars at the University of Saskatchewan generally match the emerging concerns…

Interviewed 42 elementary teachers at different stages of professional development. Found that almost all go through a stage of disillusionment with their profession and that teacher disillusionment must be treated differently depending on the stage of professional maturity. Proper supervision based on these stages could advance professional…

Surveyed 1,200 Canadian teachers' views about technology in contemporary society. Responses indicated that teachers overwhelmingly describe and critique technology from an artifact perspective, that the majority hold an incomplete view of the nature of technology, and that most feel technology is beyond the control of the individual. (KS)

This third article of a series reviews recent metacognitive projects inspired by the theory of L. S. Vygotsky. These projects include research on (1) children's memory development; (2) the mother-child dyad; (3) the origin and function of adaptive inner speech; and (4) problem learners. (SLD)

The dimensional structure of the 6 subtests of the Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test was investigated using data from 10 versions of the test administered to approximately 50,000 examinees in 1984-88. The best alternative appeared to be a model with two orthogonal factors. (SLD)

The development and present state of research on the sociology of education in the United States are reviewed, drawing on the literature and on interviews with 10 educational sociologists. To answer the challenges of the field today, sociology needs to go beyond its traditional borders. (SLD)

Relationships between neuropsychological aberrations and psychological dysfunction were studied for 20 Swedish children (average age around 10 years at first testing) with serious language problems through (1) electroencephalography; (2) brain stem response audiometry; (3) magnetic resonance imaging; and (4) brain electric activity mapping by…

Approaches to the economics of training and personnel development are reviewed, and results from an empirical survey of 450 Swedish training managers are summarized with regard to competence as a production factor. Preconditions for an economics of competence include a long-range perspective and combining qualitative and quantitative variables.…

The seven chapters of this theme issue present a state-of-the-art review of research studies into the effectiveness of economic and labor market results of continuing education. Substantive results and research methodology are examined in these examples of effectiveness research. Conceptual and methodological diversity characterize these studies.…

A diverse group of 27 adults completed 100 hours of computer-assisted reading instruction. Reading gains ranged from 0.4-7.5 grade levels and were greatest for subjects with a minimum pretest second grade reading level. Participants indicated the importance of skilled and empathic support from staff. (SV)

Teachers in six rural Saskatchewan schools were interviewed and observed over a four-month period during implementation of core curriculum policy. The least teacher resistance to change was found in schools with the most communication and teacher collaboration and the least direct control by principals. Contains 33 references. (SV)

Pictures of a teacher in formal and casual dress were shown to 188 Canadian middle-class seventh graders. Students expected that the formally dressed teacher would be shown more deference by fellow students than would the casually dressed teacher. Contains 25 references. (SV)