Expresses concern by the facility with which ethnographic research on writing passes into articles, textbooks, and pedagogy. Examines the rhetorical and textual practices that organize ethnographic accounts. Regards ethnography as a professional activity in which ethnographers and their texts engage the ideological through the material conditions…

Argues that Anne Bronte, through her novel "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall," demonstrates an understanding of the unequal positions of men and women during the 19th century. Suggests that her narrative silences focus the reader's attention on questions of gender, particularly on the manner in which white male authority shapes women's lives. (TB)

Depicts technology (both computers and television) as a new presence in the classroom. Calls for not simply replacing older teaching methods, but designing a new paradigm that utilizes computer assisted instruction as the basis for an "interactive multiplicity" of learning techniques. (SJL)

Reviews the literature pertinent to defining the goals of public relations, reaching out to the community, dealing with the media, and evaluation. All references have appeared in the ERIC system and major higher education journals since 1972. (Author/RT)

Discusses state involvement in transfer and articulation as being a result of increasing demands on higher education to produce well-prepared graduates despite budgetary constraints. Focuses on state involvement in developing governance structures, admission standards, and institutional missions, as well as in reducing unnecessary duplication in…

Analyzes a number of situations that reveal students' disinterest in learning about events and people from the past; traces possible causes of this disinterest. (RL)

Discusses the false dichotomy pitting aesthetic power against political complicity in literary criticism. Considers the sexual politics of the household of Nathaniel Hawthorne in light of this opposition. Suggests how literary works keep warring voices and inner conflicts alive and at odds. (HB)

Examines the individual nature of student responses and identifies common themes in student experiences during the first year of postsecondary studies. Academic demands were central concerns for students, but there was considerable variability in perceived characteristics of transition demands associated with student roles. Discusses age and sex…

Surging demand for workers, growing income inequality, and passage of welfare reforms have made work force development one of the United States' key national concerns. Public/Private Ventures has been working with various states to design work force development strategies that seek to address the concerns of many work force development specialists…

Correction and discussion of student papers in small teacher-led groups is an effective alternative to the teacher's reading and correcting all papers. (JH)

This paper explores the effectiveness and efficiency of multimedia-computer-based text accompanied by illustrations, graphs, simulations, and animation in teaching chemistry. The paper cautions that although multimedia may be a means to more effective teaching, there is no assurance that it increases student learning. Studies suggest that…

Designed for use as supplementary instructional material in a cultural anthropology course this learning module introduces the student to some of the major trends associated with agriculture and its impact upon cultural evolution and complexity. The first section of the module describes major innovations such as animal power, irrigation and the…

Argues the usefulness of the New Rhetorical method epitomized by the critical work of Kenneth Burke utilizing two concepts from communication theory. Specifically, demonstrates how the method can guide readers methodically to insights that make sense of apparent anomalies in "Dracula" and call attention to major features of the text that have been…