Demonstrates study of macrostructure of a story to show how this technique leads to a clearer understanding of its literal meaning and how it can give the reader a clue to its symbolic meaning. Suggests macrostructure analysis provides systemative and objective account of plot content and structure. (Author/BK)

The author discusses the following question: "How can fiction, which consists primarily of particular statements about human nature, be said to give us universal truths?" (Author/SJL)

Examines women's art within the context of art by men, viewing the works as an ongoing intertextual debate. Uses this approach to analyze two nineteenth-century films: "Morning Bath" and "Fatima." Juxtaposes "Fatima" with the 1973 film, "Take Off." Shows how these works form an intertextual network, with the…

Explores populist ideology by examining it in the content and expression of "Roman Scandals," a musical film of the 1930s. (MM)

Analyzes the rhetoric of the 1850s' Know-Nothing party, the first national political party to use nativism successfully in its platform. Concludes that nativist rhetoric's success and failure lies in the traditional values party members used to overcome the constraints traditionally imposed upon the nativist response to the rhetorical situation.…

Examines a previous empirical study on the complexity of structured programing techniques and concludes that all of the Nassi-Schneiderman diagrams which employed structured programing techniques contained programing errors. A programing solution to the multilevel control break reporting logic problem is then presented. (LRW)

States that the Multicultural Assessment Procedure (MAP) encourages and directs practitioners to take a scientific stance in the counseling process when assessing clients' issues. Describes a logical process for conducting psychological assessments that can be applied to most counseling situations. (Author/MKA)

Identifies and expounds on the strengths of the Multicultural Assessment Procedure (MAP). Outlines some potential issues related to the MAP. Discusses implications for counseling psychology training and practice. (Author/MKA)

Discusses the prevalence of castration anxiety in Clint Eastwood's film "Unforgiven." Describes the situations in which the castration theme is presented, and the inherent symbolism in each situation. Points out that castration does not have to be physical, citing incidents from the film as proof. (PA)

In 'Problematising Critique in Pedagogy,' Jorg Ruhloff develops a concept of critique that is motivated by a deep concern for the state of humanity. This is a thought-provoking development of critique, but I find myself disagreeing over, or rather simply unconvinced by, his understanding of the human condition, and, connected to this, of…

How can philosophy exert its critical function in society and in education if any appeal to independent and even relatively certain criteria seems problematic? The epistemological doubts that foundationalist models of justification encounter unavoidably seem to raise this question. In particular, the relativist implications that seem to result…

In an epistemology of contextualism, how robust does consensus need to be for critique to be practically effective? In 'Relativism and the Critical Potential of Philosophy of Education,' Frieda Heyting proposes a form of contextualism, but her argument raises a number of problems. The kinds of criteria that her version of contextualism will…

This Study evaluated the effectiveness of the Arabic language multimedia products existing in Malaysian markets. For the purpose of careful investigation, this research has applied blended models of the most trusted instructional design based on the field-tested theories of the most outspoken educational psychologists such as Mayer (2002), Keller…

This article seeks to explore the "two faces of education" through a critical analysis of peace education in Sri Lanka. It aims to contribute to the wider debate on the complex role of education in situations of conflict. The article starts with an overview of what peace education is, or should be. This leads to the conclusion that peace…

Current Educational Reform in Japan is oddly captured with confused conceptions of "compulsory education." The Ministry of Education blankets such connotations of it, as a national budget system, mandated school curriculum, responsible partnership of school with community and accountabilities of local school board, in defense of vested…