Examines the nature and attributes of reflective practitioners, necessary characteristics of reflective practitioners, and the role of university faculty in educational foundations and philosophy of education in preparing reflective practitioners. Argues that reflective practice in schools is philosophy of education at its best. (SM)

The Basic School Network, Housed at James Madison University in Virginia, plans lessons based on Ernest L. Boyer's Core Commonalities--a system of eight themes underlying all human experience aimed at renewing early childhood education. Commonalities include the life cycle, use of symbols, membership in groups, sense of time and space, response to…

Explores how social foundations might inform the core required educational psychology course in teacher education, describing undergraduate students' common perceptions of social foundations as required but insignificant, illustrating how this might occur in educational psychology as students are engaged in the normative and critical perspectives…

Identifies six phases of developmental education in American history, each of which naturally interconnects with social history. States that each succeeding phase includes more student subpopulations, beginning in the mid-1600s with privileged white males, to the present, more diverse era. Explores first three phases--which focused on tutoring and…

Examines teachers' eroding authority regarding curriculum, moral education, and ethical rigor. The destruction of the Second Temple (AD 70) produced an authority crisis in Jewish society when high priests and ritual sacrifices were eliminated. In response, rabbis redefined authority and vested it in the teacher-student relationship. (Contains 11…

Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (A.D. 35-95) was a teacher of rhetoric in Rome during the first century of imperial Rome. His seminal work, "De Institutio Oratoria"--The Education of the Orator, was written during his retirement. Quintilian's experience as a teacher had an impact on his ideologies and "De Institutio Oratoria" combined his practitioner…

Reflecting a variety of intellectual and disciplinary orientations, this volume examines major changes in educational development and reform and considers how such changes have been implemented in the past. The material addresses questions of governance, equity and multiculturalism, curriculum standards, school choice. The book has four parts.…

This book tells the story of U.S. high schools in the 19th century. The volume analyzes the social changes and political debates that shaped these institutions--from 1921, when the first public high school was established in Massachusetts, to the 1880s, by which time a majority of secondary students in the North were enrolled in high schools. The…

For a long time educational administration has been enamored with the idea that studies about leadership should lead to contextually free generalizations. Despite decades of empirical studies modeled after the social sciences' most rigorous disciplines, very little is known about leadership. Previous views of leadership attempted to generalize…

The paper identifies key attributes of syntopical theory as developed by Mortimer Adler, examines the status of the foundations of education, and discusses the importance of a national dialogue about foundational studies in teacher education and syntopical theory. People who work in disciplines embedded in the foundations of education lack a…

An Australian conference for lecturers in educational administration was disrupted by a group dubbed "The Empty Set," which explored the political nature of knowledge and practice in educational administration. The group claims that most of educational administration's major research themes are derived from noneducational areas. Stating…

Based on the assumption that something is fundamentally wrong at its definitional roots about the concept of adult education upon which the profession is organized, this paper identifies seven troubling characteristics of the profession. These characteristics, which stem from failure to root the definition in philosophical foundations, are (1) the…

Teachers need to become active participants in the political processes that have an impact on the quality of schooling. In order to be effective agents in the public forum, teacher candidates need to acquire the knowledge and skills that are derived from a solid grounding in the foundations of education. The areas of study commonly associated with…

Recent dramatic developments in brain research and technology suggest that a comprehensive understanding of how the human brain works may soon be within reach. Just as the ability of the medical profession to treat patients improved dramatically with the advent of effective research skills and technology concerning the structure, biochemistry, and…

This report describes characteristics of teacher education faculty who are teaching the introductory foundations courses, their background and preparation, scholarly productivity, field activity, professional activities and salaries. The study population was drawn from member institutions of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher…