Conflicting attitudes toward current American social problems may emphasize either the instabilities of social crisis and cultural confusion or the formulating of a more meaningful future through intelligent action. Particularly in the field of education both the despairing critics and the hopeful reformers are in obvious conflict today. Thus,…

The aim of this book is to try to describe collectively the educational situations in all three East African countries: Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania (exclusive of Zanzibar and Pemba), with special reference to teacher education. The book provides historical background and utilizes the social sciences in its comparative analyses. Beginning with a…

This symposium on organization development (OD) consists of three presentations. "A Study of Gender Management Preferences as Related to Predicted Organizational Management Paradigms for the Twenty-First Century" (Cathy Bolton McCullough) reports a study that found that access to diverse management preferences and the manner in which the…

Adult educators create a curriculum whenever they explicitly or implicitly select some objects of knowledge over others, or choose a particular way to handle knowledge in their pedagogy. When the interests reflected in a curriculum are left unexamined, the role of knowledge as a phenomenon of power is not addressed and inequitable social…

To enhance the students' prospects for attaining leadership positions, school of education faculty should involve its graduate students in research. Strong educational foundations for prospective educators include coursework in the disciplines of philosophy, psychology with a biological orientation, and a survey of sociology, political science,…

Emphasizes the value of broadening student teachers' understanding of family and community involvement in their students' education, reviewing recommendations for including family involvement in undergraduate teacher education, suggesting family and community involvement themes for foundation courses, and arguing the value of community-based…

Critically examines the claims of the Effective Schools Movement, especially those that pertain to the issue of educational leadership. Offers a critique of the traditional school leadership paradigm, suggesting alternative ways to consider both leadership and the Effective Schools Movement through the perspective of critical educational theory.…

Study tested the hypothesis that teacher candidates who were exposed to a theory-oriented normative model and given theory-oriented reinforcement within a practice-oriented context would manifest more positive attitudes toward learning theoretical knowledge than those who were not so exposed. Results proved the hypothesis was plausible. (SM)

Examines issues related to school reform, professional development schools, and change in teacher education curricula, describing the evolution of teacher preparation courses within Vermont secondary schools that are integrating teacher preparation programs with school development plans. Preservice interns work in local high schools, assisting in…

This chapter provides general insights into American Indian epistemologies that can assist student affairs professionals in their work and examines the shared understandings of American Indians with regard to tribal knowledge and education.

This volume traces the history of a collaboration between the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and China's National Center for Education Development Research. The collaboration, which began in 1988, was initiated to conduct a comparative study of education in the two countries through information exchanges and seminars.…

College students in a Foundations of Education class at Rust College (Mississippi), a small historically black liberal arts college, were required in 1993 and again in 1994 to develop a modified personal strategic plan using critical thinking skills. The plan had four components: a family history; a present situation; a strengths, weaknesses,…

A paradigm is a way of understanding that includes rules and regulations that: (1) establish boundaries; (2) provide fixed rules for success within the boundaries; and (3) act as filters for data. While a paradigm may help people to operate in terms of things as they are, it also may blind them to alternative ways of looking at the world around…

The tradition of academic excellence in the arts, culture, mathematics, and science in Bulgaria that was set aside under communism remains the goal of the Bulgarian government with legislation designed to replace the ideological doctrine subordinating education under a totalitarian regime and to restore Bulgaria's historical tradition. The new law…

This monograph describes the theory and practice of the invitational learning model as it applies to school counseling and development. Invitational learning is a paradigm for personal and professional functioning, and for organizational restructuring, based on four values regarding the nature of people and their potential and the nature of…