Education articles from December 1998

Education archives from December 1998

INTRODUCTION TO THE SPECIAL ISSUE: A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO CHILDREN'S PROBLEMS.
December 22, 1998... School violence is getting increasing attention from government, media, mental health and educational professionals. Systemic approaches have become recognized as the only way to assure long-term positive results. Common elements in successful...

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVES IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA: THE QUEST FOR HIGHER STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, BEHAVIOR, AND DRESS STANDARDS.
December 22, 1998... Long Beach, California is home to three large educational institutions, Long Beach Unified School District, Long Beach City College, and California State University, Long Beach. This article presents a case of sustained educational improvement...

SERVICE LEARNING AS A STRATEGY TO PREPARE TEACHER CANDIDATES FOR CONTEMPORARY DIVERSE CLASSROOMS.
December 22, 1998... The article describes a service-learning program jointly developed, implemented, and evaluated by a large university and a culturally and linguistically diverse urban school district. Each semester, over 200 undergraduate students preparing to...

MODEL STANDARDS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT: NATIONAL TRENDS AND A LOCAL RESPONSE.
December 22, 1998... This article addresses recent trends in the development of standards for English language arts and their relevance for English learners who speak languages other than English (ESOL). First, the article reviews mainstream efforts to develop...

PROMOTING PERSONAL INVESTMENT IN SYSTEMIC APPROACHES TO SCHOOL VIOLENCE.
December 22, 1998... As citizens in a democracy, the media headlines have riveted our attention on the pain and disbelief that children could be so violent in supposedly safe places such as schools: "THREE STUDENTS KILLED, FIVE WOUNDED IN SHOOTING" ...

MIDDLE SCHOOL ADVISORIES: A VEHICLE FOR DEVELOPING STUDENTS' GENDER SELF-CONFIDENCE.
December 22, 1998... Gender related issues permeate the lives of early adolescents. The middle school advisory is presented as an opportunity for students to explore their self concepts as females and males. Gender equity and gender self-confidence are discussed as...

A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO SCHOOL COUNSELOR CONSULTATION.
December 22, 1998... A major component of a school counselor's program is consultation with parents, teachers, administrators, and outside referral sources. This article presents an overview of the school counselor's role in systemic consultation, a rationale for...

LOOKING FOR MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION: WHAT COULD BE DONE AND WHY IT ISN'T.
December 22, 1998... Urban schools often address their needs for multicultural education by holding special events and recognizing ethnic heroes. Unfortunately, they overlook the greater significance of promoting effective, ongoing pedagogical practices as...

ENGLISH ONLY FOR CALIFORNIA CHILDREN AND THE AFTERMATH OF PROPOSITION 227.
December 22, 1998... The provisions and consequences of "English for the Children," California's Proposition 227, are examined. The measure passed with a clear majority in June, 1998, and was implemented during the 1998-99 school year. Controversies concerning the...

ADVOCATING FOR BETTER FUTURES FOR ALL STUDENTS: A NEW VISION FOR SCHOOL COUNSELORS.
December 22, 1998... This article describes how the role of counselors must change to include social advocacy as a primary component. Counselors must work as change agents and advocates for the elimination of systemic barriers that impede academic success for all...

A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO SELF-EFFICACY AND ACHIEVEMENT IN RURAL SCHOOLS.
December 22, 1998... The purpose of this article is to review the unique qualities of rural communities and define the problems facing their students, such as poverty, low achievement, and poor self-efficacy. A number of promising systemic interventions are...

WHAT'S RIGHT WITH EDUCATION? ERIN GRUWELL'S RECONNECTING THE DISCONNECTED.
December 22, 1998... A new teacher, Erin Gruwell, began her career much as many novice teachers do--with the ideal of helping students to learn and to lead effective lives. However, in the course of just four years, Erin managed, dramatically so, to change the...

PIO PICO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: A CARING, COHESIVE LEARNING COMMUNITY.(Interview)
December 22, 1998... Pio Pico is an urban elementary school of 900 students, located in Santa Ana, California (Orange County). Most of the adults in the community are low income, Latino immigrants, born in Mexico, and have very little formal education. Most of the...

"THEY'RE ALL OUR CHILDREN": FRANK AND FAYE CLARKE AND THEIR CRUSADE TO EDUCATE THE CHILDREN.
December 22, 1998... This article focuses on the work of Faye and Frank Clarke, founders of Educate the Children Foundation. Faye and Frank Clarke have made a conscious decision to serve their community as retired citizens by donating their time, energy and...

HIGH SCHOOL SUCCESS AND SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY BEGIN WITH TENTATIVE JOB-CAREER PLANS FOR EACH STUDENT.
December 22, 1998... A standard career interest test should be administered to each 9th grade student, and the three highest level of career interest obtained should be compared with the stated job-career interest for each student. Where the stated job-career plan...

SUGGESTIONS FOR PRODUCING TEACHING EXCELLENCE.
December 22, 1998... Since business schools often receive the most talented students, a special commitment to teaching excellence is warranted. The main commitment of any professor is the full development of the abilities and talents of all students. This is an...

CLINICAL SUPERVISION IN TEACHER EVALUATION: A PIVOTAL FACTOR IN THE QUALITY MANAGEMENT OF EDUCATION.
December 22, 1998... The rapidly approaching new millennium is ushering in significant changes in management and management style in all organizations. One such a new paradigm which would benefit educational management is Total Quality Management (TQM) which is...

ALLEVIATING STRESS IN PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS DURING FIELD EXPERIENCES.
December 22, 1998... Preservice teachers often experience extreme stress during field experiences which can make them less effective and stunt professional growth. Through talking with students, reading their journals, noting comments on professor evaluations, and...

PRESERVICE TEACHER CASE STUDY RESPONSES: A PRELIMINARY ATTEMPT TO DESCRIBE PROGRAM IMPACT.
December 22, 1998... The ability to make decisions is vital to the teaching profession; therefore, this study was designed to examine through the use of case study analyses the decision making ability of students as they progress through the teacher education...

HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY MODELS OF ATTENTION PROCESSES WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR LEARNING.
December 22, 1998... A brief historical review of research into attention and attention processes along with a description of current models explaining the how people visually perceive stimuli. Components of attention are identified along with implications for...

USE OF REFRAMING AS A CLASSROOM STRATEGY.
December 22, 1998... Reframing refers to the process of changing the focus of a situation or problem and examining it from a different perspective. It involves looking at the reciprocal side of a problem/issue or analyzing a situation from a broader base. Reframing...