Education articles from December 1999

Education archives from December 1999

GUEST EDITOR.
December 22, 1999... Dr. Robert W. Wood, Professor of Curriculum and Instruction in the School of Education, is an advocate for citizenship education. Through his teaching, and as the Director of the South Dakota Center for Law and Civic Education, he engages...

CHARACTER AND UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION.
December 22, 1999... At a recent meeting of our University Senate, we were discussing whether or not the University should notify parents when their children have violated University rules regarding illegal substances. The question was before us because recently...

FACULTY FOCUS ON MORAL AND CHARACTER EDUCATION.
December 22, 1999... Once thought to be beyond the realm of public education and its intended separation of church and state, moral and character education have now come to be viewed as content for which teachers may be responsible. With the number of world,...

Build Me a Son.(Brief Article)
December 22, 1999... Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid; one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory. Build me a son whose...

ADMINISTRATORS' PERCEPTIONS OF CHARACTER EDUCATION.(Statistical Data Included)
December 22, 1999... Introduction For centuries educators have talked about the role of education in teaching values. The term character education has also been discussed for years and has been defined as "a planned, comprehensive, and systematic approach for...

RACE AND CHILDREN: THE DYNAMICS OF EARLY SOCIALIZATION.(Statistical Data Included)
December 22, 1999... Introduction Parents, teachers, and educational researchers have tried to understand how children develop cognitive and other skills. We do know that expectations and perceptions of parents and other significant others are important....

THE ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTS FOR BEING AN OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL ARE ALL IN HOW YOU SPELL IT.(Brief Article)
December 22, 1999... How do you spell relief, especially if you are a struggling student or an aspiring teacher? Well, oft-times the answer lies in the skills and tact of the principal, and how he or she acts toward these types of individuals. What follows,...

COUNSELING ASIAN AMERICANS: IMPLICATIONS FOR TRAINING.
December 22, 1999... Non-Asian Americans have paid much less attention to the problems of diverse Asian American groups such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indochinese (Vietnamese, Laotian, and Cambodian), Thai, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan, Asian Indian,...

IN-CLASS TUTORING PROVIDES VITAL ASSISTANCE TO IN-NEED STUDENTS.(Brief Article)
December 22, 1999... In recent years, several institutions have recognized this problem and have mad,: available professionally and peer staffed tutoring centers. The university where I teach was advantaged by a Title III grant and set up such a service 11 years...

A SCHOOL PARENT GROUP WHICH SUPPORTS FAMILIES, EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY.
December 22, 1999... Parents can support their children and their educational success better if they themselves receive support. Such support can consist of receiving regular information from their children's schools, meeting with teachers and counselors, taking...

IN SEARCH OF EQUITY FOR ARAB-AMERICAN STUDENTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THE UNITED STATES.(Statistical Data Included)
December 22, 1999... Equity in excellence for all students is one of the major challenges confronting our educational system. The demands for focusing and directing efforts to raise the educational levels of the increasingly culturally diverse population have...

MYSELF AND I.(Poem)
December 22, 1999... I have to live with myself and so I want to be fit for myself to know, I want to be able as days go by Always to look myself in the eye. I don't want to stand, with the setting sun, And hate myself for the things I've...

VOCABULARY ENRICHMENT IN COMPOSITION: A GRADE SIX STUDY.
December 22, 1999... Introduction Research has indicated that knowing words and language usage are basic to success in school and in society (Petty, Harold, & Stoll, 1968). Word empowerment enable individuals to speak, read, and write with confidence and...

IT COULDN'T BE DONE.(Poem)
December 22, 1999... Somebody said that it couldn't be done, But he with a chuckle replied That maybe it couldn't, but he would be one Who wouldn't say so till he'd tried So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin On his face. If he...

PSYCHOMETRIC BENEFITS OF SOFT-LINKED SCORING ALGORITHMS IN ACHIEVEMENT TESTING.(Statistical Data Included)
December 22, 1999... Computerized testing is rapidly becoming pragmatic in admissions, licensure and certification, education placement, and guidance settings. This testing method offers many practical advantages to examinees, such as frequently available...

REFLECTING OF A PERSONAL VISIT WITH DR. VIKTOR FRANKL AND HIS WIFE ELLY.
December 22, 1999... It's been over a year since the death of Viktor Frankl. While having survived four Nazi death camps, written more than two dozen books, and achieving worldwide recognition as a pioneer in humanistic thought, he will probably best be remembered...

ASSESSING STUDENT PERFORMANCE: A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY OF THE CLASSROOM ASSESSMENT PRACTICES OF OHIO TEACHERS.(Statistical Data Included)
December 22, 1999... Introduction Assessment of student learning is a regular part of the school routine. A sizable amount of classroom time is devoted to the assessment of student learning. Since teachers must give even more time to the preparation and...

CHILDREN LEARN WHAT THEY LIVE.(Poem)
December 22, 1999... If a child lives with criticism, HE learns to condemn If a child lives with hostility, HE learns to fight. If a child lives with ridicule, HE learns to be shy. If a child lives with jealousy, HE learns to...

EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP MUST MOVE BEYOND MANAGEMENT TRAINING TO VISIONARY AND MORAL TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERS.(Brief Article)
December 22, 1999... Bennis (1989) would probably appreciate the irony in Clemens' comment. He once remarked that "To an extent, leadership is like beauty: It is hard to define, but you know it when you see it." (p.1) Both statements strike to the heart of the...

IMPLEMENTING PORTFOLIO ASSESSMENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS: IMPROVING PREPARATION FOR EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP.(Statistical Data Included)
December 22, 1999... Introduction Portfolio assessment as an alternative means of performance evaluation is a practice that has gained acceptance and dramatically increased in use within educational programs during recent years. Use of portfolios in the...

LAUGH.(Poem)
December 22, 1999... Build for yourself a strong box, Fashion each part with care; Fit it with hasp and padlock, Put all your troubles there, Hide therein all of your failures, And each bitter cup you quaff; Lock all your...

ENDORSEMENT OF FAMILY ISSUES IN CURRICULUM OFFERINGS OF TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS NATIONWIDE.
December 22, 1999... Theories of human development, legislation, and both historical and recent research emphasize the importance of the parents as partners in the educational process. Despite the presence of a strong rationale for the inclusion of families,...

JUST FOR TODAY ...
December 22, 1999... Just for today I will try to live through this day only, and not tackle my whole life problem at once. I can do something for 12 hours that would appall me if I felt that ! had to keep it up for a lifetime. Just for today I will be happy....

MOVING SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS INTO THE COMPUTER AGE.
December 22, 1999... Schools have usually been slower than businesses in adopting computer use. However, personal computers are becoming commonplace in the school environment (Picciano, 1994). Individual computers have been visible in classrooms and on school...

Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep.(Poem)
December 22, 1999... Do not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there, I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow; I am the diamond glints on the snow. I am the sunlight on ripened grain; I am the gentle autumn's rain. When you...

SUPERVISING THE INTERN IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
December 22, 1999... Interns and cooperating teachers, working as a team, need assistance from the university supervisor so that the former develops into becoming a professional teacher. I have supervised interns for approximately thirty years and find that there...

THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: A CASE STUDY.
December 22, 1999... Introduction West Virginia State College (WVSC), located in Institute, a suburb of Charleston, the State capital, is the largest institution of higher education in the Kanawha Valley and serves as a major resource center for this...

CONSTRUCTIVIST PRINCIPLES OF LEARNING AND TEACHING METHODS.(Statistical Data Included)
December 22, 1999... As K-12 teachers strive to help students learn academic content, skills, and dispositions, teacher educators strive to prepare these teachers. So how should today's elementary and secondary preservice teachers be educated? This article...

STUDENT FEEDBACK: A TOOL FOR IMPROVING INSTRUCTION IN GRADUATE EDUCATION.
December 22, 1999... Educators of all levels of experience reveal an interest in strengthening their instructional skills and broadening their repertoires of instructional styles and strategies (Wilson, 1987). Understanding the uniqueness of particular...

GENDER DISPARITY BETWEEN THE ATTITUDE OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS TOWARDS JUVENILE DELINQUENCY IN BOTSWANA.
December 22, 1999... Introduction The concept of juvenile delinquency is so complex that it is perceived differently by psychologists, sociologists, legal practitioners and religionists. Nevertheless, the consensus is that Juvenile delinquency is an...

EXAMINING THE ACTUAL DUTIES OF RESOURCE TEACHERS.
December 22, 1999... Introduction Over the past twenty years there has been a considerable shift in the philosophical and ideological basis of the delivery of special education services in Canada. This shift has been in the direction of less emphasis on...

EDITORIAL IMPERATIVE WHERE `COLLECTIVE WILL' VIA ELECTRIC LIBRARIES AND MONEY REIGNS.(Brief Article)
December 22, 1999... Beginning in 1997 electric libraries have sprung up across the world, most of them tied directly to the international web, and which now serve as clearing houses for articles in a host of copyrighted journals. Some of the present electric...

BUILDING COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIPS INSTRUCTIONAL IMPROVEMENT.
December 22, 1999... Education, as we have known it, has changed forever even as it remains the same. Beginning with the publication of A Nation at Risk in 1983, establishing the premise that schools were failing, and ending with the report by the National...

HOW TO AVOID COMMON PROBLEMS AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS OF THE NCTM STANDARDS.
December 22, 1999... Introduction With so many sets of "Standards," "Frameworks," and "Benchmarks" being produced by educational interest committees, in subject disciplines ranging from mathematics to the visual and performing arts, it is not surprising to see...