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Fitch, Raymond E., Ed. – FOCUS: Teaching English Language Arts, 1981
Focusing on the notion that the author supplies the words in a text while the reader supplies the meaning, this issue contains essays that combine literary theories with classroom practices. Following an introduction by R. E. Fitch, articles include "Teaching a Western: Jack Schaefer's 'Shane'" (J. R. Ruff); "Pragmatic Criticism in…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction
Peer reviewedHeilman, John G., Ed. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1989
Seven papers suggest ways in which theory informs evaluation research in the area of energy conservation. Perspectives of epistemology and methodology and political and bureaucratic issues are addressed. Examples show how theoretically informed concepts and propositions about personal choice and organizational process contribute to knowledge about…
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Decision Making, Energy Conservation, Energy Education
Download full textMilbrandt, Lanny, Ed. – The Bulletin of the Caucus on Social Theory and Art Education, 1984
The "Bulletin of the Caucus on Social Theory and Art Education" is an annual publication, with each issue devoted to a unified theme. The theme of this issue is the theoretical and pragmatic relationship of art education and social circumstance. This issue examines critical practice in art education, recognizes the significant…
Descriptors: Art Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Social Influences, Social Theories
Keeton, Morris – Innovation Abstracts, 1983
The best learning results from experiential learning, the interplay between theory and experience. In experiential learning, the student is in direct touch with the realities being studied. It involves not merely undergoing the experience, but also doing something with the phenomenon. Theories of experiential learning include: (1) learning how to…
Descriptors: Definitions, Experiential Learning, Learning Theories, Literature Reviews
Peer reviewedZarefsky, David, Ed. – Journal of the American Forensic Association, 1979
This journal issue is devoted to the critical social theory of the German philosopher Jurgen Habermas and its implications for argumentation theory and practice. Topics discussed in the six articles are: the main themes of Habermas' research and their relevance to argumentation, Habermas and the dialectical perspective on argumentation, a…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Persuasive Discourse, Rhetoric, Speech Communication
Kraft, Richard J., Ed.; Sakofs, Mitchell, Ed. – 1985
This anthology of articles originally published in the "Journal of Experiential Education" is organized under the topics of historical, philosophical, and spiritual foundations; theory and practice; personal perspectives; book reviews; the future of experiential education; and international perspectives. The range of selected papers is…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Comparative Education, Educational History, Educational Philosophy
Robinson, Violet B., Ed. – Kindergarten Education: Theory, Research, and Practice, 1998
This document is comprised of six issues (1996 through 1998) of a biannually-published journal featuring research studies, theoretical essays, and classroom practice articles about the development and education of kindergarten children. The spring 1996 issue contains the following: (1) "Portfolios and Young Children: A Natural Match"…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Educational Practices, Emergent Literacy, Kindergarten
Schwarz, Alexander, Ed. – Bulletin suisse de linguistique appliquee, 1996
This collection of articles on language teaching and language acquisition theories includes: "Enseignement des langues et theories de l'acquisition. Introduction au colloque" ("Language Teaching and Theories of Acquisition. Introduction to the Colloquium") (Rene Richterich); "Apprendre une langue dans l'interaction verbale" ("Language Learning in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Interaction
Palisi, Anthony T. – Family Letter, 1991
Humans organize into constellations subjective attributes that help them to know themselves. Self-esteem refers only to those aspects of one's self-concept to which an evaluation is assigned. Self-esteem reflects one's sense of personal efficacy and worth. Love has been described as emotional closeness, passion, and decision/commitment; esteem for…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Counseling Theories, Love, Marital Instability
Palisi, Anthony T. – Family Letter, 1992
Like a fire out of control, jealousy can reduce a marriage to rubble. It can leave self-esteem ruined. Although oversimplified, the pathologically jealous person regards even slight signs as conclusive evidence of betrayal. Where jealousy arises exclusively within a relationship then a counselor might examine the jealous person's self-concept and…
Descriptors: Counseling Theories, Interpersonal Relationship, Jealousy, Marital Instability
PDF pending restorationPy, Bernard, Ed. – Travaux Neuchatelois de Linguistique (Tranel), 2000
Articles in this issue include the following: "Representations sociales et discours. Questions epistemologiques et methodologiques" (Social Representations and Discourse. Questions of Epistemology and Methodology); "Aspects theoretiques et methodologiques de la recherche sur le traitement discursif des representations sociales"…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Linguistic Theory
Research Exchange, 2000
Three issues of this newsletter of the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) provide articles, columns by the Institute Director, and news items. The major articles include: "Adapting the Marketing Concept to the Dissemination and Utilization of Disability Research"; "NIDRR Grantees' Q & A about…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Marketing, Rehabilitation, Research and Development
Fisiak, Jacek, Ed. – Papers and Studies in Contrastive Linguistics, 1982
This issue of the journal includes these papers on contrastive linguistics: "Violations of Frege's Principle and Their Significance for Contrastive Semantics" (Dafydd Gibbon); "Writing the Contrastive Grammar of English and Dutch. The Treatment of Modal Notions" (Flor Aarts and Herman Wekker); "The Theory and Methodology…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, Dutch
Peer reviewedTirrell, Mary Kay; And Others – College Composition and Communication, 1990
Presents revised versions of four symposium papers examining the work of linguist, teacher, and educator of teachers James Britton. Includes "James Britton: An Impressionistic Sketch" (Mary Kay Tirrell); "Collaborating with Jimmy Britton" (Gordon M. Pradl); "Rejoicing in the Margins" (John Warnock); and "A…
Descriptors: Conferences, Educational Theories, Higher Education, Linguistics
Sheive, Linda T., Ed.; Schoenheit, Marian B., Ed. – 1987
Symbolic leadership and culture are the guiding concepts of nine selections presented in this 1987 yearbook. In part 1, "Organizational Perspectives on the Work of Leaders," Terrence E. Deal predicts that future educational organizations will depend upon leaders who have shaped cultural patterns from traditions, current realities, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Behavior Standards, Cultural Context, Cultural Influences
