Presents Schweitzer's views on the purposes of education and the role of the teacher. (SJL)

The next American president will likely be the candidate who crafts the best "impression" in the media. It is the job of social studies teachers to help students separate impressions from substance and to understand the role that media play in crafting people's meaning making and shaping their decision making. Social studies teachers can help…

This collection of 11 essays honors Winifred Bryan Horner for her sustained effort to establish that the special nature of rhetoric and composition leads teachers to theorize practice and to apply theory in their own classrooms. The collection urges those in the field to learn from histories of rhetoric in order to draw rhetoric and composition…

Examines nursing's past experiences in the struggle to strike a proper balance between education and service in the preparation of the nursing student, and between teaching and practice in the functioning of the faculty member. (CT)

Most tributes to the late Barbara Jordan focused on her life in public service, but this appreciation recalls her brilliance as a teacher. The values behind her noted voice lent her speech, as political figure and teacher, its authority. (SLD)

Discusses the history, functions, and services of community colleges and how the speech communication program and faculty can serve as a critical link between college and community. (PD)

Reviews the history of remedial reading instruction for students with learning disabilities and clarifies the roles of the remedial reading teacher and learning disabilities specialist. (DD)

A selected group of proposals is used to illustrate three themes that have pervaded teacher education reform movements of the last 50 years. Current reform agendas are discussed through a redefined framework. (Author/MT)

Discusses Victor Page, one of the first people to make a living as a technical communicator. Focuses on his 33 automotive and aviation books, popular with the public and critics, which contained information on novel technology, profuse illustrations, and easy-to-access information. States that Page published quickly, had firsthand expertise, and…

A document prepared by the Commission on Composition in the early 1970s, "The Student's Right to Write," has some usefulness for contemporary practitioners of writing instruction. The report reflects the strong initiative arising in the '70s to rethink the beliefs and practices then prevalent in the field of English teaching. At the…

This essay examines the relationships between teaching and visual media over the last several hundred years, particularly the concept of illusion. The teacher as magician or shaman is explored and compared to contemporary theories of instruction and the use of media such as television, films, and slides. The teacher as artist and alchemist is also…

The biographical sketch focuses on the early teaching career of Booker T. Washington at Tinkersville School in his hometown of Malden, West Virginia, from 1876-1878. Recollections of Washington's own education in Sunday school, the Tinkersville School, and Hampton Institute are included. (NEC)

Reviews the work of Howard S. Becker who, in the 1950s, analyzed teaching as a service occupation and drew parallels with other such occupations in terms of worker-client relationships and authority structures. (SJL)

Suggests that the teaching of history must (1) seek to promote values that will help to guide the citizens of tomorrow and (2) face the perspective that insights gained through studying history are not eternal truths but are tested in light of their relevance to social action. (Author/GC)

An exploration of Black women's roles as educators since the late nineteenth century provides a historical context for the essays that follow in this special journal issue on the impact of Black women on American education; also provides brief biographical sketches of 19 Black women educators. (Author/GC)