At an overarching level this paper attempts to draw attention to emerging trends in the humanities where alternative ways of doing science reconfigure epistemological traditions and research methodologies, the role of intellectuals and their engagement with current conditions of the world, including ways in which scholars gazes are constituted.…

The Canadian Education Association, originally called the Dominion Educational Association, was established 120 years ago and held its first annual meeting in Montreal in July 1892, at a time when free and compulsory public education was just gaining a foothold in Canada. The pivotal role of public education has always been to reflect the values…

In "The Politics of Inquiry", Benjamin Baez and Deron Boyles critique recent trends in education research to argue against the "culture of science." Using the National Research Council's 2002 report "Scientific Research in Education" as a point of departure, they contend that the entire discourse on education science…

Reviews the current status of instructional design models and discusses the implications of trends in education, training, and society that are likely to influence instructional design in the 1980s. Five references are appended. (Author/LLS)

The concept of "social context" for education has become increasingly common in educational research, but closer scrutiny suggests that social context is conceptualized in different and often conflicting ways. These competing conceptualizations should be confronted and evaluated so that research can proceed in a more meanigful way. (MSE)

The Moscow University of Economics (MESI) was the first university in Russia to become involved in distance education. MESI proposed that an experiment be conducted in Russia in the field of distance education to evaluate its potential. This article discusses the answers that were obtained to a number of the questions that were posed. The…

Presents a view of the future of elementary school education in the United States that challenges educators to rethink many of their traditional notions of teaching and community and to transform language arts education in light of changing social, economic, and technological influences. (RS)

This statement responds to the need for all higher education leaders to consider the perspectives of external voices while resisting purely political or ideological agendas. Long-standing and recent external challenges to the traditions of citizen governing boards of colleges and universities make it necessary to distinguish between broad, often…

Lists six global conditions (constraints to individual freedom; change and overchoice; laborers and work; age; urbanization; and population) and discusses the implications of each for counselor preparation and supervision. (BP)

Outlines and discusses some of the major trends affecting schools and society which are likely to alter the educational aims in the 1980s. (MP)

Discusses the trend in education that puts increasing emphasis on the use of technology in the classroom and establishes a class of experts to sell, administer, and use that technology. The trend increasingly replaces teaching with technique and teacher with expert. (JOW)

The pressure of student consumerism is changing how law is taught, with good teaching on an accelerated decline toward extinction. The consequences for the profession could be severe. (MSE)

Claims that Peter Elbow's rhetoric of reading has been oversimplified by applications of taxonomic critiques. Shows how Elbow not only does not ignore the social, but that in fact Elbow's rhetoric tends to try to control it. (HB)

To assess the possibility of another round of curriculum reform in mathematics, the origin of U.S. curriculum reform in the 1950s, including the new math programs, are examined. It is not likely that new crash programs aimed at curriculum reform in mathematics education will be implemented nationwide in the 1980s. (RM)

Structural and functional changes will be needed for the university of the future, and it is possible to predict in general terms some of these changes. A look at the history of the university and an examination of current trends suggests that the dominant feature of the future university will be that it will not be organized hierarchically as its…