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Sullivan, Patricia A. – 1987
The discord between the Catholic Church and its followers in the United States crystallized with the candidacy of Geraldine Ferraro for vice president in 1984, when she became the target of attacks by members of the church hierarchy. Ferraro questioned why she was singled out on the abortion issue, and indeed, at times she seemed to be running…
Descriptors: Abortions, Catholics, Codes of Ethics, Discourse Analysis
Popper, Samuel H. – 1990
Based on the author's experience as a professor of educational administration, this monograph is an argument for establishing a link between the humanities and instruction in school administration. Part 1 discusses the instrumental value of the humanities in administrative preparation and recounts the limitations of past attempts by the University…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrator Education, Art History, Culture
Lynch, Marion E. – 1985
Schools tend to have a built-in bias toward left brain activities (tasks that are linear and sequential in nature), so the introduction of right brain activities (functions related to music, rhythm, images, color, imagination, daydreaming, dimensions) brings a balance into the classroom and helps those students who may be right brain oriented. To…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Duke, Charles R. – 1982
Teachers should be making every effort to use approaches for teaching literature that encourage students to discover the meaning of a text for themselves, using the language of the text and without unnecessary teacher intervention. Therefore, rather than having the students be led by the teacher/interpreter through a work they encounter the first…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Language Arts, Literary Criticism, Literature Appreciation
Abbott, Lawrence S. – 1979
The role of values clarification and self-concept development, which are important issues in liberal and humane education, are identified, and it is suggested that the use of film in a class can emphasize values processing and clarification. Film is a medium that can clearly illustrate conflicts and problems in human relationships and the complex…
Descriptors: Beliefs, College Curriculum, Critical Thinking, Decision Making
Brown, Joanne – 1995
An American instructor taught a 5-week course on the family in American drama to a group of graduate English majors on the campus of Hebei Teachers' University in the People's Republic of China. The instructor learned as much about Chinese culture as the students learned about American culture. Lecture is the standard pedagogy even in graduate…
Descriptors: Capitalism, Chinese Culture, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences

Scering, Grace E. Sikes – Journal of Teacher Education, 1997
Critical/feminist pedagogy provides a framework for teacher education in a democratic society because it facilitates the development of pedagogical relations that support the acquisition of the skills of democratic participation. The paper discusses these themes and suggests a framework for implementing teacher education supportive of the…
Descriptors: Consciousness Raising, Democratic Values, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education

Jull, Stephen K. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2002
The current bureaucratic model used in administering public education in Canada displays a systemic gender bias that results from sociopolitical-cultural assumptions concerning gender roles, capitalism, hierarchy, and patriarchy. A proposed neo-bureaucracy would replace individual ownership of success with an accent on teamwork and group…
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Change Strategies, Educational Administration, Equal Education

Walsh, Norman J. – Education and Urban Society, 1995
Analyzes the Baltimore Public School District's contract with a private for-profit company to manage the instructional programs of nine schools. It shows that the award of the contract was solely a political consideration; no financial experts were involved. Additionally, the program has not improved test scores and is being challenged by the…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Case Studies, Criticism, Educational Administration
Safford, Barbara Ripp – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1994
Discusses the use of encyclopedias by students and considers the role of the library media specialist in teaching appropriate encyclopedia use. Topics addressed include problems with plagiarism; the need to improve assignments; the information seeking process; becoming critical users of information; and the quality of information sources. (three…
Descriptors: Criticism, Elementary Secondary Education, Encyclopedias, Information Seeking
Becker, Ellen – Journal of Family Life, 1994
Introduces ex-teacher and author John Taylor Gatto's experiences and views on education, including contradictory patterns of family life and education in the United States, based on traditions of various immigrant groups; deleterious impacts of standardization and institutional usurpation of family functions; and conflict between the development…
Descriptors: Criticism, Early Childhood Education, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education

Bresler, Liora – Visual Arts Research, 1994
Maintains that within the qualitative paradigm there are related approaches with distinct disciplinary and intellectual traditions. Examines three genres: (1) educational connoisseurship and criticism; (2) ethnography; and (3) action research. Asserts that understanding the assumptions, methods, and contributions of these genres can expand art…
Descriptors: Action Research, Aesthetic Values, Art Appreciation, Art Criticism
Aizerman, L. – Soviet Education, 1989
A Soviet teacher recognizes the difficulty of transforming educational systems and the tendency to revert to dogmatism. Cautions against teachers uncritically adopting current pedagogical fashions. Insists the individual teacher's personality remains the primary instructional influence. Applauds efforts to democratize teacher-student relations.…
Descriptors: Course Content, Criticism, Curriculum Development, Educational Change

Razack, Sherene – Gender and Education, 1993
Discusses the role of story-telling in the political empowerment of the oppressed. Describes how the uncritical reliance on stories has led to the failure in the classroom to acknowledge the risks taken by various oppressed groups when they attempt to critically reflect and build coalitions. (JB)
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Criticism, Disadvantaged, Empowerment
Winneke, Gerhard; Walkowiak, Jens; Kramer, Ursula – Psychology in the Schools, 2004
This paper comments on a critical review of cohort studies on PCB-related neurodevelopmental deficit in young children by D.V. Cicchetti, A.S. Kaufman, and S.S. Sparrow (CKS). Major points of criticism of CKS, namely alleged violation of statistical principles, presumed lack of clinical significance of findings, and alleged insufficient control of…
Descriptors: Epidemiology, Criticism, Statistical Inference, Validity