Arguments are presented against making instructional decisions based on cognitive style as it is typically conceptualized. (JD)

Considers the importance of an adoption analysis in instructional development and outlines its systematic application. Topics discussed include factors affecting the adoption of an instructional product, including the perceptions of the potential adopter, individual factors, and organizational factors, and conducting an adoption analysis.…

This article examines the importance of encouraging children's interests and the pursuit of collections and hobbies as strategies for developing talent and abilities. Excerpts are cited from eminent people's lives as examples of early interests/collections and eventual success. Letters from children on their collections are included. (Contains…

True leaders are characterized by the personal virtues of honor, integrity, and devotion, all based on internally derived standards. Our current educational system, however, succeeds in fostering the virtues of conformity to and acceptance of externally derived standards rather than the characteristics of leadership. If excellence is to be…

This ERIC Digest provides an overview of school-age child care (SACC) programs and suggests reasons for their growth. Discussion points out that escalating interest in SACC has paralleled the raising numbers of children left on their own, and that educators are only the latest in a parade of civic and professional groups which have gone on record…

This paper discusses the concept of equality and its role in the politics and economics of distributing social goods, costs, authority, and value. Specifically addressed is the question of who is to be made equal to whom. Various definitions to be considered in answering this question are examined: (1) simple subject-regarding equality; (2)…

Examines perspectives on what some of the needs of returning women might be, drawing on two sources, adult women's stories about their education and theory about women's learning. (JOW)

Commends Pervin's review of the common roots of various current conceptualizations of person-environment relations, agreeing that a dynamic, process-oriented model is needed, but criticizing Pervin's conceptualization as too person centered, not emphasizing the embeddedness of person-environment relations within environments, and not citing…

Explores the degree to which individuals remain consistent within a framework of changing behavioral characteristics. Includes discussions of problems of measurement; correlational studies; and studies of changing levels under normal conditions, after major environmental shifts, and across generations. (RH)

The author addresses the need for a balanced education. In addition to training students in specific fields, we must concern ourselves with inculcating virtue as well. As the liberal arts play an important part in the formation of character, students can learn from them to commit themselves to a certain task and ultimately to their professions.…

Discusses Johnson's theory that information can be gathered in either a systematic or spontaneous manner and that this information will be analyzed either internally or externally, and considers some of its implications for understanding group interactions. Models of decision-making styles and characteristics and the problem-solving process are…

Provides information about learning disabilities for the developmental educator. Discusses the multidisciplinary nature of its definition, the middle-class orientation of the movement, and the instructional methods and programs available for adolescents. Encourages the development of postsecondary programs geared to individual student needs. (CAM)

The essay focuses on the interactive nature of the testing situation, calling attention to the need to examine factors specific to both tests and test takers (specifically the aurally handicapped) when assessing information validity. (SBH)

This article critiques Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory of human development as it relates to children with disabilities. Discusses the recently expanded theory, including the identification of ecological niches that differentially influence children with particular personal characteristics. Studies from the disability literature illustrate…

Discusses problems with broad view of multicultural counseling, advocating instead narrow, focused, and thorough view that focuses on both individual characteristics and unique cultural group membership characteristics. Encourages counseling profession to recognize racial/ethnic groups as cultural groups and address needs of both individuals and…