The purpose of this critical analysis is to gain quantitatively greater statistical accuracy synthesizing past empirical studies conducted on the topic of social justice curriculum (hereafter SJC) with similar research foci, but dissimilar research questions. Currently there is a clarion call for further quantitative research to be conducted on…

Purpose: Evidence suggests that physical activity and healthy diets may help to maintain cognitive function, reducing risks of developing Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia. Using a cross-cultural focus, we describe older adults' awareness about cognitive health, and their ideas about how to inform and motivate others to engage in…

A former teacher of secondary talented and gifted (T.A.G.) students outlines principles and procedures of a seminar approach in which students assume the role of teachers. Procedures are seen to involve student interviews, student teacher conferences, and opportunities for independent work. Sample forms for the interview and project study aspects…

The Goal-Oriented Approach to Learning (GOAL), a procedure to actively involve handicapped adolescents in the mainstreaming process, was evaluated with 11 learning disabled high school students. The procedure consisted of four steps: goal setting, goal attainment scaling, selection of classroom instructional strategies, and evaluation of goal…

The paper considers apprenticeship as a model of education that both teaches technical skills and provides the grounding for personal formation. The research presented is based on long-term anthropological fieldwork with minaret builders in Yemen, mud masons in Mali and fine-woodwork trainees in London. These case studies of on-site learning and…

This article reports on the findings of a research study that was conducted to explore the types of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in use in higher education in South Africa. Specifically, the goal of the study was to explore how e-learning is being used for teaching and learning purposes. Data were collected from interviews with…

With awareness growing that schools are disciplining and suspending minority students at alarming rates, the report provides powerful evidence that young people placed in the juvenile justice system-predominately minority males incarcerated for minor offenses-are receiving a substandard education. The report, "Just Learning: The Imperative to…

As a method to deal with the growing faculty shortage in dental education, and to encourage interest in careers in teaching, NYUCD instituted a Teaching Assistant program where third-year students acted as teaching assistants in the first-year preclinical program. Students applied and were selected, based on their academic record, to participate…

Offered for teachers who are overwhelmed by the task of selecting specific details from referral information for application with the learning disabled child is an analysis of prescriptive teaching for early childhood. Prescriptive teaching is described in terms of utilizing diagnostic information by modifying the educational program and…

This brief uses data from the 2003 National Household Education Surveys Program (NHES) to estimate the number of homeschooled students in the United States in 2003 and to discuss the reasons parents decide to homeschool their children. Overall, from 1999 to 2003, the number of homeschooled students in the United States increased, as did the…

This article builds on research related to the perceptions, perspectives, and experiences of educators in relation to democracy in education (Carr, 2006a), which, it is argued, can be viewed as having a significant impact on what students in elementary and secondary schools learn about democracy (McLaren, 2007; Regenspan, 2002), and, importantly,…

The influence of the information and communication technologies (ICTs) in open and distance learning (ODL) in a developing country, the Philippines, is critically evaluated in this paper. Specifically, this paper examines how ICTs have influenced or shaped the development of ODL in this country. Also examined are the different stages or…

Since the mid 1990s "boys" as an equity concern have come to dominate the gender and education agenda in many countries. This has been particularly the case in Australia where substantial funding has been invested in research to investigate boys' issues, into a federal parliamentary inquiry into boys' education and into schools that have…

Studies (N=25) of the effectiveness of Direct Instruction programs with special education students were examined in a meta-analysis comparison. None of the studies showed results favoring comparison groups. Fifty-three percent of the outcomes significantly favored Direct Instruction. Effects were not restricted to particular handicapping…

The authors propose a strategy for studying the effects of time-varying instructional treatments on repeatedly observed student achievement. This approach responds to three challenges: (a) The yearly reallocation of students to classrooms and teachers creates a complex structure of dependence among responses; (b) a child's learning outcome under a…