Reviews the work of Joe L. Kincheloe, who extends postmodern political theory into the realm of cognitive theory when writing about children, intelligence, or workers. For Kincheloe, teaching, researching, and social justice are so intertwined as to be indistinguishable. (SLD)

Examines various factors creating conflicts and misunderstandings among practitioner researchers and Institutional Review Boards (IRBs), describing the meaning of research, ethical difficulties arising from practitioner research, what makes IRBs obstructive, improvements in relations between IRBs and practitioner researchers, and the need to deal…

Describes the development of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) since its establishment in 1915, including growth in membership; influences of Federal support and policy on AERA activities; effects of changes in the Association on AERA annual meetings; and current characteristics of and future prospects for AERA. (Author/MJL)

Greater minority involvement in educational research and development (R&D) is essential because of the frequent impact of R&D on minority communities. The American Educational Research Association can and should play an influential role in ensuring minority researchers greater access to the R&D network. (Author/GC)

If a researcher tells practitioners that they ought to do certain things, the practitioners in return ought to demand to inspect the researcher's line of argument and pay particular attention to the linking value premise or premises that must exist. (Author)

Explores two metaphors for learning, the acquisition metaphor and the participation metaphor. After a critical evaluation of the interpretations and applications of these metaphors, the question of theoretical unification of research on learning is addressed, stressing the dangers of too great a devotion to one single metaphor. (SLD)

This author introduces a framework to guide researchers into a process of racial and cultural awareness, consciousness, and positionality as they conduct education research. The premise of the argument is that dangers seen, unseen, and unforeseen can emerge for researchers when they do not pay careful attention to their own and others' racialized…

This article is divided into two parts. The first part presents data on the quantity of one-study journal publishing in the field of education. The second part makes an attempt to assess the quality of one-study journal publishing in contrast to cumulative publishing. (Author/AM)

An opinion survey on sex-equity concerns was conducted for a sample of educational researchers (128 males, 138 females). Results indicated strong male-female differences on issues related to professional employment (such as reverse bias and equity in work assignments). However, most of the sample opposed sex-specific references and supported…

Describes a study of reliability among coders of information for meta-analysis (a quantitative procedure for synthesizing data in primary research reports) of research on life satisfaction in American adults. Identifies sources and areas of disagreement among coders and discusses measures that can be used to enhance intercoder consistency.…

Describes efforts undertaken as part of a large scale research project to engage schools and school personnel to participate as research subjects. Identifies planning, staffing, access, formalization, maintenance of participation, and dissemination of research findings to the participating organization or individuals as critical concerns for site…

Developed in this paper is a preliminary model of rationality designed to suggest what "applied" research should be like. The model is based on two ideas which are described and analyzed. One concerns epistemology in practical research, and the other discusses where problems come from in such research. (Author/EB)

Describes administrative changes at the National Institute of Education (NIE) over the last four years and relates these to NIE's recent revision of its peer review system. Briefly describes changes in peer review and asserts that the new system provides researchers great opportunity for participation in maintaining quality research. (KH)

Reports rankings and analyses of educational researchers' productivity and citations in both scholarly and textbook literature. Finds that journal productivity rises to a peak at about age 45 and then declines gradually, but that citations rise to a maximum and continuing level at about age 55. (Author/GC)

After the 1984 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), minority group members were surveyed. Results indicated that (1) each minority member contributed to an average of two sessions; and (2) their participation could improve with more informative review of presentation proposals and increased access to travel…