Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) is now firmly on government agendas in many countries, including England, and the need to develop a professional workforce is generally agreed. The reform of the children's workforce in England acknowledges that increasing the skills and competence of this workforce is critical to its success. Two new…

In this article we examine how instructors make decisions about task design in telecollaboration and the factors that influence these decisions during the actual implementation of the tasks. We begin with a review of the recent literature of online intercultural exchanges to identify and describe a typology of 12 different types of tasks and task…

This article is concerned with a specific type of hate speech: Holocaust denial. It is concerned with the expression of this idea by educators. Should we allow Holocaust deniers to teach in schools? This article attempts to answer this question through a close look at the Canadian experience. First, I will establish that Holocaust denial is a…

In recent years, it has become an issue of growing concern that, despite undiminished enthusiasm in the research community, the application of corpus tools and resources in the classroom remains limited. In this paper, I will argue that focusing on the role of the teacher in the process of using corpora in the classroom is an essential step…

Educators need to understand the juvenile justice system to understand what juvenile offenders go through while completing their sentences. This article reviews cases and juvenile charge classifications, and presents a model for alternative sentencing options for juveniles. (JOW)

Offers guidelines for the effective use of case studies. Using case studies helps students develop skills, knowledge, business realism, and self-confidence. (JOW)

Two approaches to curriculum development, the technical approach and the praxis orientation, are discussed. Curriculum specialists, textbook writers, and policy makers develop the formal curriculum as a plan which teachers implement. The most appropriate approach, according to the traditional literature, is the technical approach, the goal of…

Reviews definitions of learning disabilities and program delivery practices, particularly mainstreaming. A short case study is appended. Part of a theme issue on the disabled. (SJL)

This article considers a training and development case study involving external advisors as training consultants in the development of a new management structure in a British mental handicap unit. The study provides a number of perspectives on the role of training and development consultants in helping "planning for change" activities.…

The authors outline their views about the individuals and individual's relationship to society. They explore ideas about continuing education for social change. They identify arenas in which concerned practitioners can make useful contributions. They illustrate their general points with specific case studies. (CT)

Uses a fictional case to illustrate the complexity of politics in the literacy field. Describes how the fictional teacher educator is caught between her own ethics and the prevailing trends. Hopes that readers allow the mix of drama, fiction, and nonfiction to provoke reflection around matters of the educator's role in and support for literacy…

A case study of an autistic child (now a successfully employed graduate student and author of the article) whose parents and teachers capitalized on her fixations and compulsions by using them in learning activities illustrates how the needs of drive of autistic children can be redirected to motivate successful academic achievement. (CB)

The cases of three individuals charged with corrupting the young are considered in a discussion of the teacher's role in the moral education of youth. Focus is on Socrates, a Los Angeles teacher fired because of membership in a sexually-oriented club, and a Nazi war criminal. (MSE)

A school counselor recounts the case of a gifted 14-year-old with rheumatoid arthritis and a destructive home situation, to remind teachers that in-school problems have out-of-school roots and that the teacher is not the only professional available to, and concerned with, the well-being of the student. (DB)

Discusses what empowerment means to students at three academically elite and socially privileged colleges (Claremont McKenna College, Harvey Mudd College, and Scripps College) who already feel at home both in the "academy" and in the privileged world. Argues that writing teachers in such academies should help students understand their…