The parameters set by official stories tend to be more oriented towards a social or political agenda and the children and their families can oppose these parameters in order to implement the alternative discourses based on their own experiences. Currently, it is seen that with regards to the official stories and the alternative discourses, change…

The happy ending is that The Theatre Company Blah Blah Blah has arrived at a clear statement of aims and objectives, and the long story is the 20 years of theatre making within the field of theatre in education, involving moments of clarity followed by periods of complete confusion as to why we were doing what we were doing. The question which…

Detailed descriptions of classroom process are needed in order to ground discussion of the principles animating the mathematics education reform movement. In response to this need, teachers who were already engaged in transforming their mathematics instruction were invited to write reflective narratives about their evolving instructional practice.…

Four authors reflect on the life of Madeline Hunter, who was a recipient of the National Staff Development Council's Contribution to Staff Development Award. The articles focus on how Madeline Hunter affected their personal and professional lives over the years. (SM)

A university professor and two elementary principals met to discuss their lives and development as principals, focusing on the role of curriculum theory. The article discusses principals as leaders and learners, the teacher as curriculum, inquiry, reflection, and the theory practice relationship. (SM)

Reflects on school practitioners providing their own accounts of educational practice. Describes conditions necessary for school practitioners to engage in transformative learning through a process of inquiry, and discusses how the women principals' writing group illustrates the practical application of these conditions. (MMU)

Set against an organized school reform backdrop, this inquiry features four challenges I faced as a result of working alongside teachers and principals whose urban schools were awarded major school research grants for a 5-year period. In addition to teasing out the origins of the dilemmas I encountered and showing how they impacted my teaching…

Reviews the six points for change in the way reading comprehension is taught, recommended by P. David Pearson. (HOD)

Twenty-five members of the Montessori community share their memories of Dr. Nancy McCormick Rambusch, charismatic founder of the American Montessori movement, early childhood professional, and innovative educator, who died of pancreatic cancer on October 27, 1994. Rambusch's work of 40 years now flowers as an institutionalized educational program…

Illustrates some of the changes and trends at "Teaching English in the Two-Year College" (TETYC) during the author's years on the masthead. Considers specific articles of his first and last issues (Fall 1978 - December 1987). Represents TETYC staff as individuals who do not give up on students, continually challenging them with new thinking, new…

This book is a short edited volume that brings together in one place, the best scholarly articles in charter schooling by national experts and leaders, written in a user-friendly fashion. It is the ideal introduction for those interested in the charter school movement with numerous insights for and by charter operators, administrators, and…

This booklet, the third publication in the Foundation for the Future series, illustrates how involvement in the Directorate for Education and Human Resources' (EHR's) projects has been a watershed for many people. The personal profiles contained within describe how EHR programs are: changing people's lives, opening people's minds to new…

Through personal reminiscences, the author offers a retrospective view of the first fifty years of the activities of the Central States Speech Association. Reflecting on past papers and convention programs, the author calls attention to the proliferation and diversification of interests in speech communication's instructional and investigative…

The author looks back at the way she learned about art as a fourth grader in the 1930s and compares it to the sophisticated art programs of today. She concludes that she may have learned as much about art from just casual observation as art students do today. (RM)

Excerpts from students' writing illustrate the differences between Foxfire and other learning approaches and the dilemmas students face in Foxfire classes, including choices, decisions and responsibilities; developing new skills in a new process; participating in the democratic process; effectively working together; and nontraditional evaluations.…