In the years following Paulo Freire's death in May 1997, there has been no shortage of published material on his work. From brief tributes and biographical accounts to full-length critiques in academic journals and books, much has been written about this influential scholar and activist. Part of the explanation for this ongoing interest lies in…

Education is thought to provide a certain outcome--a "promise". I argue that a promise that education will counteract cultural and social disintegration involves a risk of engendering narrow social and cultural incorporation. On what reasonable basis could education contribute to civic life, when contemporary Western society is…

This article takes as its focus the "and" in discourses of teaching and learning. Drawing upon the work of Deleuze and Guattari, I argue that the "and" signifies a complex, sticky relationship between teaching and learning, and that we can radicalise our conception of "and" to bring forward a range of different discourses. The argument suggests…

Several science education researchers are embracing postmodern relativist notions of both evaluation methodology and of the structure of all scientific knowledge. They blame bad educational evaluation and research on several causes, the worst being the following of the fundamental tenets of mainstream science. These researchers feel science…

Presents a rationale for teaching "As You Like It" to elementary school students and discusses some of the problems teachers may encounter in teaching this particular comedy of Shakespeare's. (RB)

An initial philosophical analysis of "reading" has yielded; (1) that there cannot be a general definition of reading; (2) that the "focal" senses of "to read" indicate that reading is a form of linguistic perception carried out through the exercise of general linguistic abilities, adapted to a visual input of inscriptions with inherent linguistic…

What was once a fitting expression of revolt against the wild growth of indiscriminate imitation and excessive reliance on bookishness is today, according to the author, all too often a symptom of the extolling of the empty mind. (JT)

Justifiable reasons for change and innovation in education practices are analyzed and discussed. (JD)

Discusses problems resulting from the canonization of some American literary works and suggests that "fighting with canons" can be a way of perceiving and protecting differences. (EL)

Considers the importance of textual studies to literature study, the expanded canon of contemporary criticism, and the anti-intuitive bias of contemporary literary theory. (CRH)

Criticized is C. Bereiter's educational philosophy, which calls for skill development rather than concept teaching which is viewed as a way of limiting students' freedom by unwarrantedly influencing development. (GW)

Cudjoe discusses the major movements of Afro-American literature, its particularity, and its universality. He depicts the manner in which Afro-American experiences shape the literary forms, while describing the perspective and methodology which underlie his teaching of Afro-American literature. (Author/SK)

The "algorithmic" model of outdoor experiential learning is based in military tradition and characterized by questionable scientific rationale, production line metaphor, and the notion of learning as marketable commodity. Alternatives are the moral paradigm; the ecological paradigm "friluftsliv"; and the emerging…

Review of the 44th yearbook of the Council on Technology Teacher Education finds that it largely neglects many current controversies and studies, social and philosophical foundations, feminist critiques, and science and society issues. Its cultural limits are not made explicit, and multicultural and multidisciplinary studies are not examined in…

A critical analysis and interpretation of "The Sorting Machine" by Joel H. Spring is presented. The book, which uses a historical revisionist approach to trace the development and impact of the corporate-government-foundation network on the ideological orientation of the American educational system, makes its greatest contribution by…