Considers Stephen North's recent journal article, "The Making of Knowledge in Composition." Criticizes North's perception that education practitioners have private knowledge regarding what works in class and his implication that all practitioner claims to knowledge are equally valid. Argues that such claims are best verified by dialectic…

The authors restate their position that it is essential to correct narrow conceptions of science and that to do so requires the infusion of history and philosophy of science into teacher education programs. Discusses various educational philosophies that address whether or not the boundaries of science can be established clearly. (LZ)

Identifies and responds to criticisms of discipline-based art education (DBAE). Shows how it is an all-inclusive program that responds to the needs of all students. Analyzes factors that relate to self-esteem and demonstrates how DBAE enhances it. Describes a typical lesson and case studies to support this argument. (KM)

In this paper the author argues for the use of Deleuzian theories in educational contexts. In particular, she is interested in the use of the concept of rhizomes, and the analysis of texts as rhizomes, drawing on Deleuze and Guattari's work in "A Thousand Plateaus" (1987). She discusses the possibilities for using rhizomatics in educational…

Seeking to distance themselves from the educational patterns they dislike, some contemporary advocates of academic studies overlooked an important problem that they share with the progressives they criticize. For example, Diane Ravitch blamed the absence of academics in schools on what she called the progressive educators' efforts to provide…

Andrew Wright has recently criticized an article penned by the author, which suggests that no good reasons have been given why religious education should be a compulsory school subject. In this article, the author explains the two misunderstandings Wright has about his position. First, Wright characterized the author's thesis as arguing "from…

The four content areas of discipline based art education (aesthetics, art criticism, art history, and art production) should be addressed in every art education unit planned and taught to students. All four content areas are addressed in the process of formal art criticism therefore every unit/lesson that utilizes a formal art criticism also…

The works of French literary theorists Jacques Lacan, Jacques Derrida, and Roland Barthes reflect a view of the text as the primary object of investigation for any discipline in the human sciences. Each of the three has been involved with pedagogical reforms within French cultural institutions: Derrida with the teaching of philosophy, Lacan with…

The crucial question of who should become English teachers may be answered by defining what high school and college English teachers should focus on in the classroom. As teachers of communication, English teachers should aid their students in understanding and appreciating the ideas of the past and in forming and articulating concepts for the…

Deweyan tradition contains an image of learning at odds with another 20th century American innovation: the effort to subsume school learning under business efficiency ideology. Dewey might again have relevance for social and educational planning, but not if still interpreted as a romantic educational freedom. (Author/SJL)

Discusses the issue, raised by Solzhenitsyn's work and the film "Scum," of the relation of literature to the world it purports to depict. (CRH)

Provides a critique of Paul Hirst's views on the forms of knowledge and outlines an original scheme for describing and understanding the forms that knowledge takes. (Author)

The cognitive processes involved in a man's choice of words are discussed. (CK)

Responds to an article concerned with teaching foreign language literature as a means of second language instruction. It is argued that it is better and linguistically wiser to use time spent on literary appreciation to strengthen and promote "real" language work. (CB)

Current social transformations call for a contemporary debate about the future of "Bildung", in which two differing modern utopian tendencies can be highlighted and their discrepancy emphasised. With the end of realistic socialism in Europe, any vision featuring a perspective that might transcend the status quo seems doomed--the "political"…