Proposes a variety of epistemological lenses for viewing the school change process for school administrators' use. Applies these lenses in an actual case study depicting school change, illustrating how administrators can shift focus, position, and mode of inquiry from their usual rational viewpoint. Analyzes implications of using such lenses for…

Draws on the new field of mathematical study called fractal geometry. Illustrates the pervasiveness and constraining tendencies of classical geometries. Suggests that fractal geometry is a mathematical analogue to fields such as post-modernism, post-structuralism, and ecological theory. Examines how fractal geometry can complement other emergent…

This study, in order to analyse the internal differentiation of pedagogic (scientific) knowledge, uses Habermas's development of Weber's work and, in particular, his socially constructed forms of instrumental-strategic, moral-practical and communicative rationalities. Additionally, it correlates these distinct forms of rationality to the "serial…

Over the last two decades the traditional conception of intelligence and other mental powers as stable individual assets has been challenged by approaches in psychology emphasising context and "situated cognition". This paper argues that the debate should not be seen as an empirical dispute, and relates it to discussions in philosophy of mind…

There are two very different accounts of the history of educational philosophy and ideas presently available. One account is the work of historical scholars and classicists, and is based on thorough historical research. The other account is the work of educationists and philosophers, and is generally based on little or no historical research in…

In a promising gesture of diversity, the Modern Language Association has been welcoming community colleges (CC) into its conference agendas. Since this sector constitutes the majority of college teachers, and a silent one at that, it could furnish valuable perspectives to the Association. What are these perspectives? To begin with, take the…

This article aims to illustrate that the modern educational project, discursively articulated until the end of the nineteenth century, owes much to the ethics that Christianity had earlier systematized, in the context of the disciplined dynamics brought by the Counter-Reformation. A kind of pastoral power remained within the enlightenment-humanist…

The diversity and interdisciplinarity of computer science and the multiplicity of its uses in other sciences make it hard to define computer science and to prescribe how computer science should be carried out. The diversity of computer science also causes friction between computer scientists from different branches. Computer science curricula, as…

This paper presents an understanding of feminist teaching through a poststructural perspective which problematizes knowledge construction and meaning, in particular how feminist teachers create spaces for and struggle within the relationship of negotiating knowledge and knowing in higher education classrooms. The paper uses the term…

This paper analyzes Bogdanov's theory of knowledge as found in philosophical dialogues and essays. The style of Bogdanov's writing and his ideas on philosophy, science, scientific constructs, truth, human knowledge, objectivity and ethics are discussed. These ideas are compared to the constructivist view of knowledge. (CW)

This set of five papers is related to the Mathemagenic Activities Program (MAP) for early childhood education of the University of Georgia's Follow Through Program. The MAP is based on Piagetian theory and provides sequentially structured sets of curriculum materials and processes that are designed to continually challenge children to learn about…

A study of the implementation of a rational/bureaucratic model of knowledge in classrooms suggests that current modes of educational administration are based on control, via rational planning, of social relations, individual consciousness, and epistemology. Bureaucratic organization and professionalism enjoy a symbiotic relationship, combined with…

In a discussion of the role and tradition of the university, it is suggested that we guard against simply institutionalizing the existing system of privilege, that the university's role is the cultivation of inquiring minds rather than professional socialization or advancement of faculty, that true collegiality is necessary in governance. (MSE)

Ivan Illich's critique of schooling as a social institution detailed flaws and suggested an alternative model focusing on the functions of modern schooling. The teacher in the modern school is viewed as an impediment to education. Illich's conception of the deschooled society is described, and the ideal role of the church in human society is…

There is no longer any such thing as citizenship in the modern industrial world. The science of ecology must inspire the innovative curricula of tomorrow. (JN)