For more than two decades, the concept of student engagement has grown from simple attention in class to a construct comprised of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral components that embody and further develop motivation for learning. Similarly, the goals of student engagement have evolved from dropout prevention to improved outcomes for lifelong…

Examines issues related to continuity in education and educational change. Indicates that although schools must be responsive to changing social and economic conditions (and contribute to them), they must also be protected against fluctuating swings of educational fashion and safeguard their long-term mission, even when buffeted by short-term…

This report presents topics addressed at the December 2000 seminar on Capacity-Building for Curriculum Specialists from East and South-East Asia. Part 1, "Rethinking the Framework and the Capacities Needed for Curriculum Reform," gives some perspectives on trends and issues in curriculum change for the 21st century, both internationally…

Discusses the questions of whether the mathematics that is taught is equitable, fair, and nondiscriminatory, and whether students are being disadvantaged with the current curriculum, methods of assessment, and the lack of understanding of students' backgrounds. (23 references) (MKR)

The way in which teachers communicate with their students partly determines what they communicate. This book addresses the communication issue by building on a series of papers whose first versions were presented in 1992 at the Sixth International Congress of Mathematics Education in Quebec. Papers include: (1) "Crossing the Gulf between Thought…

Issues such as work orientation, social stratification, and sex roles affecting career education for gifted and talented students are considered. Data on career-related problems facing this population are cited. Principles and characteristics of successful programs (such as active professional role models and individualized guidance) are…

Critical mathematics education cannot be translated into principles. Aims to search for a working philosophy of mathematics for critical mathematics education. Concludes that aporism attempts to consider mathematics in its social, cultural, and political complexities, and to express uncertainties about mathematics' possible role as an educational…

Presents remarks adapted from the Presidential address from the 1999 annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). Argues that the mathematics classroom teacher must create an environment that supports students' interests and mathematics growth at many different levels and ways in which to achieve this. Considers…

Schools today face a dilemma when teaching the young about drinking. If teachers acknowledge the fact that students drink, the teachers may appear to be condoning the behavior. Education about alcohol use that assumes the learners have and are having some actual experience is necessary but remains "difficult" for many teachers in many school…

Provides a teaching technique for improving instruction through awareness of the personality of the learner. (MD)

This guide surveys numerous violence-prevention and -management issues--from recognizing warning signs for preventing violence to developing crisis-management steps for addressing those incidents that cannot be prevented. The guide focuses on school-safety strategies in the form of policies and procedures, planning, prevention, intervention,…

This article applies pragmatic thinking to a moral problem in a multicultural classroom: how to draw together students' diverse experiences and familiarity with racial identity development for productive examination of white privilege, racial identity development, and the social construction of race in the United States. This analysis reveals…

Attempts to redefine science education as "the interface between science and society" are critically examined and rejected. Authors support the definition that science education is a discipline devoted to discovering, developing, and evaluating improved methods and materials to teach science (the quest for knowledge and the knowledge…

Defends the definition of science education as the interface of science and society, pointing out the fallacies of an alternative definition promulgated by Good, Herron, Lawson, and Renner who, in a previous article (SE 537 615) examined and rejected the science/society interface definition in favor of their own definition. (DH)

This book investigates brain structures and functions of the brain's five major systems (emotional, social, cognitive, physical, and reflective), applying findings from neuro-biology to education. It translates neuroscience into an educational framework for lesson planning and teaching. This framework can serve as a mental model for an ongoing…