Notes the trend in educational research away from the model of the physical sciences toward a view that sees teaching, development, and research as interrelated modes of inquiry. (JL)

The author discusses the need for research on integrating handicapped students into regular vocational programs at the postsecondary level and offers suggestions for educational researchers on selecting and developing specific research issues and programs. (MF)

Major changes in the methods and contents of research are needed. Promising trends in the design and conduct of studies include: (a) macroscopic rather than microscopic levels of study; (b) field rather than laboratory studies; (c) focusing on the total individual; (d) developing a contractual relationship between researcher and subject. (Author)

Studies carried out in connection with the activities of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Committee on Access to do Research in the Public Schools.

Research papers (N=111) published in Vols. 11-13 of "Journal of Research in Science Teaching" were used in this study to validate areas of productivity in science educational research. Questions were answered regarding research area interests, stability of priorities for research, and omissions of research in high-priority areas. (CS)

Notes the need for researchers in schools who conduct studies to provide data for decision making, cull research literature for information needed for problem solving, and generate new ideas for practice based on current research. Outlines components of programs for educating school-based researchers. (ET)

A study was conducted in January 1981 to assess the level of research activities within the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD). The study sought to identify the staff and monetary resources allocated to research; the activities in which researchers were involved and the amount of time they devoted to each; and those areas which…

The paper states that quantification is neither ethical nor unethical, but is ethically neutral. It is the behavior or intent of the human being that is clearly a matter of ethical concern. Like numerology and the sects of inumerates and qualitatives, there is not so much an unethical practice that is supported as there is a lack of vision and…

The document discusses limitations of the current practice of educational ethnography and suggests that ethnographers could best help teachers through more participation and less observation. Ethnography is the process of describing reality from the point of view of the participant through direct observation of social behavior. Some weaknesses…

Four regional teams, each consisting of anthropologists involved in educational research and other educational researchers, were constituted in Chicago, San Francisco, the District of Columbia, and Buffalo. Throughout the 1969-70 academic year the teams joined in a planning effort to identify the most important factors for anthropologists to…

A discussion of the needs and consideration of the appropriateness of various methodological approaches used in conducting research projects on adult literacy. (WL)

Effective research requires adequate resources, appropriate structures, and a sympathetic political, social and educational climate. (Author/RK)

Proposes that the effectiveness of educational researchers in helping public education to survive will be in direct proportion to their willingness to enter into and maintain new and dynamic relationships with educators who are pursuing this fight for survival. (JM)

Deliberately involving urban education stakeholders in the Cities-in-Schools evaluation study improved the utility of the findings for formative evaluation stakeholders but not for summative evaluation stakeholders. (Author/PN)

The American Educational Research Association (AERA) must actively promote equality and affirmative action for women in view of current federal policy's negative impact on equity. AERA needs to focus on issues concerning women's traditional roles, knowledge about women and humankind, and women's professional roles in education. (Author/MJL)