The author describes the New Education movement in Europe during the first half of the twentieth century. He explores the applications of this theory to contemporary efforts to reform American education. (CH)

Discusses the term "process" using definitions from a small desk dictionary. Claims that communication theory reflects a process point of view. Describes how most models of the communication process are similar to that delineated by Aristotle. Discusses current business communication texts in light of these models. (JD)

Argues that the romantic and classical theories about writing are not necessarily contradictory and proposes a larger view of the writing process that would accommodate both theories. Notes that problems in choosing composition instruction approaches stem from teachers' failure to distinguish between two of three categories of nonfiction writing.…

Reviews the state of educational research, explores the reasons why it is ignored, and proposes a set of objectives and strategies for improving the use of educational research. (SRT)

Discusses the philosophical thought of Jacques Derrida and Michel Foucault as it applies to writing instruction. (SRT)

Explains how reading skills prescribed in basal readers can be recast and taught as reading strategies. (FL)

The record of eye fixations and movements is an objective measure of an individual's involvement with an art object. This review of eye movement research reveals distinct patterns of viewing behavior which are determined by the age of the viewer, the type of visual materials, the nature of the problem confronting the viewer, and the structure of…

Reports the results of a pilot study which sought to determine whether research techniques associated with personal construct theory could be used with teachers and students to increase their awareness of sex-role stereotyping. States that this goal was achieved and recommends further use of this approach on specific sex-role stereotyping issues.…

Maximum likelihood procedures are presented for a general model to unify the various models and techniques that have been proposed for item analysis. Unconditional maximum likelihood estimation, proposed by Wright and Haberman, and conditional maximum likelihood estimation, proposed by Rasch and Andersen, are shown as important special cases. (JAZ)

Presents a prototype training program using role theory as a framework for understanding sexual harassment in the workplace. Describes four phases of the program for employees, supervisors, and managers. (CH)

Responds to Caple's self-organization paradigm of student development, where humans are viewed as open systems, unstable because of continuous exchange of energy with their environments. Corroborates the inevitability of disequilibrium in human existence but is disturbed by the notion of random determination of second-order change. Raises…

Describes the Educative Leadership Project, a British program attempting to generate a new synthesis of experience, research, and theory on leadership and to develop complementary inservice and postgraduate learning materials for administrators. Discusses adult learning principles, relevant issues, project phases, and workshop procedures involved.…

Young adult, midlife, and older women from four role groups--homemaker, married career, single career, and student--were compared on a number of personality measures including achievement motivation, affiliation, autonomy, cultural sex role characteristics, self-esteem, and adjustment. Some significant age and role differences were found.…

Highlights the similarities between the person-centered approach to counseling of Carl Rogers and the Gestalt therapy of Fritz Perls. Discusses implementation of the two approaches and suggests they may be synthesized into a person-centered Gestalt therapy. (MCF)

Burton Clark's theory of higher education institutions as academic organization governed by unique elements and disciplinary logic is outlined and applied to Malaysia. The theory's weakness in underplaying the role of national policies and environmental factors in determining a national higher education system is noted. (MSE)