Recently added articles from The Educational Forum:
Editorial Statement
Jul 01, 2009; Cisneros-Cohernour, Edith J ... This issue of The Educational Forum is faithful to its tradition as a scholarly journal devoted to stimulating dialogue on challenging issues in education around the world. Each of the different articles - on topics of teacher and faculty education, diversity, student learning, ethics, and ...
We Need to Teach for Ethical Conduct
Jul 01, 2009; Sternberg, Robert J ... Abstract Educators have a responsibility to teach students not only to be knowledgeable and intelligent, but also to use their knowledge and intelligence in ethical ways; that is, to be wise. In this essay, I first describe why we need to teach for ethical behavior. Then, I discuss how ...
Follow the Yellow Brick Road to a Successful Professional Career in Higher Education
Jul 01, 2009; Lumpkin, Angela ... Abstract Mentors and other colleagues can help guide faculty through various career stages as they develop and demonstrate their competence in teaching, research, and service; earn tenure and promotion; balance personal and professional responsibilities; meet post-tenure review ...
Point-Counterpoint: Can Special Education and General Education Get Along?
Jul 01, 2009; Wasburn-Moses, Leah; Frager, Alan M ... Abstract This essay grew out of a mutual frustration over differences between two fields within education. In the following discussion, special education professor, Leah Wasburn-Moses, argues that special and general education can resolve their differences. Her colleague, teacher ...
Lesbian Mothers' Bids for Normalcy in Their Children's Schools
Jul 01, 2009; Bower, Laura A; Klecka, Cari L ... Abstract Albeit growing in number, lesbian mothers and their children remain a statistical minority in schools. Lesbian mothers in this study described their families as "normal" or "just like any other family." From the perspective of queer theory, normal is a socially constructed and ...
Partners in a Learning Organization: A Student-Focused Model of Professional Development
Jul 01, 2009; Scott, Shelleyann; Dixon, Kathryn ... Abstract This research report presents a student-focused model aimed at involving students, academics, and administrators in improving and enhancing learning and teaching at a university business school. The "partners in learning" model involves using student feedback to develop ...
Comparing Beginning and Experienced Teachers' Perceptions of Classroom Management Beliefs and Practices in Elementary Schools in Turkey
Jul 01, 2009; Unal, Zafer; Unal, Aslihan ... Abstract The primary objective of this study was to investigate whether a difference in teachers' classroom management styles exists based on years of teaching experience. Data were collected from 282 elementary school teachers employed by 11 elementary schools in Turkey. The Attitudes ...
The Big Picture of NCLB
Jul 01, 2009; Christmann, Edwin P ... The Big Picture of NCLB No Child Left Behind and the Reduction of the Achievement Gap: Sociological Perspectives on Federal Educational Policy edited by Alan Sadovnik, Jennifer O'Day, George Bohrnstedt, and Kathryn M. Borman. New York: Routledge. © 2008. 424 pages. ISBN: ...
Cultural Diversity for Student Empowerment
Jul 01, 2009; Diedwardo, Maryann Pasda ... Cultural Diversity for Student Empowerment Cultural Diversity and the Empowerment of Minorities: Perspectives From Israel and Germany edited by Majid Al-Haj and Rosemarie Mielke, with Inke Du Bois, Nina Smidt, and Sivan Spitzer-Shohat. New York: Berghahn Books. © 2008. 304 pages. ISBN: ...
