The Long March Toward Revitalization: Developing Standpoint in Curriculum Studies

by Wayne Au
This article addresses ongoing political and epistemological tensions within the field of curriculum studies through the development of a conceptual framework the author calls “curricular standpoint,” a framework that itself is an extension critical of feminists’ standpoint theory.
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Epistemological Threads in the Fabric of Pedagogical Research

by Marylin J. Chambliss, Jeremy N. Price & Patricia A. Alexander
This analytical article focuses a philosophical lens on quality teaching in general, mathematics and reading education, and prominent research paradigms. It then turns the same lens on the High-Quality Teaching (HQT) study, an examination of what teachers do to help fourth- and fifth-grade students succeed in reading and mathematics. Our intent is to demonstrate how such philosophical scrutiny can lead to a fuller understanding of high-quality teaching in its varied manifestations.
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"The Law Does Not Require a Party to Engage in Futile Acts:” Student Loans, Bankruptcy and a Compassionate Federal Court

by Richard Fossey & Robert C. Cloud
In re Roth, decided by the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, is an important decision that took a compassionate approach toward an insolvent college-loan debtor who filed for bankruptcy late in life without any real prospect of ever paying off her student loans.