Gifted and talented students: Implications for school counselors

Educators will have a better understanding of the dysynchrony of young gifted children's cognitive, socio‐emotional, and motor development by carefully observing the various traits of these children.     

Maintaining Suitable Standards of Scholarship

If instruction is to command equal respect with research within academe, it must manifest the same high standards of scholarship expected of research. Journals devoted to pedagogy support this by maintaining high standards of scholarship in the articles they publish. This commentary identifies two examples of articles in Volume 1 of Computer Science Education which fail to meet even the most elementary standards of scholarship.     

Critics and performers as storytellers

Thinking based on narrative concepts provides a useful perspective from which to perceive and enhance the process of performance criticism. In narrative terms, the critic and performer each tell stories from their own angles of vision. The critic's and performer's stories are influenced by information that is both private and public and achieve credibility based upon their narrative probability and fidelity.     

Promotion to Full Professor: Moving Beyond Tenure and Associate Professorship

Although there has been great discussion and numerous workshops on obtaining tenure and promotion to associate professor, there has been little exploration of the expectations regarding the next step—promotion to full professor. To fill this void, this study gathered information from full professors teaching in 33 US doctoral programs in criminology and criminal justice. Survey questions asked subjects to note what they believe are the most important criteria for promoting a candidate to full professor. The study found that journal articles were critical for promotion, while grants, publishing a book, and service were not. Furthermore, individual variables such as gender, degree field, prior work as a criminal justice practitioner, and the department context such as program rank, the percentage of women, and number of full professors had significant impacts on the ranking of a candidate’s contributions, and the recommendation for promotion. The findings and implications are discussed.