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Readings in Educational Psychology

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Introduction to Education

• Gatto, J. T. (2001, September). Against school. Harper's Magazine. Retrieved March 2005, from http://www.johntaylorgatto.com/hp/frames.htm
• Mang, P. (2005, Spring). What is education for? Independent School Magazine. Retrieved March 2007, from http://www.regenesisgroup.com/pdf/wief.pdf
• Rose, L., & Gallup, A. (2004, September). The 36th annual Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup poll of the public's attitudes toward the public schools. Phi Delta Kappan. Retrieved January 2005, from http://www.pdkintl.org/kappan/k0409pol.htm
• U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. (2006). The condition of education 2006(NCES 2006-071). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved May 2008, from http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2006/2006071.pdf [Commissioner's Statement]
• Yero, J. (2002). The meaning of education. Teacher's Mind Resources. Retrieved August 2008, from http://www.teachersmind.com/pdfdirectory/Education.PDF

Introduction to Psychology

• King, R. (2009). Introductory overview of psychology. Sterling, VA: Northern Virginia Community College. Retrieved December 2009, from http://www.psyking.net/id29.htm

Introduction to Educational Psychology

• American Psychological Association Presidential Task Force on Psychology in Education. (1997). Learner-centered psychological principles: A framework for school redesign and reform. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. Retrieved December 1997, from http://www.apa.org/ed/lcp.html
• Bandura, A. (2001). The changing face of psychology at the dawning of a globalization era, Canadian Psychology, 42, 12-24. Retrieved December 2002, from http://www.des.emory.edu/mfp/Bandura2001CP.pdf
• Berliner, D. (1993). The 100-year journey of educational psychology: From interest, to disdain, to respect for practice. In T. Fagan and G. VandenBos (Eds.), Exploring applied psychology: Origins and critical analysis (Master Lectures in Psychology). Washington, DC; American Psychological Association. Retrieved June 1997, from http://courses.ed.asu.edu/berliner/readings/journey.htm
• Berliner, D. (2003). Toward a future as rich as our past. Carnegie Essays on the Doctorate: Education/Educational Psychology. Stanford, CA: The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Retrieved September 2004, from http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/CID/essays/CID_Edu_Berliner.pdf
• Huitt, W. (2001). Why study educational psychology? Educational Psychology Interactive. Valdosta, GA: Valdosta State University. Retrieved August 2008, from http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/col/intro/whyedpsy.html
• Learnativity. (2002). A primer on educational psychology. Retrieved December 2006, from http://www.learnativity.com/edpsych.html
• Pajares, F. (2007). Culturalizing educational psychology. In F. Salili & R. Hoosain (Eds.), Culture, Motivation and Learning: A Multicultural Perspective [19–42]. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing. Retrieved September 2007, from http://www.des.emory.edu/mfp/Pajares2007Culturalizing.pdf
• Triche, S., & St. Julien, J. (1995). Reconceptualizing educational psychology: A Pragmatic approach to developments in cognitive science. In F. Margonis (Ed.), Philosophy of education (Yearbook). Urbana-Champaign, IL: Philosophy of Education Society. Retrieved http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/eps/pes-yearbook/95_docs/triche_julien.html
• Vockell, E. (n.d.). Educational psychology: A practical approach. Calumet, IN: Purdue University-Calumet. Retrieved April 2008, from http://education.calumet.purdue.edu/vockell/EdPsyBook/

Higher Education

• Jennings, L. (2001). Alternative visions for the future university (book review). The Futurist, 58(1), 58-59. Retrieved November 2001, from http://wfs.org/rev2371.htm
• O'Hagan, C. (2002, May/June). Global universities: Sowing the seeds of the future, or hanging on to the past? Vision. Retrieved January 2005, from http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=906
• Rossman, P. (2002) The future of higher (lifelong) education. Columbia, MO: The University of Missouri, Columbia. Retrieved January 2003, from http://ecolecon.missouri.edu/globalresearch/

The Scientific Method

• Jahn, R., & Dunne, B. (1997). Science of the subjective. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 11(2), pp. 201–224. Retrieved August 2008, from http://www.princeton.edu/~pear/pdfs/sos.pdf
• Kuhn, T. (1962). The nature and necessity of scientific revolutions. The structure of scientific revolutions. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Retrieved July 2005, from http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/us/kuhn.htm
• Proctor, R., & Capaldi, E. (2003). Teaching scientific methodology. Observer, 16(1). Retrieved January 2005, from http://www.psychologicalscience.org/teaching/tips/tips_0103.html
• StatSoft. (2001). Electronic statistics textbook. Tulsa, OK: Author. Retrieved April 2001, from http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/stathome.html
• Weems, C. (1999). Psychological inquiry and the role of world views. Behavior and Philosophy, 27, 147-163. Retrieved February 2004, from http://www.behavior.org/journals_BP/1999/Weems.pdf
• Wilkinson, L., & Task Force on Statistical Inference, APA Board of Scientific Affairs. (1999). Statistical methods in psychology journals: Guidelines and explanations. American Psychologist, 54(8), 594–604. Retrieved April 2001, from http://www.apa.org/journals/amp/amp548594.html
• Wilson, F. (1999). Science and human values. Rochester, NY: Rochester Institute of Technology. Retrieved April 2005, from http://www.rit.edu/~flwstv/contents.html
• Wikipedia. (2005). Logistic function: The S-curve of growth. Retrieved July 2005, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logistic_curve
• Wolfs, F. (1996). The scientific method: Appendix E. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester. Retrieved: March 2002, from http://teacher.nsrl.rochester.edu/phy_labs/AppendixE/AppendixE.html
• Woolf, L. (no date). Introduction to measurement and statistics. St. Louis, MO: Webster College. Retrieved January 2005, from http://www.webster.edu/~woolflm/statwhatis.html
• Woolf, L. (no date). Research methods. St. Louis, MO: Webster College. Retrieved January 2005, from http://www.webster.edu/~woolflm/statmethods.html
• Yu, C. (n.d.). Meta-analysis and effect size. Tempe, AZ: Arizona State University. Retrieved April 2001, from http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/%7Ealex/teaching/WBI/es.html

Educational Research

• American College of Physicians. (2001, November/December). Primer on Type I and Type II errors. Effective Clinical Practice. Retrieved May 2002, from http://www.acponline.org/journals/ecp/novdec01/primer_errors.pdf
• Banks, M. (1995). Visual research methods. Social Research Update, 11. Retrieved February 2002, from http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/sru/SRU11/SRU11.html
• Berliner, D. (2002). Educational research: The hardest science of all. Educational Researcher, 31(8), 18-20. Retrieved February 2005, from http://www.aera.net/uploadedFiles/Journals_and_Publications/Journals/Educational_Researcher/3108/3108_CommentBerliner.pdf
• Coe, R. (2000). What is an 'effect size'?: A guide for users. Durham, UK: University of Durham. Retrieved April 2001, from http://cem.dur.ac.uk/ebeuk/research/effectsize/ESguide.htm
• Gribbons, B., & Herman, J. (1997). True and quasi-experimental designs. Washington, DC: ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation, from ED421483]. Retrieved January 1999, from http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/files/expdesigns.html
• Hantrais, L. (1996). Comparative research methods. Social Research Update, 13. Retrieved February 2002, from http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/sru/SRU13.html
• Heffner, C. (2002). Personality research and assessment (Chapter 2). Personality synopsis. Retrieved September 2004, from http://allpsych.com/personalitysynopsis/research.html
• Hoepfl, M. (1997). Choosing qualitative research: A primer for technology education researchers. Journal of Technology Education, 9(10). Retrieved September 2000, from http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JTE/v9n1/hoepfl.html
• Lauer, P. (2004). A policy maker's primer on educational research: How to understand, evaluate and use it. Aurora, CO: Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL) and the Education Commission of the States. Retrieved September 2004, from  http://www.mcrel.org/PDF/SchoolImprovementReform/9713TG_SchoolImprovement_Primer6-04.pdf
• Mandel, T. (Ed.). (1997). The general system. Paper presented at the First International Electronic Seminar on Wholeness, International Society for the Systems Sciences. Retrieved December 1999, from http://www.newciv.org/ISSS_Primer/asem10tm.html
• Pope, K. (2003). Logical fallacies used in psychology. Retrieved June 2003, from http://kspope.com/fallacies/fallacies.php
• Raudenbush, S.W.  (2002).  Identifying scientifically-based research in education. Invited speaker at the Scientifically Based Research Seminar, U.S. Department of Education, Washington DC, February. Retrieved August 2005, from http://www-personal.umich.edu/~rauden/ScientificallyBased%20ResearchSeminar.pdf
• Shavelson, R., & Towne, L. (Eds.). (2002) Scientific research in education. Washington, DC: National Academy Press. Retrieved October 2004, from http://www.nap.edu/books/0309082919/html/
• Taleb, N. N. (2008). The fourth quadrant: A map of the limits of statistics. Edge: The Third Culture. Retrieved September 2008, from http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/taleb08/taleb08_index.html
• Wayman, J., & Stringfield, S. (2006). Date use for school improvement: School practices and research perspectives, 112(4), 463-468. Retrieved September 2006, from http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/AJE/journal/issues/v112n4/112401/112401.web.pdf

Science and Religion As Sources of Knowledge

• Barnes, W. (2004). O man of two visions: The harmony of secular and sacred knowledge. Paper presented at the Forum for Integrated Education and Educational Reform sponsored by the Council for Global Integrative Education, Santa Cruz, CA, October 28-30. Retrieved December, from http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/CGIE/fan.pdf
• Brooke, J.H. (2008, March 4). Christianity and Darwinism: Can there be no common ground? The Global Spiral. Retrieved March 2008, from http://www.metanexus.net/Magazine/Default.aspx?TabId=68&id=10325
• Clarken, R. (2002). Using educational principles from psychology and the world's religions to improve education. Paper presented at the Ninth International Literacy and Education Research Network Conference on Learning, Beijing, China, July 16-20, 2002. Retrieved December 2004, from http://www-instruct.nmu.edu/~rclarken/education/world-religion-improve-education.htm
• Cole-Turner, R. (1996, November 12). Theology's future with science. On the occasion of his inauguration to the H. Parker Sharpe chair of theology and ethics, Pittsburgh theological seminary. Retrieved February 2002, from http://www.aaas.org/spp/dser/resource/cole.htm
• D'Adamo, A. (2004). Science without bounds: A synthesis of science, religion, and mysticism. Retrieved July 2004, from http://www.adamford.com/swb/src/ScienceWithoutBounds.pdf
• Einstein, A. (1941). Science and religion. Science, Philosophy and Religion, A Symposium. The Conference on Science, Philosophy and Religion in Their Relation to the Democratic Way of Life, Inc., New York. Retrieved May 2002, from http://www.update.uu.se/~fbendz/library/ae_scire.htm
• Fraizer, L. (2001, September). Science and religion 2001: Introductory thoughts. Skeptical Inquirer. Retrieved March 2002, http://www.csicop.org/si/2001-09/intro.html
• Goertzel, B. (1996). Unification of science and spirit: Hyperrealism. Retrieved December 2007, from http://goertzel.org/books/spirit/contents.htm 
• Gruenwald, O. (1998). Philosophy redivivus? Science, ethics, and faith. Paper presented at the Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy, Boston, MA, August 10-15. Retrieved September 2005, from http://www.bu.edu/wcp/Papers/Reli/ReliGrue.htm
• Haidt, J. (2007). Moral psychology and the misunderstanding of religion. Edge: The Third Culture. Retrieved September 2007, from http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/haidt07/haidt07_index.html
• Hefner, P. (2006). Religion and science--Two way traffic? Zygon: Journal of Religion & Science, 41(1).  Retrieved August 2007, from http://www.zygonjournal.org/editorial_6.html
• Jones, H. (2008). The God confusion. Network Review, 96, 4-8. Retrieved November 4, 2008, from http://www.scimednet.org/pdf/ntwrk96.pdf
• Maritain, J. (1959). God and science. Retrieved March 2005, from http://www.ewtn.com/library/THEOLOGY/JM2404.HTM
• Myers, D. (2005). Psychological science meets the world of faith. APS Observer, 18(10). Retrieved August 2008, from http://psychologicalscience.org/observer/getArticle.cfm?id=1861
• Nicholi, A., Jr. (1999). The real issue: When worldviews collide. Part one. C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud: A comparison of their thoughts and viewpoints on life, pain and death. Addison, TX: Leadership U. Retrieved May 2002, from http://www.leaderu.com/real/ri9801/nicholi.html
• Orr, H. A. (1999, October/November). Gould on God: Can religion and science be happily reconciled. Boston Review. Retrieved July 2003, from http://bostonreview.net/BR24.5/orr.nclk
• Potter, V. R.. (1994, May 16). Science, religion must share quest for global survival. The Scientist, 8(10), 1-12. Retrieved May 2002, from http://www.valdosta.edu/~whuitt/psy702/files/scirlg.html
• Sardar, Z. (2004, April 5). How to take Islam back to reason. Newstatesman. Retrieved July 2007, from http://www.newstatesman.com/200404050019
• Van Hess, P. (1996). Spirituality and the secular quest. New York: Crossroad Publishing. Retrieved May 2003, from http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?action=openPageViewer&docId=97799040
• Vitz, P. (2005, March). Psychology in recovery. First Things, 151, 17-22. Retrieved April 2005, from http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft0503/articles/vitz.html
• Warburg, M. (2001). Religious organizations in a global world: A comparative analysis. Retrieved May 2003, from the Center for Studies on New Religions, http://www.cesnur.org/2001/london2001/warburg.htm
• Wolpert, A. (2000). Introduction to a General Theory of Religion: A systems dynamic perspective. Retrieved May 2002, from http://world.std.com:80/~awolpert

Dynamic Systems and Cybernetics

• Banathy, B. (2000). A taste of systemics. The Primer Project. International Society for the System Sciences (ISSS). Retrieved December 2002, from http://www.isss.org/taste.html
• Bellinger, G. (2001). The way of systems. Outsights. Retrieved April 2002, from  http://www.systems-thinking.org/theWay/theWay.htm
• Bourgine, P., & Johnson, J. (2005). A living roadmap for complex systems science. Paris, France: Open Network of Centres of Excellence in Complex Systems. Retrieved April 2006, from http://complexsystems.lri.fr/Portal/tiki-download_wiki_attachment.php?attId=238
• Brainy Encyclopedia. (n.d.) Systems thinking. Retrieved November 2004, from http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/s/sy/systems_thinking.html
• Clayton, K. (1997). Basic concepts in nonlinear dynamics and chaos. Workshop presented at the Annual Conference of the Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology and Life Sciences at Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, July 31. Retrieved May 2002, from http://www.societyforchaostheory.org/chaosprimer.pdf
• deSantis, M. (1998). The theory of living systems and organizational changes (Article 4--A concise description of the theory of living systems). from Living Systems: Principles of Organization and Building Sustainable Human Communities. Retrieved December 1999, from http://www.ftlcomm.com/ensign/desantisArticles/desantis8/desantis8.html
• Forrester, J. (1999). System dynamics: The foundation under systems thinking. Cambridge, MA: Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved December 2002, from http://sysdyn.clexchange.org/sdep/papers/D-4828.html
• Heylighen, F., & Joslyn, C. (1992, November 1). What is systems theory? Principia Cybernetica Web. Retrieved December 1999, from  http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/SYSTHEOR.html
• Joslyn, C., & Heylighen, F. (1992, 1995). Metasystem transition theory. Principia Cybernetica Web. Retrieved December 1998, from http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/MSTT.html
• Joslyn, C., Turchin, V., & Heylighen, F. (1992, 1995). The history of evolution in terms of metasystem transitions: Social evolution. Principia Cybernetica Web. Retrieved December 1999, from http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/SOCEVOL.html
• Kauffman, S. (2006). Beyond reductionism: Reinventing the sacred. Edge: The Third Culture. Retrieved September 2008, from  http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/kauffman06/kauffman06_index.html
• Lawrimore, E. W. (2004). Introduction to the basic concepts of complexity science. Charlotte, NC: Lawrimore Communications Inc. Retrieved August 2008, from http://www.codynamics.net/intro.htm
• Mitchell, M. (2006). Complex systems: Network thinking. Artificial Intelligence, 170(18), 1194-2112. Retrieved October 2006, from http://www.santafe.edu/research/publications/workingpapers/06-10-036.pdf
• Provost, W., Jr. (1982). Structure and change in complex systems. Retrieved January 2005, from http://www.geocities.com/~n4bz/gst/gst0.htm
• Richardson, K., & Cilliers, P. (2001). What is complexity science? A view from different directions. Emergence, 3(1), 5-22. Retrieved September 2004, from http://www.kurtrichardson.com/Editorial_3_1.pdf
• Rucker, R., & Walker, J. (1997). CelLab user guide: Exploring cellular automata. Retrieved San Jose, CA: Authors. December 2002, from http://www.fourmilab.ch/cellab/manual/cellab.html
• Umpleby, S. (2004). Physical relationships among matter, energy, and information. Paper prepared for the European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research, Vienna, Austria, April 2004. Retrieved July 2004, from http://www.gwu.edu/~umpleby/recent_papers/2004_physical_relationships_among_matter_energy_information_umpleby.htm
• Scott, A. (Ed.). (2003). The encyclopedia of nonlinear science (Introduction). New York: Routledge. Retrieved October 2004, from http://personal.riverusers.com/~rover/preface.html
• Whitaker, R. (1995). Self-organization, autopoiesis, and enterprises. Retrieved February 2002 from http://www.acm.org/sigois/auto/Main.html
• Whitaker, R. (2000). The theories of Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela: Tutorial 1: Introductory orientation. The Observer Web: Autopoiesis and Enaction. Retrieved April 2005, from http://www.enolagaia.com/Tutorial1.html
• White, R. (2006). Ecology of being [video and html files]. New York: All In All Books. Retrieve October 2006, from http://www.ecologyofbeing.com/newindex.php?content=video

Quantum Theory and Dynamic Systems

• Berkenstein, J. (2003, August). Theoretical results about black holes suggest that the universe could be like a gigantic hologram. Scientific American. Retrieved July, 2008, from http://www.crystalinks.com/holouniverse1.html
• Crystal, E. (n.d.). The holographic universe. Retrieved July 2008, from http://www.crystalinks.com/holographic.html
• Laszlo, E. (2007). The in-formation field hypothesis. Electronic Journal of Sociology. Retrieved June 2007, from http://www.sociology.org/content/2007/_information_field_laszlo.pdf

Feedback and Associated Mechanisms

• Atlee, T. (1999). Feedback, social power, the evolution of social systems. Eugene, OR: The Co-Intelligence Institute. Retrieved January 2005, from http://www.co-intelligence.org/CIPol_FeedbkSocEvol.html
• Childre, D., & McCraty, R. (2001). Psychophysiological correlates of spiritual experience. Biofeedback, 29(4), 14-18. Retrieved June 2003, from http://www.heartmath.org/research/research-papers/spiritual-experience.html
• Peil, K. (2000). Emotional intelligence, sensory self-regulation, and the organic destiny of the species: The emotional feedback system. Kirkland, WA: EFS International. Retrieved July 2002, from http://www.emotionalfeedback.com/docs/EFS-JA-2000.doc
• Roberts, N. (1978). Teaching dynamic feedback systems thinking: An elementary view. Management Science, 24(8). Retrieved December 1998, from http://www.clexchange.org/ftp/documents/Implementation/IM1993-01TeachingFeedbackST.pdf

Dynamic Systems and Psychology

• Beck, D. (n.d.). Human capacities in the integral age: How value systems shape organizational productivity, national prosperity and global transformation. Spiral Dynamics Integral. Retrieved August 2005, from http://spiraldynamics.net/DrDonBeck/essays/human_capacities.htm
• Bertenthal, B. (in process). Dynamical systems: It's about time. In S. Boker & M. Wenger (Eds.), Data analytic techniques for dynamical systems. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. Retrieved August 2005, from http://www.ccp.uchicago.edu/~bbertent/palab/docs/bertenthalInpress.pdf
• Collier, J., & Hooker, C. (1999). Complexly organized dynamical systems. Open Systems and Information Dynamics, 6, 241-302. Retrieved August 2005, from http://www.newcastle.edu.au/centre/casrg/publications/Cods.pdf
• Guastello, S. (2000). Nonlinear dynamics in psychology. Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, 00, pp. 1-20. Retrieved February 2005, from http://www.marquette.edu/psyc/DDNSarticle.pdf
• Heylighen, F. (1994, 1995). Memetics. Principia Cybernetica Web. Retrieved December 1998, from http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/MEMES.HTML
• Hoffman, W. (1996). The formal structure of dialectical psychology. Dynamical Psychology. Retrieved December 1999, from http://goertzel.org/dynapsyc/1996/formstr.html
• Poppink, J. (1997). Chaos and complexity as theoretical grounding for psychotherapeutic listening: Psychotherapist's presence with patient in flooding stage of post traumatic stress disorder. Paper presented to The Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology & Life Sciences, Seventh Annual International Conference, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 31 - Aug 3. Retrieved December 1999, from http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/files/chaosthr.html
• Roco, M., & Bainbridge, W. (2002). Converging technologies for improving human performance: Nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology and cognitive science. Arlington, VA: National Science Foundation. Retrieved August 2002, from http://wtec.org/ConvergingTechnologies/
• Saarinen, E., & Hämäläinen, R. (2004). Systems intelligence: Connecting engineering thinking with human sensitivity. In R. Hämäläinen and E. Saarinen (Eds.), Systems intelligence: Discovering a hidden competence in human action and organisational life. Helsinki, Finland: Helsinki University of Technology, Systems Analysis Laboratory Research Reports A88. Retrieved February 2009, from http://www.systemsintelligence.hut.fi/SI2004.html
• Stapp, H. (2008). The role of human beings in the quantum universe. Berkeley, CA: University of California, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. Retrieved September 2008, from  http://sts.lbl.gov/~stapp/ManInQU.doc

Quantum Theory and Psychology

• Atmanspacher, H. (2006). Quantum approaches to consciousness. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Stanford, CA:  Stanford University. Retrieved December 2007, from http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qt-consciousness/
• Hameroff, S., & Penrose, R. (1996). Conscious events as orchestrated space-time selections. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 3(1), 36-53. Retrieved May 2008, from http://www.quantumconsciousness.org/penrose-hameroff/consciousevents.html
• McFarlane, T. (2000). Quantum physics, depth psychology, and beyond. The Center for Integral Science. Retrieved December 2007, from http://www.integralscience.org/psyche-physis.html
• Overdurf, J., & Silverthorn, J. (1995). Humanistic neuro-linguistic psychology: Quantum theory in NLP. ABNLP Journal. Retrieved December 2007, from http://www.nlptrainings.com/humanistic.html
• Schwartz, J., Stapp, H., & Beauregard, M. (2005). Quantum theory in neuroscience and psychology: A neurophysical model of mind/brain interaction. Phil. Trans. Royal Society, B 360(1458), 1309-1327. Retrieved May 2007, from http://www-physics.lbl.gov/~stapp/PTRS.pdf
• Thompson, I. (1990). Quantum mechanics and consciousness: A causal correspondence theory. Generative Science. Retrieved December 2007, from http://www.generativescience.org/ps-papers/qmc1h.html

Dynamic Systems and Education

• Bar-Yam, M., Rhoades, K., Sweeney, L., Kaput, J., & Bar-Yam, Y. (n.d.). Changes in the teaching and learning process in a complex system. New England Complex Systems Institute. Retrieved October 2006, from http://necsi.org/research/management/education/teachandlearn.html
• Elert, D. (2000). The chaos textbook. Retrieved May 2002 from http://hypertextbook.com/chaos/
• Forrester, J. (1994). Learning through system dynamics as preparation for the 21st century. Keynote address for Systems Thinking and Dynamic Modeling Conference for K-12 Education, Concord, MA, June 270-29. Retrieved December 2000, from http://web.mit.edu/sdg/www/D-4434-3.21stCent.pdf
• Forrester, J. (1996, May 30). System dynamics and K-12 thinking. Lecture at the University of Virginia School of Education. Retrieved December 2000, from http://web.mit.edu/sdg/www/D-4665-5.SD&K-12%20teach2-s.pdf
• Forrester, J. (2000). Road Maps: A guide to learning system dynamics. Cambridge, MA: System Dynamics in Education Project, MIT. Retrieved December 2000, from http://sysdyn.clexchange.org/road-maps/rm-toc.html
• Fredriksen, J., & Collins, A. (1989). A systems approach to educational testing. Educational Researcher, 18(9), 27-32. Retrieved December 1999, from http://www.edc.org/CCT/ccthome/reports/tr2.html
• Goerner, S. (2000). Rethinking education in light of great change. New Horizons for Learning, 6(1). Retrieved September 2005, from http://www.newhorizons.org/trans/goerner.htm
• Goodman, G., and others. (1989). The systems approach: An innovative model for improving the delivery of inservice training. International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 12(3), 261-270. Retrieved December 1999, from http://www.msue.msu.edu/msue/imp/moddp/dp120048.html
• Howard, J., & Terry, R. (1997). A systems approach and instructional design principles: Two critical elements for effective WWW courseware development. Paper delivered at the North American Web Conference, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, October 4-7. Retrieved December 1999, from http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/naweb97/papers/howard.html
• Kaput, J., Bar-Yam, Y., Jacobson, M. Jakobsson, E., Lemke, J., Wilensky, U., & Collaborators. (1999). Planning documents for a national initiative on complex systems in K-16 education. Cambridge, MA: New England Complex Systems Institute . Retrieved December 2000, from http://necsi.org/events/cxedk16/cxedk16.html
• Konopka, G. (1973). Requirements for healthy development of adolescent youth. Adolescence, 8(31), 1-26. Retrieved November 2002, http://www.cyfernet.org/youthdev/konopka.html
• Laroche, L. (2002). In the threshold: The butterfly stretches her wings. Educational Insights, 7(1). Retrieved August 2007, from http://ccfi.educ.ubc.ca/publication/insights/v07n01/dissertation/laroche/
• Lawrimore, E. W. (2002). Introduction to the basic concepts of complexity science. Retrieved April 2003 from Codynamics, http://www.codynamics.net/intro.htm
• Lemke, J. and Working Group 3 Collaborators. (1999). Systemic educational change: Towards a complex systems perspective. Working Group 3 Report, version 2. Toward Complexity and K-16 Education, Endicott House Conference. Retrieved December 2000, from http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/education/jlemke/papers/complexity-k-16-group3.htm
• Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL). (2000). Asking the right questions: A leader's guide to systems thinking about school improvement. Denver, CO: Author. Retrieved January 2009, from http://www.mcrel.org/PDF/SchoolImprovementReform/5982TG_AskingRightQuestions.pdf
• Reigulth, C. (2004). Chaos theory and the sciences of complexity: Foundations for transforming education. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University. Retrieved July 2005, from http://www.indiana.edu/~syschang/decatur/documents/chaos_reigeluth_s2004.pdf
• Sajaniemi, N., Lindh, R., Sinkkonen, H.-M., & Kontu, E. (2004). Accelerated learning, teaching and systems intelligence. In R. Hämäläinen and E. Saarinen (Eds.), Systems intelligence: Discovering a hidden competence in human action and organisational life. Helsinki, Finland: Helsinki University of Technology, Systems Analysis Laboratory Research Reports A88. Retrieved February 2009, from http://www.systemsintelligence.hut.fi/sajaniemiF.doc
• Zuckerman, O. (2004). System blocks: Learning about systems concepts through hands-on modeling and simulation. Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved March 2005, from http://llk.media.mit.edu/papers/archive/zuckerman_MS_thesis.pdf

Systems Theory and Organizations

• Eoyang, G. (1996). A brief introduction to complexity in organizations. Circle Pines, MN: Human Systems Dynamic Institute. Retrieved February 2006, from http://www.hsdinstitute.org/e-Clarity/asp_freeform_0001/user_documents//A_Brief_Introduction_to_Complexity_in_Organizations.pdf
• Hock, D. (1995). The chaodic organization: Out of control and into order. World Business Academy Perspectives, 9(1). Retrieved April 2004, from http://www.21learn.org/arch/articles/hock.html
• Lasoda, M. (2008, December 8). Want to flourish? Stay in the zone. Positive Psychology News Daily. Retrieved February 2009, from http://pos-psych.com/news/guest-author/200812081289
• Lasoda, M. (2008, December 9). Work teams and the Lasoda line: New results. Positive Psychology News Daily. Retrieved February 2009, from http://pos-psych.com/news/guest-author/200812091298
• Seel, R. ( 2000). Culture and complexity: New insights on organizational change. Organizations & People, 7(2). Retrieved February 2002, from http://www.new-paradigm.co.uk/culture-complex.htm
• Wheatley, M. (1999). Bringing schools back to life: Schools as living systems. In F. Duffy & J. Dale (Eds.), Creating successful school systems: Voices from the university, the field, and the community. Norwood, MA: Christopher-Gordon Publishers. Retrieved December 1999, from http://www.margaretwheatley.com/articles/lifetoschools.html

Information Age, Conceptual Age, and the Future (Sociocultural Evolution)

• Bainbridge, W., & Roco, M. (Eds.). (2006). Managing nano-bio-info-cogno innovations: Converging technologies in society. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer Publishers. Retrieved December 2006, from http://www.wtec.org/ConvergingTechnologies/3/NBIC3_report.pdf
• Barabási, A.-L. (2001, July). The physics of the Web. PhysicsWorld, 14. Retrieved June 2001, from http://physicsweb.org/article/world/14/7/9
• Brilliant, L. (2007, January). The case for informed optimism. Presentation at the Skoll World Forum of Social Entrepreneurship, Oxford, UK. Retrieved December 2007, from http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/177
• Council of State Governments, The. (2005). Trends in America: Navigating turbulence to success. Lexington, KY. Retrieved March 2008, from http://www.csg.org/pubs/Documents/TIA0512.pdf
• Dent, H. S., Jr. (2004). Using demographics to predict economic trends: Key concepts. Allen, TX: H. S. Dent Foundation. Retrieved October 2004, from http://www.hsdent.com/home.cfm?NF=1&CFID=80235&CFTOKEN=43696219
• Dufty, D. (1995). Vision 2020: Reflecting on futures. Leichhardt, NSW:  Society and Culture Association. Retrieved March 2004, from http://hsc.csu.edu.au/pta/scansw/future.html
• Earley, J. (1999). Social evolution and the cultural crisis. World Futures, 54, 231-254. Retrieved May 2001, from http://www.earley.org/Transformation/social_evolution%20systems_.htm
• Elgin, D., with LeDrew, C. (1997). Global consciousness change: Indicators of an emerging paradigm. San Anselmo, CA: Millenium Project. Retrieved August 2008, from http://www.awakeningearth.org/PDF/global_consciousness.pdf
• Florida, R., & Tinagli, I. (2004). Europe in the creative age. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon Software Industry Center. Retrieved June 2005, from http://www.creativeclass.org/acrobat/Europe_in_the_Creative_Age_2004.pdf
• Haakenson, P. (1994). Recent trends in global/international education. Bloomington, IN: ERIC Clearinghouse for Social Studies/Social Science Education. Retrieved December 1999, from http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/files/globaled2.html
• Huitt, W. (1995). Success in the information age: A paradigm shift. Background paper developed for workshop presentation at the Georgia Independent School Association, Atlanta, Georgia. Retrieved December 1999, from http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/col/context/infoage.html
• Huitt, W. (1997). The SCANS report revisited. In P. Anderson, Proceedings from the Fifth Annual Gulf South Business and Vocational Education Conference [31-32]. Valdosta, GA: Valdosta State University. Retrieved December 1999, from http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/col/student/scanspap.html
• Huitt, W. (1998, March 5). The workplace and the transition to the information age: How it impacts and is impacted by women. Paper presented at the Third Annual Women's Studies Conference, Valdosta, Georgia. Retrieved December 1999, from  http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/files/wmnwork.html
• Huitt, W. (2007). Success in the conceptual age. Paper presented at the 32^nd Annual Meeting of the Georgia Educational Research Association, October 26. Retrieved September 2007, from http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/papers/conceptual_age_s.doc
• Huntington, S. (1993). The clash of civilizations. Foreign Affairs, 72(3), 22-50. Retrieved December 1999, from http://www.alamut.com/subj/economics/misc/clash.html
• Jergian, G. (2001, October). Ecosystems. London: QMediastream.com. Retrieved May 2002, from http://www.qmediastream.com/ecosystem.htm
• Kurzweil, R. (2000). The singularity is near: A book precis. Wellesley Hills, MA: KurzweilAI.net. Retrieved May 2001, from http://www.kurzweilai.net/articles/art0134.html
• Kurzweil, R. (2003). The enlightened universe. What Is Enlightenment? (audio) Retrieved July 2007, from http://www.wie.org/features/bonus/kurzweil.m3u?ecp=FP-20
• Kurzweil, R. (2005, February). How technology's accelerating power will transform us. Retrieved December 2007, from http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/38
• Marx, G. (2002). Ten trends: Educating children for tomorrow's world. Journal of School Improvement, (1). Retrieved December 2003, from http://www.ncacasi.org/jsi/2002v3i1/ten_trends
• Nardi, B., Whittaker, S., & Schwarz, H. (2000). It's not what you know, it's who you know: Work in the information age. First Monday, 5(5). Retrieved March 2002, from http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue5_5/nardi/
• National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, & Institute of Medicine of the National Academes. (2007). Rising above the gathering storm: Energizing and employing America for a brighter economic future [Executive Summary]. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. Retrieved January 2009, from http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11463
• National Intelligence Council. (2004). Mapping the global future: Report of the National Intelligence Council's 2020 project. Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved December 2005, from http://www.futurebrief.com/project2020.pdf
• Pink, D. (2005, May). Why the world is flat. Wired Magazine. Retrieved August 2005, from http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.05/friedman.html
• Prensky, M. (2001). Digital natives, Digital immigrants. On The Horizon, 9(5). Retrieved March 2002, from http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/Prensky%20-%20Digital%20Natives,%20Digital%20Immigrants%20-%20Part1.pdf
• Prensky, M. (2007, July-August). Changing paradigms. Educational Technology. Retrieved July 2008, from http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/Prensky-ChangingParadigms-01-EdTech.pdf
• Prestowitz, C. (2005, April 20). Three billion new capitalists. Debating India. Retrieved August 2005, from http://india.eu.org/2395.html
• Roco, M., & Bainbridge, W. (Eds.). (2003). Converging technologies for improving human performance: Nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology, and cognitive science. Berkley, CA: Kluwer Academic Publishers. Retrieved December 2006, from http://www.wtec.org/ConvergingTechnologies/1/NBIC_report.pdf
• Sahtouris, E. (2000). Living systems, the internet and the human future. Talk presented at Planetwork, Global Ecology and Information Technology a conference held at the San Francisco Presidio, May 13. Retrieved December 2000, from http://www.ratical.org/LifeWeb/Articles/LSinetHF.html
• Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence. (2001). An introduction to the singularity. Atlanta, GA: Author. Retrieved May 2001, from http://www.singinst.org/intro.html

The Ecology of Development

• Boemmel, J., & Briscoe, J. (2001). Web Quest project theory fact sheet on Urie Bronfenbrenner. National-Louis University. Retrieved May 2004, from http://pt3.nl.edu/boemmelbriscoewebquest.pdf
• Capra, F. (1996). The web of life. Rainforest. Retrieved March 2002, from http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/3621/CAPRA2.HTM
• Eisenstein, C. (2007). The ascent of humanity. Lewisberry, PA: Panenthea Productions. Retrieved June 2009 from http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/text.php
• Huitt, W. (2003). A systems model of human behavior. Educational Psychology Interactive. Valdosta, GA: Valdosta State University. Retrieved August 2008, from http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/materials/sysmdlo.html
• Miller, J. G., & Miller, J. L. (1997). Applications of living systems theory. Paper presented at the First International Electronic Seminar on Wholeness. Retrieved March 2002, from http://www.newciv.org/ISSS_Primer/asem05jm.html
• Miller, J. G., & Miller, J. L. (1997). The earth as system. Paper presented at the First International Electronic Seminar on Wholeness. Retrieved March 2002, from http://www.newciv.org/ISSS_Primer/asem22jm.html
• Nugent, R. (2006). Youth in a global world. Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau. Retrieved March 2007, from http://www.prb.org/pdf06/YouthInAGlobalWorld.pdf
• Sahtouris, E. (1999). The big picture. Paper presented at the Strategies for Transforming the Global Economy Conference in Los Gatos, California, August 12-15. Retrieved December 1999, from http://www.ratical.org/LifeWeb/Articles/bigpicture.html
• Sahtouris, E. (2000). Living systems, the internet and the human future. Talk presented at Planetwork, Global Ecology and Information Technology at the San Francisco Presidio, May 13. Retrieved March 2002, from http://www.ratical.org/LifeWeb/Articles/LSinetHF.html

Social Capital

Overview

• Buerkle, K., & Guseva, A. (2003, July). What do you know, who do you know? School as a site for the production of social capital and its effects on income attainment in Poland and the Czech Republic. The American Journal of Economics and Sociology. Retrieved September 2004, from http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0254/is_3_61/ai_90039423
• Israel, G., & Beaulieu, G. (2002). The influence of social capital on test scores: How much do families, schools, and communities matter? Gainesville, FL: Program Development and Evaluation Center, University of Florida. Retrieved September 2004, from http://aaaeonline.ifas.ufl.edu/Regions/Southern/israel2002.htm
• Israel, G., Beaulieu, G., & Hartless, G. (2001). The influence of family and community social capital on educational achievement. Rural Sociology, 66(1), 43-69. Retrieved September 2004, from http://israel.ifas.ufl.edu/TheInfluence.pdf
• Smith, M. (2007), Social capital. The Encyclopedia of Informal Education. Retrieved July 2008, from  www.infed.org/biblio/social_capital.htm
• Stone, W. (2003, Spring/Summer). Bonding, bridging and linking with social capital. Stronger Families Learning Exchange Bulletin, 4, 13-16. Retrieved September 2004, from http://www.aifs.gov.au/sf/pubs/bull4/ws.html

Spiritual (Religious) Capital

• Berger, P., & Hefner, R. (2003). Spiritual capital in comparative perspective. Bryn Mawr, PA: Metanexus Institute. Retrieved July 2008, from http://www.metanexus.net/spiritual_capital/pdf/Berger.pdf
• Finke, R. (2003). Spiritual capital: Definitions, applications, and new frontiers. Bryn Mawr, PA: Metanexus Institute. Retrieved July 2008, from http://www.metanexus.net/spiritual_capital/pdf/finke.pdf
• Malloch, T. (2003). Social, human, and spiritual capital in economic development. Bryn Mawr, PA: Metanexus Institute. Retrieved July 2008, from http://www.metanexus.net/spiritual_capital/pdf/malloch.pdf
• Woodberry, R. (2003). Researching spiritual capital: Promises and pitfalls. Bryn Mawr, PA: Metanexus Institute. Retrieved July 2008, from http://www.metanexus.net/spiritual_capital/pdf/woodberry.pdf

Family [Expanded list]

• Anderson, J. (2001, January 25). Women and human development: The capabilities approach (Book Review). Education Review (115). Retrieved May 2002, from http://coe.asu.edu/edrev/reviews/rev105.htm
• Baker, A., & Soden, L. (1998). The challenges of parent involvement research. New York, NY: ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education, from ED419030]
. Retrieved December 1999, from http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/files/parentinv.html
• Barton, P., & Coley, R. (2007). The family: America's smallest school. Princeton, NJ: Educational Testing Service. Retrieved November 2007, from http://www.ets.org/Media/Education_Topics/pdf/5678_PERCReport_School.pdf [Report highlights]
• Bianchi, S., &; Casper, L. (2000). American families. Population Bulletin, 55(4). Retrieved March 2002, from http://www.prb.org/Template.cfm?Section=PRB&template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=12462
• Botkin, D. (2000, May). Changing marriage role expectations: 1961-1996. Sex Roles: A Journal of Research. Retrieved March 2002, from http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m2294/2000_May/65306528/p1/article.jhtml
• Boyle, W. (1999). Sibling rivalry and why everyone (not just one's parents) should be concerned about this age old problem. Retrieved August 2005, from http://www.angelfire.com/md/imsystem/sibriv1.html
• Brenner, P., & Martin, D. (2000). Gifts from your family of origin. InnerSelf Magazine. Retrieved September 2002, from http://www.innerself.com/Relationships/gifts.htm
• Brown, B. L. (1998). Family literacy: Respecting family ways. Columbus, OH: ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education, from ED423429]
. Retrieved Dece mber 1999, from http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/files/famliteracy.html
• Burnard, D. (2000). Relationship, marriage and family education: Secular based or church based? Relatewell, 4(1). Retrieved February 2002, from http://www.relatewell.com.au/link19.htm
• Center for Addiction and Substance Abuse. (2001). National survey of American attitudes on substance abuse VI: Teens. New York: Author. Retrieved May 2002, from http://www.casacolumbia.org/newsletter1457/newsletter_show.htm?doc_id=49859
• Comuntzis-Page, G. (1996). Creating the school climate and structures to support parent and family involvement (Critical Issue). Naperville, IL: North Central Regional Educational Laboratory.
Retrieved December 1999, from http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/envrnmnt/famncomm/pa300.htm
• Connard, C. with Novick, R. (1996). The ecology of the family. Background paper for A Family-Centered Approach to Education and Social Service Delivery. Retrieved May 2004, from http://www.nwrel.org/cfc/publications/ecology2.html
• Duncan, S. (2000, January 3). Characteristics of successful single parenting. MSU Communication Services. Bozeman, MT: Extension Service, Montana State University. Retrieved February 2002, from http://www.montana.edu/wwwpb/home/22598fam.html
• Educational Broadcasting Corporation. (2004). Making family and community connections. Retrieved December 2008, from http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/familycommunity/index.html
• Giles, H. (1998). Parent engagement as a school reform strategy.  New York, NY: ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education, from ED419031] Retrieved March 2002, from  http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/files/parentinv2.html
• Huffman, L., Mehlinger, S., & Kerivan, A. (2000). Risk factors for academic and behavioral problems at the beginning of school. Bethesda, MD: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Retrieved March 2002, from http://www.nimh.nih.gov/childhp/huffman.pdf
• Hughes, R., Jr. (1996). The effects of divorce on children (Session #2). Internet in-service on children and divorce. Department of Family Relations and Human Development, Ohio State University. Retrieved February 2002, from http://www.hec.ohio-state.edu/famlife/divorce/effects.htm
• Kagan, S. (1995). The changing face of parenting education. Urbana, IL: ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education, from ED382406]. Retrieved December 1999, from http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/files/parented.html
• Koopmans, M. (1996). Application of chaos theory to family interaction. Proceedings of the Winter 1995-6 ChaoGathering in Vermont. Retrieved December 1999, from http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/files/chaosfmy.html
• LaBahn, J. (1995, December). Education and parental involvement in secondary schools: Problems, solutions, and effects. Paper developed for COL: Conditions of Learning, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA. Retrieved December 1999, from http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/files/parinvol.html
• Lee, S., & Edmonson, B. (2005). New marriages, new families: U.S. racial and Hispanic intermarriage. Population Bulletin, 60(2). Retrieved March 2007, from http://www.prb.org/pdf05/60.2NewMarriages.pdf
• Nord, C., Brimhall, D., & West, J. (1997). Fathers' involvement in their children's schools, U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 2002, from http://nces.ed.gov/pubs98/fathers/index.html
• Parker, R. (2001, March 22). Making marriages last. Family Matters, 1-14. Retrieved March 2002, from http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m0HTW/2001_Spring-Summer/83034593/p1/article.jhtml
• Pitts, P. (1998). Cohesive family environment is critical, says UVic study. The Ring, University of Victoria. Retrieved February 2000, from http://communications.uvic.ca/Ring/98dec11/family.html
• Redding, S. (2000). Parents and learning. Brussels, Belgium: International Academy of Education. (pdf document). Retrieved March 2002, from http://www.ibe.unesco.org/International/Publications/EducationalPractices/EducationalPracticesSeriesPdf/prac02e.pdf
• Skolnick, A., & Rosencrantz, S. (1994) The new crusade for the old family. The American Prospect, 18, 59-65. Retrieved February, 2002, from http://www.johnco.cc.ks.us/~mfoster/crusade.html
• Stanley, S. (2001). Making the case for premarital education. Family Relations, 50, 272-280. Retrieved April 2002, from http://www.prepinc.com/making a case.pdf
• Stanley, S., Markman, H., Jenkins, N. (2002). Marriage education and government policy: Helping couples who choose marriage achieve success. Denver: PREP, Inc. Retrieved April 2002, from http://www.prepinc.com/marriage_education_and_governmen.htm
• University of Minnesota Extension Service. (1997). All parents are teachers. St. Paul, MN: Author. Retrieved April 2005, from http://www.parenting.umn.edu/apat/

Friendships and Networking

• Appleman, M. (no date). Friendships. Burn Survivor. Retrieved December 2004, from http://www.burnsurvivorsttw.org/stories/friendship.html
• Kidshealth. (2007). What does it mean to be a friend. Retrieved April 2008, from http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/relationships/friend_comments.html
• Goodman, R., & Gurian, A. (2000). Friends and friendships. New York: NYU Child Study Center. Retrieved December 2004, from http://www.aboutourkids.org/articles/friends_friendships
• Rhodes, M. (2002, August). Building bridges of friendship: With this cross-curricular unit, children build skills as they connect with a class of new friends. Instructor. Retrieved December 2004, from http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0STR/is_1_112/ai_90316930
• Shucksmith, J., Hendry, L., Love, J., & Glendinning, T. (1993). The importance of friendship. Research in Education, 52. Retrieved December 2004, from http://www.scre.ac.uk/rie/nl52/nl52shucksmith.html

Work and Career

• Carlson, C., Derry, S., Fouad, N., Jacobs, J., Krieg, F., Peterson, N. (1999). Report of the school-to-work task force: How psychology can contribute to the school-to-work opportunities movement. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. Retrieved December 2002, from http://www.apa.org/pubinfo/school/page1a.html
• Gornick, J., & Meyers, M. (2001). Building the dual earner/dual career society: Policy developments in Europe. Working paper No. 82. Prepared for "Rethinking Social Protection" Conference, January 26-28, 2001, Harvard University Center for European Studies, Cambridge MA. Retrieved August 2003, from http://www.ces.fas.harvard.edu/working_papers/GornickMeyers.pdf
• Harré, M. & Harré, F. (2001). You can have the career of your dreams. Paper presented at the Ninth International Conference on Thinking, Auckland, New Zealand, January. Retrieved December 2002, from http://www.breakthroughs.co.nz/bt/Harre.pdf
• Huitt, W. (1998). The workplace and the transition to the information age: How it impacts and is impacted by women. Paper presented at the Third Annual Women's Studies Conference, Valdosta, Georgia, March 5-7. Retrieved April 1998, from http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/files/wmnwork.html
• Kerka, S. (1993). Career education for a global economy. Columbus, OH: ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education. Retrieved April 1998, from http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/files/globaled4.html
• Maymin, S. (2007). Using your strengths in the job search. Advising & Coaching. Stanford, CA: Stanford Graduate School of Business. Retrieved July, 2007, from https://alumni.gsb.stanford.edu/career/senia.html
• Moss, P. (2000). Workforce issues in early childhood education and care. Paper prepared for consultative meeting on International Developments in Early Childhood Education and Care, The Institute for Child and Family Policy, Columbia University, NY, May 11-12. Retrieved August 2003, from http://www.childpolicy.org/moss.pdf
• Myers, D. (2000). Wealth, well-being, and the new American dream. Retrieved May 2003, from The Center for a New American Dream, http://www.newdream.org/discuss/myers.html
• Piirto, J. (2000). The Piirto pyramid of talent development. Gifted Child Today Magazine. Retrieved April 2003, from http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m0HRV/6_23/68146800/p1/article.jhtml?term=conation+volition.
• Sardello, R. (2000). Spiritual psychology of work. Greensboro, NC: The School of Spiritual Psychology. Retrieved December 2002, from http://www.spiritualschool.org/articles_work.htm
• Van Horn, C. (2006). Mega-trends in the American workforce. Presentation at the Academy of Human Resource Development Annual Conference, Columbus, OH, February 24. Retrieved August 2006, from  http://www.ahrd.org/EVENTS/Conference2006/VanHornSpeech.pdf

Community  

• Berliner, D. (2005, August 2). Our impoverished view of educational reform. Teachers College Record. Retrieved August 2005, from http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentID=12106
• Commission on Children At Risk. (2003). Hardwired to connect: The new scientific case for authoritative communities. New York: Institute for American values. Retrieved November 2004, from http://www.americanvalues.org/html/hardwired.html
• Couchenour, D., & Chrisman, K. (1999). Families, schools & communities working together for children (Chapter 2). Florence, KY: Delmar/Thomson Learning. Retrieved March 2002, from http://www.earlychilded.delmar.com/pdf/couchenour_ch02.pdf
• Ellen, I., Turner, M. (1997). Does neighborhood matter? Assessing recent evidence. Housing Policy Debate, 8(4), 833-866, Retrieved August 2005, from http://www.fanniemaefoundation.org/programs/hpd/pdf/hpd_0804_ellen.pdf
• England, J. (1992, December). Building community for the 21st century. ERIC Digest. (ERIC NO.: ED347489). Retrieved December 1999, from http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/files/commun.html
• Poole, D., & More, S. (2001). Participation of rural youth in higher education: Factors, strategies, and innovations. Austin, TX: Texas Rural Communities, Inc. Retrieved October 2003, from http://texasrural.org/rural.htm
• Stanley, S., Markman, H., Prado, L., Olmos-Gallo, P., Tonelli, L., St. Peters, M., Leber, B., Bobulinski, M., Cordova, A.,   & Whitton, S. (2001). Community-based premarital prevention: Clergy and lay leaders on the front lines. Family Relations, 50, 67-76. Retrieved April 2002, from http://www.prepinc.com/Community%20Based%20FR%202001(original).pdf
• Walker, C. (2004). Arts and non-arts partnerships: Opportunities, challenges, and strategies. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute. Retrieved August 2004, from http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/311043_Arts_Nonarts.pdf

Culture [See Culture]

• Bandura, A. (2002). Social cognitive theory in cultural context. Journal of Applied Psychology: An International Review, 51, 269-290. Retrieved December 2002, from http://www.des.emory.edu/mfp/Bandura2002AP.pdf
• Bowman, B. (1992). Cultural diversity and academic achievement. (Except from monograph). Oak Brook, IL: North Central Regional Educational Laboratory. Retrieved December 2002, from http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/educatrs/leadrshp/le0bow.htm
• DiMaggio, P. (1997). Culture and cognition. Annual Review of Sociology, 23, 263-288. Retrieved December 2002, from http://cogweb.ucla.edu/Abstracts/DiMaggio_97.html
• Furstenberg, G., Levet, S., English, K., Maillet, K. (2001). Giving a virtual voice to the silent language of culture: The Cultura Project. Language Learning & Technology, 5(1), 55-102. Retrieved May 2003, from http://llt.msu.edu/vol5num1/furstenberg/default.html
• Gay, G. (1994). Synthesis of scholarship in multicultural education (Monograph). Oak Brook, IL: North Central Regional Educational Laboratory. Retrieved December 2002, from http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/educatrs/leadrshp/le0gay.htm
• Karlberg, M. (2004). Discourse and culture. Bellingham, WA: Western Washington University. Retrieved August 2005, from http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~karlberg/420/420DiscourseAndCulture.pdf.
• Lemke, J. (1995). Discourse, dynamics, and social change. In M. A. K. Malliday (Issue Editor),  Language as Cultural Dynamic (Special issue of Cultural Dynamics). Retrieved December 2002, from http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/education/jlemke/cult-dyn.htm
• Mische, P. (2001). Toward a civilization worthy of the human person. In P. Mische (Ed.), Toward a global civilization? The contribution of religion. New York: Global Education Association. Retrieved November 2002, from http://www.globaleduc.org/toglobalcivintro.htm

Other Context Factors

• Gilman, R. (1992, Summer). Design for as sustainable economics. In-Context, 32. Retrieved December 1999, from http://www.context.org/ICLIB/IC32/Gilman.htm
• Hawken, P., Lovins, A., & Lovins, L. H. (1999). Natural capitalism: Creating the next industrial revolution. New York: Little, Brown. Retrieved September 2004, from http://www.natcap.org/
• Howard, R. (2004). Capital gains. School Leadership, 5(1). Retrieved September 2004, from http://www.principals.org/publications/pl/pl_capital_gains_0904.cfm
• Kunesh, L., & Farley, J. (1993). Integrating community services for young children and their families. In NCREL's Policy Briefs (Report 3). Integrating community services for young children and their families. Oak Brook, IL: North Central Regional Education Laboratory. Retrieved December 1999, from http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/envrnmnt/go/93-3huma.htm
• Mische, P. (1999). Toward a pedagogy of ecological responsibility: Learning to be conscious members of the earth community. Presentation at the 21^st Congress of the Pan-Pacific Association of Private Education (PAPE) held at the Manila Hotel, Manila, the Philippines , November 26-29. Retrieved November 2002, from http://www.globaleduc.org/ecopaper.html
• O'Driscoll, G., Jr., Holmes, K., & Kirkpatrick, M. (2000, November 1). Who's free, who's not: The difference between prosperity and poverty is liberty. OpinionJournal, The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved December 2000, from http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=65000519
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Holistic/Integral/Integrative/Integrated Education

• Clark, B. (1988, Winter). Integrative education: Putting the pieces together in a working model. Transforming Education. Retrieved December 1999, from http://www.context.org/ICLIB/IC18/Clark.htm
• Commission on the Whole Child, The. (2007). The learning compact redefined: A call to action. Alexandria, VA: The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Retrieved July 2008, from http://www.ascd.org/ASCD/pdf/Whole%20Child/WCC%20Learning%20Compact.pdf
• Fan, M. (2004). The idea of integrated education: From the point of view of Whitehead’s philosophy of education. Paper presented at the Forum for Integrated Education and Educational Reform sponsored by the Council for Global Integrative Education, Santa Cruz, CA, October 28-30. Retrieved December 2004, from http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/CGIE/fan.pdf
• Lake, C. (1994). Integrated curriculum. School Improvement Research Series #16. Portland, OR: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory. Retrieved December 1999, from http://www.nwrel.org/scpd/sirs/8/c016.html
• Miller, R. (2000). A brief introduction to holistic education. Encyclopedia of Informal Education. Retrieved September 2004, from  http://www.infed.org/biblio/holisticeducation.htm
• Regneir, R. (n.d.). School Plus: Creating leadership through integral development. Saskaton, Canada: University of Saskatchewan. Retrieved August 2005, from  http://www.usask.ca/education/coursework/edfdt101r/schoolplus.pdf
• Walker, D. (1995). Integrative education. [ERIC Digest-101]. Retrieved December 1999, from http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/files/walker_integrated_ed.html

Educational Reform

• Aga Khan, The. (2008). Globalization and the developing world."The Peterson Lecture" presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Baccalaureate, Atlanta, Georgia. April 18. Retrieved May 2008, from http://www.ibo.org/council/peterson/documents/AgaKhanspeech.pdf
• Bazelon, E. (2008, July 20). The next kind of integration. New York Times. Retrieved July 2008, from http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/20/magazine/20integration-t.html?pagewanted=print
• Carnine, D. (2000). Why education experts resist effective practices (and what it would take to make education more like medicine). Washington, DC: The Thomas B. Ford Foundation. Retrieved April 2002, from http://www.edexcellence.net/doc/carnine.pdf
• Clowes, G. (2000, November). Surprise! Freedom is good for education, too. School Reform News, 3-4. Retrieved December 2000, from http://www.heartland.org/education/nov00/freedom.htm
• Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy. (2002). Bringing evidence-based policy to education: A recommended strategy for the U. S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: Council for Excellence in Government. Retrieved May 2003, from http://www.excelgov.org/usermedia/images/uploads/PDFs/coalitionFinRpt.pdf
• Colangelo, N., Assouline, S.  Gross, M. (2004). A nation deceived: How schools hold back America’s brightest students. Iowa City, IA: The University of Iowa. Retrieved June 2005, from http://nationdeceived.org/
• Coulter, P. (1993). The Comer school development program. Education Research Consumer Guide, No. 6. Retrieved December 1999, from http://www.ed.gov/pubs/OR/ConsumerGuides/comer.html
• Covaleskie, J. (1994). The educational system and resistance to reform: The limits of policy. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2(4). Retrieved December 1999, from http://olam.ed.asu.edu/epaa/v2n4.html
• Fullan, M., Rolheiser, C., Mascall, B., & Edge, K. (2001). Accomplishing large scale reform: A tri-level proposition. Ontario Institute for Studies in Education University of Toronto. Retrieved February 2005, from http://sustainability2002.terc.edu/invoke.cfm/page/70/show/print
• Grant, S. (2000, February). Teachers and tests: Exploring teachers' perceptions of changes in the New York state testing program. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 8(14). Retrieved May 2000, from http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v8n14.html
• Houston, P. (2002). The mythology of school reform. School Administrator. Retrieved April 2003, from http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m0JSD/7_59/89927227/p1/article.jhtml
• Howley, A., & Howley, C. (2006). Small schools and the pressure to consolidate. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 14(10). Retrieved May 2009, from http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v14n10/
• Huitt, W. (1999). Implementing effective school achievement reform: Four principles. Paper presented at the School Counseling Summit, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA, April 20, from http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/files/school_reform.html [PowerPoint Presentation]
• Huitt, W. (2006, April 25). Educational accountability in an era of global decentralization. Paper presented at the International Networking for Educational Transformation (iNet) Conference, Augusta, GA. Available at http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/papers/edaccount.doc [PowerPoint] [mp3-Part 1] [mp3-Part2]
• Kanstoroom, M., & Finn, C., Jr. (Eds.). (1999). Better teachers, better schools. Washington, DC: The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation. Retrieved April 2002, from http://www.edexcellence.net/better/tchrs/teachers.html
• Lee, J. (2001). School reform initiatives as balancing acts: Policy variation and educational convergence among Japan, Korea, England, and the United States. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 9(13). Retrieved December 2001, from http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v9n13.html
• Marshak, D. (2001). Why every child in America deserves a school where she/he is known and valued. Seattle: Seattle University. Retrieved June 2002, from http://www.westcler.k12.oh.us/hs_redesign/personalized.htm
• McChesney, J. (1996, June). What works in schools: Form and reform for the 21st Century. Portraits of Success, 1(1). Retrieved December 1999, from http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~obrien/portraits1.1t.html
• McIlrath, D., & Huitt, W. (1995). The teaching/learning process: A discussion of models. Valdosta, GA: Valdosta State University. Retrieved December 1999, from http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/files/modeltch.html
• Molnar, A. (2002). School reform proposals: The research evidence. Tempe, AZ: Educational Policy Research Unit, College of Education, Arizona State University. Retrieved December 2002, from http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/Reports/epru/EPRU 2002-101/epru-2002-101.htm
• Palmer, P. (1997). The heart of a teacher: Identity and integrity in teaching. The courage to teach: Exploring the inner landscape of a teacher's life (edited excerpts from the Introduction, Chapter I, and Chapter V). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers. Retrieved October 2003, from  http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/events/afc99/articles/heartof.pdf
• Prensky, M. (2008). Turning on the lights. Educational Leadership, 65(6), 40-45. Retrieved July 2008, from http://www.ascd.org/portal/site/ascd/template.MAXIMIZE/menuitem.459dee008f99653fb85516f762108a0c/?javax.portlet.tpst=d5b9c0fa1a493266805516f762108a0c_ws_MX&javax.portlet.prp_d5b9c0fa1a493266805516f762108a0c_viewID=issue_view&javax.portlet.prp_d5b9c0fa1a493266805516f762108a0c_journalmoid=f0d11e9098a78110VgnVCM1000003d01a8c0RCRD&javax.portlet.begCacheTok=token&javax.portlet.endCacheTok=token
• Robinson, K. Do schools kill creativity? Retrieved December 2007, from http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/66
• Scafidi, B., Freeman, C., & DeJarnett, S. (2001). Local flexibility within an accountability system. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 9(44). Retrieved December 2001, http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v9n44.html
• Squires, D., Huitt, W., & Segars, J. (1981). Improving classrooms and schools: What's important. Educational Leadership, 39(3), 174-179. Retrieved December 1999, from http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/papers/squires_etal.pdf
• Squires, D., Huitt, W., & Segars, J. (1983). Effective classrooms and schools: A research-based perspective. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Retrieved March 2006, from
  • Introduction: http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/papers/squires_etal0.pdf
  • Chapter 1: http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/papers/squires_etal1.pdf
  • Chapter 2: http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/papers/squires_etal2.pdf
  • Chapter 3: http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/papers/squires_etal3.pdf
  • Chapter 4: http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/papers/squires_etal4.pdf
  • Chapters 5: http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/papers/squires_etal5.pdf
  • Chapter 6: http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/papers/squires_etal6.pdf
  • Chapter 7: http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/papers/squires_etal7.pdf
  • Chapter 8: http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/papers/squires_etal8.pdf
  • Chapter 9: http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/papers/squires_etal9.pdf
  • Questionnaire: http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/papers/squires_etal_q.pdf
  • Appendix 1: http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/papers/squires_etal_a1.pdf
  • Appendix 2: http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/papers/squires_etal_a2.pdf
  • References: http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/papers/squires_etalref.pdf
  • Authors: http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/papers/squires_etal_auth.pdf
• Sterling, S. (2003). Sustainable education: Putting relationship back in education. Convergence. Retrieved February 2005, from http://www.sustainable.ie/convergence/magazine/pdffiles/SustainableEducation_StephenSterling.pdf
• Tomlinson, C. (2002, November 6). Proficiency is not enough. Education Week, 22(10), 36, 38. Retreived: December 2002, from http://www.nagc.org/Policy/tomlinsonarticlenov62002.htm
• Traub, J. (1999). Better by design? A consumer's guide to schoolwide reform. Washington, DC:  The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation. Retrieved April 2002, from http://www.edexcellence.net/library/bbd/better_by_design.html
• Tribus, M. (n.d.). Quality in education according to the teachings of Deming and Feuerstein. Jerusalem, Israel: ICELP. Retrieved June 2005, from http://www.icelp.org/files/research/demingfeuerstein.pdf
• Walberg, H., & Paik, S. (2000). Effective educational practices. Brussels, Belgium: International Academy of Education. Retrieved March 2009, from http://www.ibe.unesco.org/fileadmin/user_upload/archive/publications/EducationalPracticesSeriesPdf/prac03e.pdf
• Winkler, D. (2005). Decentralization in education. EQ Review, 3, 1, 4. Retrieved June 2006, from http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/pnadf052.pdf
• Wooltorton, S. (2003). School-as-community: Bridging the gap to sustainability. Dissertation submitted for Doctor of Philosophy degree at Murdoch University, Australia. Retrieved April 2005, from http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20040803.113536

School Choice and Privatization (Charter Schools, Vouchers, Homeschooling, etc.)

School Characteristics and Processes

• Ayers, W., Bracey, G., & Smith, G. (2000). The ultimate education reform? Make schools smaller. Milwaukee: Center for Education Research, Analysis, and Innovation. Retrieved October 2003, from http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/EPRU/point_of_view_essays/cerai-00-35.htm
• Bauer, S. (2000). Should achievement tests be used to judge school quality? Educational Policy Analysis Archives, 8(46). Retrieved May 2001, from http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v8n46.html
• Bickel, R., & Howley, C. (2000). The influence of scale on school performance: A multi-level extension of the Matthew principle. Educational Policy Analysis Archives, 8(22). Retrieved May 2001, from http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v8n22/
• Chandler, L. (1999). Traditional schools, progressive schools: Do parents have a choice? Washington, DC: The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation. Retrieved April 2002, from http://www.edexcellence.net/library/tsps/tsps.htm
• Cotton, K. (1995). Effective schooling practices: A research synthesis. Portland, OR: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory. Retrieved May 1998, from http://www.nwrel.org/scpd/esp/esp95.html
• Cotton, K. (1996). School size, school climate, and student performance. Portland, OR: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory. Retrieved May 1998, from http://www.nwrel.org/scpd/sirs/10/c020.html
• Eisler, R., & Montuori, A. (2001). The partnership organization: A systems approach. OD Practitioner, 33(2). Retrieved May 2002, from http://www.partnershipway.org/html/subpages/articles/organization.htm
• Fitzsimmons, M. (1998). School-wide behavioral management systems. Reston, VA: ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education. [ED417515]. Retrieved May 2000, from http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/files/schooldiscp.html
• Greenwald, R., Hedges, L., & Laine, R. (1996). The effect of school resources on student achievement
. Review of Educational Research, 66(3), 361-382. Retrieved February 2004, from http://www.evansuw.org/FAC/Goldhaber/pbaf573/pdf/Readings/IV_Greewald_et_al.pdf
• Hadderman, M. (1998). School productivity. Eugene, OR: ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management. [ED420092]. Retrieved May 2000, from http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/files/schoolprod.html
• Howley, C. & Howley, A. (2004). School size and the influence of socioeconomic status on student achievement: Confronting the threat of size bias in national data sets. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 12(52). Retrieved November 2004, from http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v12n52/v12n52.pdf
• Lashway, L. (1998). Creating a learning organization. Eugene, OR: ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management, from ED420897]. Retrieved May 2000, from http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/files/lrnorg.html
• McIntosh, J. (1991). Dimensions and determinants of school social climate in schools enrolling middle school students. Regina, Canada: Saskatchewan School Boards Association. Retrieved February 2004, from http://www.ssta.sk.ca/research/school_improvement/91-04.htm
• McMillen, B. J. (2004, October 22). School size, achievement, and achievement gaps. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 12(58). Retrieved November 2004, from http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v12n58/v12n58.pdf.
• National Center for Educational Statistics. (2000). Monitoring school quality: An indicators report. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement. Retrieved October 2003, from http://www.nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2001030.
• Perkins, K. (2001). Establishing professional teams in schools: Can it be done and what happens if we don't? Paper presented at the Ninth International Conference on Thinking, Auckland, New Zealand, January. Retrieved May 2002, from http://www.breakthroughs.co.nz/bt/Kperkins.pdf
• Peterson, K. (1995). Critical issue: Creating high-achieving learning environments. Oak Brook, IL: North Central Regional Educational Laboratory. Retrieved May 1998, from http://www.ncrel.org/ncrel/sdrs/areas/issues/educatrs/leadrshp/le400.htm
• Purkey, W. (1999). Creating safe schools through invitational education. ERIC Digest. Greensboro, NC: ERIC Counseling and Student Services Clearinghouse, University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Retrieved May 2000, from http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/files/createsafeschools.html
• Office Of Policy Research and Accountability. (no date). The relationship of school and class size with student achievement in Florida: An analysis of statewide data. Tallahassee: Florida Department Of Education. Retrieved May 2001, from http://www.firn.edu/doe/bin00048/schosize.htm
• Raywid, M. (1999). Current research on small schools. Charleston, WV: ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools. Retrieved October 2003, from http://www.ericfacility.net/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed425049.html
• Senge, P., Cambron-McCabe, N., Lucas, T., Kleiner, A., Dutton, J., Smith, B. (2000). Schools that learn: A fifth discipline fieldbook for educators, parents, and everyone who cares about education. (excerpt). New York: Doubleday. Retrieved September 2004, from http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0385493231/ref=sib_dp_pt/104-0207937-5757536#reader-link
• Tinzmann, M., Friedman, L., Jewell-Kelly, S., Mootry, P., Nachtigal, P., & Fine, C. (1990). Why should schools be learning communities? Oak Brook, IL: North Central Regional Educational Laboratory. Retrieved May 1998, from http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/rpl_esys/famcomm.htm
• Tschannen-Moran, M., Uline, C., Woolfolk Hoy, A., & Mackley, T. (2000). Creating smarter schools through collaboration. Journal of Educational Administration, 38, 247-271. Retrieved: May 2002, from http://www.coe.ohio-state.edu/ahoy/Smart Schools.pdf
• Watson, S. and Supovitz, J. (2001). Autonomy and accountability in the context of standards-based reform. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 9(32). Retrieved August 27, 200, from http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v9n32.html
• Wenglinsky, H. (2002, February 13). How schools matter: The link between teacher classroom practices and student academic performance. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 10(12). Retrieved February 13, 2002, from http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v10n12/

Leadership

• American Educational Research Association. (2003). What we know about successful school leadership. AERA Brief. Retrieved December 2003, from   http://www.cepa.gse.rutgers.edu/whatweknow.pdf
• Bass, B., & Steidlmeir, P. (1998). Ethics, character, and authentic transformational leadership. Retrieved December 2006, from https://www.vanguard.edu/uploadedFiles/Faculty/RHeuser/ETHICS,%20MORAL%20CHARACTER%20AND%20AUTHENTIC%20TRANSFORMATIONAL%20LEADERSHIP.pdf
• Colvin, G. (2006, October 19). What it takes to be great. CNNMoney. Retrieved December 2006, from http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/10/30/8391794/index.htm?postversion=2006101915
• Dannhauser, Z. (2007). The relationship between servant leadership, follower trust, team commitment and unit effectiveness (Dissertation). Stellenbosch, South Africa: University of Stellenbosch. Retrieved February 2009, from http://etd.sun.ac.za/jspui/bitstream/10019/375/1/Dannhauser.pdf
• Fry, L. (2003). Toward a theory of spiritual leadership. The Leadership Quarterly, 14, 693-727. Retrieved September 2006, from http://www.tarleton.edu/~fry/SLTTheory.pdf
• Gardiner, J. (2006, Spring). Transaction, transformation, and transcendent leadership: Metaphors mapping the evolution of the theory and the practice of governance. Leadership Review, 6. Retrieved November 2007, from http://www.leadershipreview.org/2006spring/Article3.pdf
• Gottlieb, E. (2006, January). Military expertise migrates from the battlefield to the board room. Workforce Insights. Retrieved January 2007, from http://www.veritude.com/ResourceCenter/ResourceView.aspx?id=1321
• Hirst, L. (2001). The principal's role in teacher mentoring. Paper presented at the Ninth International Conference on Thinking, Auckland, New Zealand, January. Retrieved May 2002, from http://www.breakthroughs.co.nz/bt/Hirst.pdf
• Johnson, J. (2003). Education—The journey to moral leadership and moral citizenship. CDTL Brief, 6(4), 10-12. Retrieved July 2005, from http://www.cdtl.nus.edu.sg/brief/V6n4/sec7.htm
• Kirby, L. (2003). Noetic leadership: A conceptual model of leadership integrating spirituality with affect, cognition, and physiology for providing a framework for further research into leadership and spirituality. Manifold Heights, Australia: Kinematic. Retrieved September 2006, from http://www.kinematic.com.au/component/option,com_docman/task,doc_download/gid,111/Itemid,6/
• Maxwell, J. (1995). Developing the leaders around you. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson. Retrieved May 2002, from http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0840767471/qid=1020289778/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_71_1/104-0381146-3435915#product-details
• McKelvey, B. (1999, November). Dynamics of new science "macro" leadership: Strategy, microcoevolution, distributed intelligence, complexity (Draft #28). Los Angeles: The Anderson School, University of California-Los Angeles. Retrieved June 2002, from http://www.lse.ac.uk/LSE/COMPLEX/PDFiles/publication/Dynamics_of_new_science.pdf
• North Central Regional Educational Laboratory. (1994). Leadership. Oak Brook, IL: Author. Retrieved December 1999, from http://www.ncrel.org/ncrel/sdrs/areas/le0cont.htm
• Peterson, K. (1995). Critical issue: Building a collective vision. Oak Brook, IL: North Central Regional Educational Laboratory. Retrieved December 1999, from http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/educatrs/leadrshp/le100.htm
• Rock, D. (2006). A brain-based approach to coaching: An interview with Jeffrey M. Schwartz. Journal of Coaching in Organizations, 4(2), 32-43. Retrieved July 2007, from http://www.workplacecoaching.com/pdf/CoachingTheBrainIJCO.pdf
• Senge, P. (1999). Leadership in the world of the living. In P. Senge,  A. Kleiner, C. Roberts, R. Ross, G. Roth, & B. Smith, The dance of change. New York: Doubleday. Retrieved September 2004, from http://www.gwsae.org/ThoughtLeaders/SengeLeadership.htm
• Snyder, K. (2000). Visionary leadership . Retrieved January 2003, from  http://www.utv.mh.se/projekt/isc/isc_pilot/research/documents/visionaryleadership.pdf
• Spears, L., & DePree, M. (Eds.). (1995). Reflections on leadership: How Robert K. Greenleaf's theory of servant-leadership influenced today's top management thinkers. New York: Wiley & Sons. Retrieved May 2002, from http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471036862/ref=pd_sim_books/103-2941918-0533447#product-details
• Stanford-Blair, N., & Dickmann, M. (2001). Connecting leadership to the brain: The journey to mindfulness. Paper presented at the Ninth International Conference on Thinking, Auckland, New Zealand, January. Retrieved May 2002, from http://www.breakthroughs.co.nz/bt/Stanfordblairdickmann.pdf
• Wharton, L. (2001). Moral leadership: A pipedream? The CEO Refresher. Retrieved April 2004, from http://www.refresher.com/!moralleadership.html
• Wheatley, M. (1997, Summer). Goodbye, command and control. Leader to Leader, 5. Retrieved December 1999, from http://www.pfdf.org/leaderbooks/l2l/summer97/wheatley.html

Teacher Characteristics

• Alexander, P. (2003). The development of expertise: The journey from acclimation to proficiency. Educational Researcher, 8(2), 10-14. Retrieved August 2006, from http://www.aera.net/uploadedFiles/Journals_and_Publications/Journals/Educational_Researcher/3208/3208_Alexander.pdf
• Brown, R. (1998, January/February). The teacher as contemplative observer. Educational Leadership . Retrieved October 2002 from the Naropa University website, from http://www.naropa.edu/brownessay2.html
• Cloer, T., Jr., & Alexander, W., Jr. (1992). Inviting teacher characteristics and teacher effectiveness: A preliminary study. Journal of Invitational Theory and Practice, 1(1), 31-42. Retrieved February 2003, from http://www.invitationaleducation.net/publications/journal/v11p31.htm
• Darling-Hammond, L. (2000). Teacher quality and student achievement: A review of state policy evidence. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 8(1). Retrieved December 2000, from http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v8n1/
• Fetler, M. (2001). Student mathematics achievement test scores, dropout rates, and teacher characteristics. Teacher Education Quarterly, 28(1), 151-168. Retrieved February 2004, from http://www.teqjournal.org/backvols/2001/28_1/v28n1_010.pdf
• Fives, H. (2003). What is teacher efficacy and how does it relate to teachers’ knowledge? A theoretical review. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL. Retrieved August 2006, from http://www.education.umd.edu/EDHD/faculty2/Alexander/ARL/fives2003.doc
• Glass, G. (2002). Teacher characteristics. In A. Molnar, School reform proposals: The research evidence. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing. Retrieved February 2004, from http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/EPRU/documents/EPRU%202002-101/Chapter%2008-Glass-Final.pdf
• Gordon, H., & Yocke, R. (1999). Relationship between personality Characteristics and observable teaching effectiveness of selected beginning career and Technical Education teachers. Journal of Vocational and Technical Education, 16(1). Retreived June 2008, from http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JVTE/v16n1/gordon.html
• Rice, J. (2003). Teacher quality: Understanding the effectiveness of teacher attributes. Washington, DC: Economic Policy Institute. [Executive summary and Chapter 1 available at http://www.epinet.org/content.cfm/books_teacher_quality_execsum_intro]
• Tauber, R. (1998). Good or bad, what teachers expect from students they generally get! ERIC Digest. Washington, DC: ERIC Clearinghouse on Teaching and Teacher Education, ED426985. Retrieved December 1998, from http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/files/teacherexpect.html
• Tschannen-Moran, M., & Woolfolk Hoy, A. (2001). Teacher efficacy: Capturing and elusive concept. Teaching and Teacher Education, 17, 783-805. Retrieved May 2002, from http://www.coe.ohio-state.edu/ahoy/AERAEfficacy Measure.pdf
• Wayne, A. (2002). Teacher inequality: New evidence on disparities in teachers' academic skills. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 10(30). Retrieved June 2002, from http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v10n30/
• Woolfolk-Hoy, A. (2000).Changes in teacher efficacy during the early years of teaching. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, April 28.Retrieved May 2002, from http://www.coe.ohio-state.edu/ahoy/efficacy%2043%2022.pdf
• Rice, J. (2003). Teacher quality: Understanding the effectiveness of teacher attributes. Washington, DC: Economic Policy Institute. Retrieved December 2003, from  http://www.epinet.org/content.cfm/books_teacher_quality_execsum_intro

Student Characteristics

Overview

• Akey, T. (2006). School context, student attitudes and behavior, and academic achievement: An exploratory analysis. New York: MDRC. Retrieved February 2008, from http://www.mdrc.org/publications/419/full.pdf
• Gilman, R. (1987). The trouble with men. In Context, 16, 5. Retrieved December 1999, from http://www.context.org/ICLIB/IC16/Gilman1.htm
• Grissom, J. B. (2004). Age and achievement. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 12(49). Retrieved September 2004, from http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v12n49/
• Harmel, K. (1998, November 17). UF researcher: Participating in sports gives girls strong self-images. ScienceDaily. Retrieved April 2002, from http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1998/11/981117150259.htm
• Huitt, W. (1997). Recommended books related to the growth, development, and socialization of girls and women. Valdosta, GA: Valdosta State University. Retrieved December 1999, from http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/files/womendv.html
• Jekielek, S., & Brown, B. (2005). The transition to adulthood: characteristics of young adults ages 18 to 24 in America. Baltimore, MD: Kids Count. Retrieved March 2007, from http://www.prb.org/pdf05/TransitionToAdulthood.pdf
• Lubinski, D. (2000). Scientific and social significance of assessing individual differences: Sinking shafts at critical points. Annual Reviews of Psychology, 51, 405-444. Retrieved December 2000, from http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m0961/2000_Annual/61855633/p1/article.jhtml?term=lubinski
• Microsoft Corporation. (2006). Explore the education competencies. Retrieved August 2006, from http://www.microsoft.com/education/competencies/default.mspx
• Wayman, J. (2001). Factors influencing GED and diploma attainment of high school dropouts. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 9(4). Retrieved December 2001, from http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v9n4/

Learning Style

• Bedford, T. A. (2004). Learning styles: A review of literature (first draft), Toowoomba, OPACS, The University of Southern Queensland. Retrieved November 2004, from http://www.usq.edu.au/resources/bedford+-+learning+styles+sept+2004.pdf
• Brown, B., Moore, K., & Bzostek, S. (2004, August). A statistical portrait of well-being in early adulthood. CrossCurrents. Retrieved September 2004, from  http://www.childtrendsdatabank.org/PDF/Young%20Adults%20Brief.pdf
• Buss, D., & Greiling, H. (1999). Adaptive individual differences. Journal of Personality, 67(2). 209-243. Retrieved January 2005, from http://homepage.psy.utexas.edu/homepage/Group/BussLAB/pdffiles/AdaptiveIndividual Dif.PDF
• Buss, D. (1999). Adaptive in