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This paper reports on an on-going action research project that attempts to establish a science education learning community. A pluralistic theoretical perspective influenced by post-critical theory, postmodernism/poststructuralism, and feminism is used in the examination of the challenges in developing a learning community among student teachers, classroom teachers, and university faculty. One prominent research outcome in the findings is the recognition of the need to address the "sacred stories" of university practice which contributes to maintaining the established power/knowledge relationships and maintaining the master narratives in teacher education. Contains 33 references. (Author/JRH)

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert