Mark P. Mostert, Ph.D., assistant professor of education at Moorhead State University, Minn., will lecture on "Bandwagons, Band-Aids and Beliefs: Some Thoughts on the Efficacy of Special Education," on Monday, Sept. 30, at 4:30 p.m., Room 345, Warren Hall, Cornell University. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Mostert will focus on recent developments in special education.

"The winds of reform continue to swirl all around us. It seems that the efforts to improve the lot of all students, irrespective of their label or situation, beckons on every hand," Mostert said in a recent editorial on education. "Many promising ideas are emerging and innovative proposals will no doubt continue to proliferate. In special education we discuss reform in the context of students with above-average needs. Where do we begin?"

On Tuesday, Oct. 1, at 12:20 p.m., the Cornell Education Society will sponsor a brown-bag luncheon with Mostert in Room 101, Kennedy Hall.

At 3 p.m. Tuesday, he will lead a workshop on "Teacher Education in Special Education: Studying How Special Ed teachers Talk about their Craft."

Mostert said that examining issues of teaching provides a useful tool for a teacher's own personal classroom reform.

A long-time educator, Mostert received his bachelor's degree from the Johannesburg College of Education, South Africa. He earned his master's degree from the University of South Alabama, and doctorate from the University of Virginia. He has been a school teacher and school principal.