In many areas of higher education there is a growing trend away from the traditional demonstration-lecture-discussion format of instruction toward a participative, experiential approach to teaching. This is particularly evident in the field of psychology. In conducting an undergraduate course in the psychology of personal adjustment, if one views…

America's teachers and its daily newspapers have long served to increase public knowledge and understanding. Schools and newspapers are encouraging the use of the daily newspapers as a relevant means to learn the basic survival skills that will prepare students for their roles in adult life. The document provides guidelines as well as a starting…

The Education for Parenthood Child Development Guide is designed to encourage Girl Scouts to choose various activities relating to: observing and working with children; drawing conclusions based on their own experiences and evidence; choosing their own activities and projects; collecting their own evidence on child development; creating projects…