Four articles discuss health education philosophy: (1) "Philosophical Bases for Health Education" (Rash); (2) "Two Problems in Health Education" (Oberteuffer); (3) "The Health Problem in Secondary Schools" (Bradstreet); and (4) "Physical (and?) (or?) Health Education" (Rogers). (CB)

Provides overview of historical events in health care, developments in the interdisciplinary field of behavioral medicine, and some sample roles for the mental health counselor in behavioral medicine. (Author)

Reviews some of the highlights of American archival history research, especially the growing interest in cultural and public history. Discusses the multidisciplinary nature of archive research, the impact of technology, and the re-emergence of records and record-keeping systems as a core area for study. (Contains 54 references.) (LRW)

The history of doctoral education for nurses is reviewed with emphasis on the nurse scientist training model. Recommendations are made for cross-disciplinary training and greater research emphasis on fundamental processes to understand human ecology in health and illness. (Author/SK)

Darwin's weak influence on developmental psychology is traced. It is explained by (1) developmentalists' commitment to an ideology of meliorism; (2) conceptual issues relating to ontogeny and phylogeny; and (3) methodological problems. Suggests that developmentalists use evolutionary theory as a heuristic for structuring new research. (BC)

Describes previous high school reform efforts led by university reformers of public schools such as Charles Eliot and James Bryant Conant. Argues that the current situation presents an opportunity for the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute to move into the forefront of the new high school reform movement. (JRH)

This paper examines the historical development of Women's Studies as an academic discipline. Principles of this education include a feminist perspective and an interdisciplinary approach. Students assume the responsibility for their own learning. Varied resource people are used in the classroom. The object of this feminist model is to define the…

Early issues of "School Science and Mathematics" were used to investigate the writings of women educators and their role in education. Identified articles by women authors and discussed how the integration of science and mathematics, psychology and other issues, and references to women were treated. (MNS)

Founded in 1966 at Florida State University by Louis Shores, the quarterly Journal of Library History moved to the University of Texas at Austin in 1976 and continues to be published by the University of Texas Press. It was renamed Libraries & Culture in 1988. While there has been some continuity in the Florida and Texas years, during the…

Reflects on four aspects of the history of developmental psychology. Notes that the discipline has followed a path from fact collection without theory, to grand theories, to a profusion of minitheories; expanded focus from child to lifespan development; exhibited increased cross-disciplinary interests; and become more sensitive to addressing…

Evaluates Samuel Chandler Earle's 1911 presentation to the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education. Demonstrates Earle's role in the shift of technical writing courses that combined both the goals of an engineering curriculum with the real-world needs of the graduated engineer. Finds that Earle's "Tufts Experiment" provided…

Traces the development of Professor Murray's view of the speech field as the field moved from public speaking to the broader, more interdisciplinary concept of communication. Highlights Murray's role in the founding of the International Communication Association. (PD)

Provides a broad overview of the development of abstracting and indexing services in science and technology during the last three and one-half decades. Major trends that have affected individual producers, services, and the field as a whole are identified. A 10-item reference list accompanies the text. (Author/JL)

Discusses the use of mathematics, specifically spreadsheets, to study apportionment in the U. S. House of Representatives. Topics include the interdisciplinary nature of the study, how population changes affect the distribution, different methods for apportioning representatives that have been used throughout history, and analyzing the data. (LRW)

A third grader describes Ms. Gonzalez, his favorite teacher, who left to accept a more lucrative teaching assignment. Ms. Gonzalez' butterflies unit covered everything from songs about social butterflies to paintings of butterfly wings, anatomy studies, and student haiku poems and biographies. Students studied biology by growing popcorn plants…