This article explores the concept of education in such a way as to highlight the crucial place of fostering intellectual virtue and eliminating intellectual vice in teaching. Such teaching is inescapably a matter of discernment, trust, and luck. In this context a network of intellectual virtues provides an attractive vision of a well-rounded…

The "elemental" refers to the essentials of the contents that make them accessible to a child. The effects on a child of contents that are mastered are the "fundamental". In a fruitful didactic unlocking (presentation) it is possible for a child to achieve considerably more insight than merely an understanding of the learning…

The Structure of Intellect theory advanced in this paper conceptualizes intellectual abilities in a three-dimensional model where every ability is described in terms of the type of operation used, the content involved, and the intellectual product which is a result of interaction between operation and content. (Author/PG)

Condensed from the first Evangeline Burgess Memorial Lecture presented at Pacific Oaks College and Children's School, Pasadena, Calif., April 3, 1968.

The author comments on reactions made by Vincent Rogers, Elisabeth Hirsch, and John E. McGill to his original paper. (Author/RM)

Verstehen, the understanding of human behavior, can be of value to teacher and student alike, bringing both to an increased level of sophistication in the learning process. (Author/PG)

An examination of cognitive development with implications for teaching and curriculum construction. (HS)

Despite the belief that college-going is an intellectual process by which people become more knowledgeable, evidence of this remains sketchy. (Author/HS)

Intended for teachers, administrators, and consultants, the booklet discusses purposes and objectives of teaching literature to gifted students in grades 1-3. Literature is seen as the heritage of important ideas in writing, and the purpose of the primary level gifted child's study of literature is defined as primarily the accumulation of ideas.…

The booklet is intended to assist teachers in developing literature units of study that will enable the gifted student in grades 4-6 to better understand the different kinds of reading material, the human condition, and himself as a person. Following the explanation of the objectives and principles of literature study, different genres are…

Contrasting approaches to early childhood education are evident in the constructivist versus instructivist schools of thought. On one side, the child is seen as active constructor of knowledge and understanding; on the other, the child is dependent on another's instruction in knowledge and skills. This paper explores some of the implications of…

In this critique of June T. Fox's article (EJ 003 566), author contends that Bruner has resolved experimentally some of the rather muddy philosophical ideas suggested by Dewey and that the remaining differences between them may ultimately be seen as differing aspects of an identical problem. (Author/MB)

Brings the pragmatic and educational goals of language study together through the concept of narrative imagination, which suggests that the study of literary texts promotes civic and intellectual development and allows students to see the world from another point of view. Sets forth five interconnected reading goals as guides for adapting…

The reaction paper discusses how the traditional view of social studies for younger children as a content subject has contributed to ineffective programs. A new approach which views social studies as a skills subject is recommended. (Author/RM)