Discusses (1) the need for educational theory and the unwillingness of many professional educators to respect and use theory, (2) the unwillingness of professional educators to recognize that education is more than schooling, and (3) the relative inability of the education profession to connect the ideas of those working on curriculum matters to…

This report reviews programs of individualized instruction in the basic skills of mathematics, language arts, science, and social education as well as in new curriculums which foster the skills needed for social education as well and emotional growth. The development and operation of an experience-based model for career education is described, and…

The most promising and significant utilization of computer science in school districts is said to be in the domain of curricular decision making. The potential for humanizing instruction for students and refining the content and make-up of curricular offerings is particularly emphasized. A step-by-step decision making method is advanced as…

Participants of the twenty-first Lake Okoboji Educational Media Leadership Conference studied the role of instructional technology and of the media professional in the future of American education. This report presents the conference's proceedings and working papers dealing with eight subtopics: (1) facilitating the education of the whole child…