A comparative study of Dewey and Iqbal as Educationists is based on scientific approach which combines findings of different scientific researches and is recognized as Meta- analysis. The fundamental principle in Meta-analysis is to search for a shared truth which may be found in good number of conceptually similar scientific researches. The…

After positing the need for the bedrock of schooling (reading, writing, and computing numbers and quantities), the author examines the content and presentation of the rest of the curriculum. Two quiding principles are used in this examination: (1) surprisingly few particular pieces of knowledge and skill must be mastered by everybody in the same…

The monograph describes a program in development; its purpose is to make personal development a central focus of education. The curriculum requires new and extended roles in education for psychologist, mental health workers, and teachers, and offers a much more substantial influence for them on both the students and the school. (Author)

Describes a course initiated in a small liberal arts college in order to provide an indepth study of consciousness expansion and self-awareness with particular emphasis on the guided growth of creativity. (Author)

The first of these two companion papers presents an account of Dewey's position on the nature of growth and its implications for curriculum development. The second paper provides a critique of Dewey's concept of growth and sketches what C. S. Peirce would have regarded as more viable alternatives. (Author/SJL)

Maintains that instructional programs have overemphasized knowledge acquisition at the expense of skill development and affective learning. Recommends careful planning of instructional programs to include primary skills (needed for emotional and physical well-being) and secondary skills (without which one can still survive). (Author/AV)

This paper reviews what some leading critics of public schools say about social studies curriculum and suggests implications of the growing "free schools" movement. The social studies have been charged with the socialization of children into the existing majority culture, and with teaching the knowledge and skills required for effective…

The study examined the effects of educational experiences on an individual's quality of life after completion of formal schooling. The sample was 500 men and 500 women representative of the entire population of 15-year-olds in the United States in 1960. Because they had participated in Project TALENT during 1960, files were available on their…