Keynote address at the LIASF Annual Conference on Law Focused Education, February 25 - 27, 1972, Chicago. Goals of law education in the schools are: (1) Learning moral reasoning or ethical analysis, (2) An appreciation of the legal process, and (3) Information about the law. Methods of instruction and achievement of desired goals are discussed.…

This paper describes how a small group of people representing one community both identified and set in motion a strategy to deal with the perceived drug problem in their community. The emphasis of the paper is on the process by which this group moved rather than on the specific details of their efforts. The paper is actually a case study of one of…

The training of computer programers could be more efficient and more effective if two major changes were implemented. First, the analytical method of teaching programing and programing languages should be replaced by the global method. The former provides introductions to information processing and programing and then teaches the programing…

An economic education program at Ashland College designed to improve the economic literacy of preservice teachers is described. The hypothesis behind the current program is that the level of economic literacy of both the preservice teachers and their students may be substantially improved by a unified and total approach to the transmission of…

The performance of teachers is generally assumed to be a function of the quality of their own preparation. Unfortunately, traditional methods and procedures may not permit teacher educators to attain the level of effectiveness to which they aspire. One of the alternatives to traditional practices is competency-based teacher education (CBTE). The…

Technical writing teachers at the U.S. Air Force Academy enhance student motivation by bringing real Air Force writing situations into the classroom through short videotapes which allow students to see how scientists and engineers cope with report writing in their daily work. Also, a special English honors course, which is part of the "Blue…

This address focuses primarily on educational technology and the need to improve student learning by improving the effectiveness and efficiency of instructional materials. Due to the need for better educational materials and for procedures to ensure their continuous improvement, a National Institute of Education to conduct research in this field…

An experimental sociological research training program at Columbia University is described and analyzed. Two broad objectives of the Columbia Program are defined: (1) to bring sociological perspectives to bear on educational theory and problems, with emphasis on discovering and codifying the methodological approaches most suitable for…

This paper describes the instructional components of the Bilingual Access Program (BAP) at Elgin Illinois Community College, a federally funded 5-year project established to supplement regular vocational programs as a means to provide language training to limited English-speaking adults so that they leave with additional employable skills related…