In spite of the criticism of humanism in public schools, the fact remains that humanism is a basic and vital part of modern education. Principles of humanism that are significant for today's education are outlined and examined from an historical perspective. (RM)

Changes in sex-related symbolism during the late 1700s are traced and gender is analyzed as a cultural, historical construct. The word "virtue" became gender bound so that public virtues, such as heroism, were inherently masculine. Feminine virtues were things such as a mother passively donating her sons to the revolution. (VM)

Captured in extraordinary detail in the early 19th century, when Wichita elders then living on the Red River could remember their birthplace on the Arkansas River, the tale reflects the anguish of a people fleeing for their lives, on foot, down the treeless grasslands of the Great Plains. (Author).

Personal reflections on the life and career of educator Rudy Fobert are presented. (LH)

Describes (prompted by Pete Rose's unsuccessful challenge to the authority of the Commissioner of Major League Baseball) the creation of the Commissioner's office in 1921 by Albert Lasker, an advertising and public relations genius, to deal with the public relations problem facing baseball in the wake of the 1919-20 Black Sox scandal. (SR)

Pays tribute to Harlan "Gold" Metcalf (1899-1985), nationally recognized leader in outdoor education. Characterizes his leadership qualities, mentions publications, notes work with national and state associations for physical education and recreation, and cites recognition such as the Governor Nelson Rockefeller Youth Service Award in…

Discusses artistic or esthetic, social and cultural, functional, and commercial values looked for by children's book editors in selecting and publishing manuscripts. Also reviews changes in social and cultural values as shown by children's books published in 1947, 1957, and 1967. (GT)

Reviews the present educational system in Greece at all levels and describes special education services. Describes the place of school psychology in Greek educational and professional structures and the major problems that the field is currently facing. Delineates emerging trends and presents recommendations for the alleviation of problems.…

Maintaining that baseball presents a view of American society in microcosm, this article reviews the Cold War history of American baseball, showing how the statements and concerns of the players and managers reflected popular values of that era. (JDH)

In the context of contemporary questions about higher education and the working class, describes the background and the particulars of a debate at Ruskin College, Oxford University (1908) among worker-students, the university chancellor, and representatives of the Workers Educational Association. Offers a comparative analysis of the three…

Designed to attempt an assessment of the quality and quantity of information on traditional Navajo women in view of feminist concerns about the treatment of women in ethnography, data from 10 basic ethnographies on the Navajos and 14 published life histories of Navajo men and women are explored. (Author)

Thomas Greenfield argued passionately for a theory of organizations based on social construction. He advocated research stressing subjectively held meanings and successfully blended aesthetics with values. This he accomplished through a "shock aesthetic" and by bringing alternative, interdisciplinary modes of seeing to educational…

This book is the ninth volume of a bound periodical. The "American Journal of Education" was established to enter into a range of education-related discussion and investigation. This volume includes No. 22, September 1860 to No. 23, December 1860. Among the topics discussed in issue 22 are: moral education; the original significance of…

Recollection of the lives of Navajo women and men on the eastern part of the reservation in 1940 are presented. The multiplicity of responsibilities of a traditional Navajo woman is reflected in the Navajo puberty ceremony for girls, Kinaalda. (ERB)

Presents a brief overview of educational practice, priorities, problems, and objectives in China from 1949-1976. Major periods are identified as statism and the schools (1953-55), internal criticism and response (1955-57), the Great Leap Forward (1958-60), readjustment and compromise (1961-66), the cultural revolution (1966), and post-Mao Tse-tung…