An expert is defined here as one who predicts and explains better than the layman in a particular domain on the basis of his specialized underlying knowledge of it. This analysis is then applied to the domain of morality. (Editor)

Article outlined the contribution of the Parent Teacher Association toward creating closer harmony between schools and communities as well as helping to develop their children as good students. (RK)

Author explored certain aspects of the professional model that do not frequently appear in the literature and suggested that teachers review the very basic question of the desirability of becoming a professional. (Author/RK)

Defines certain kinship relationships in terms that are linguistically accurate and imply neither identity nor difference. (CK)

Article investigated question-asking behavior during problem formulation. (Author/RK)

This paper seeks to explore the usefulness of certain sociological concepts and methods in the field of mental retardation focusing attention to defintional flexibility and spatial relativity of the 'mental retardation' concept. (Editor/RK)

Authors concentrated on the social roots of handicap, particularly the extent to which the handicap reflects the formal barriers imposed by societies themselves. (Editor/RK)

Authors examined the impact of social forces on organizations and managers of the future. (Author/RK)

Approaches to organizational development based on the human relations side of organizations have been emphasized so heavily that more fundamental and potentially more durable structural approaches have been neglected. This discussion, by reporting the structural perspective of Stanford's Environment for Teaching Program seeks such a remedy.…

Article defined the meaning of special education and the problems in providing programs in special education that are taught by qualified personnel. (RK)

The fundamental responsibilities of the principalship are undergoing significant new demands in the '70s - demands challenging the principal to be a planner of futures, an allocator of resources, a stimulator of improvement, a coordinator of concerted effort, and an evaluator of process and product. (Editor)

Discussing the evolving conception of literacy, this digest provides a current review of material in the ERIC database on the multiplicities of literacies. The digest includes sections on the broadening scope of literacy, acquisition of literacies, defining literacy, and expanding the domain of literacy. (RS)

Shortcomings of the "Seriously Emotionally Disturbed" (S.E.D.) criteria set forth in Public Law 94-142 are discussed and the possibility of integrating other classification methods, specifically those in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third Edition (DSM III), is raised and critiqued. Findings of a study…

The author defines learning disabilities (LD); notes controversies and confusion over the meaning of LD and associated terms (such as perceptual handicaps) from P.L. 94-142, the Education For All Handicapped Children Act; and suggests an approach to explain LD to students and parents in clear and nonthreatening language. A filmstrip,…