Study assesses effect primary professional association identification has on views and values of student affairs practitioners in relation to developmental environment of college students. Relationship between primary professional association identity and perceptions of student development programming and environment is examined. Nearly 450…

This is a report of the primary school conference organized by Forum in June. Its aim was to crystallize and discuss advanced practice in the schools in the light of the current discussion of educational aims and procedures. (Editor/RK)

The California Social Science Education Framework in expressing concern for the values of a free society identifies four values which will help our citizens move toward the building of a more perfect union. Students should be taught these values in an attempt to help them recognize the relationship between the dominant values of their society and…

Discusses the development and application of a model of cooperation-competition in an undergraduate college class as well as its theoretical framework and programmatic implications. (Author/RK)

Calculators are a big help in extending classroom activities and this article took a look at how the students of tomorrow might use them. (RK)

Reaffirms that one central component of many curricula--the liberal arts--is not so much as set of skills as an attitude useful in dealing with the many problems of a changing society. (Editor)

The unity of past and present provided by historical novels changes reading about history from dull lessons to interesting stories that youngsters can emphathize and identify with and that, in many cases, strongly relate to their own experiences. (Author)

Take note: Music is song singing plus history, science and math. Add these multidisciplinary measures to class study. (Editor)

Kids learn food facts to keep fit in fun-filled ways. (Editor)

A week-by-week readiness program for preschool and early primary children. (Editor)

Individualized learning is the only way to organize mathematics work, says the head of department at Christopher Wren School in London. (Editor)

Use of Perry's developmental scheme to test college students' intellectual development found that instead of developmental stages, there are two possible general attitudes taken toward knowledge: it (1) consists of facts to be supplied by faculty; or (2) is a quest in which students have responsibility for their own learning. (Author/MSE)

Advocates students being afforded the same privilege and extended the same opportunity to attain spiritual development as they are given in other areas related to student development in college. Suggests offering prayers by persons in their own traditions at major college events. Claims risk of offending worth benefit of celebrating a spiritual…

Describes a homeroom advising program developed at Central Junior High School in Omaha, Nebraska. The original goal of the program was to give students a sense of belonging, but the program accomplished much more and carried over into all aspects of the school. (MD)