A 36-item list of references is appended. (JES)

Reprint from Curricula for the Seventies: Early Childhood Through Early Adolescence, pp. 431-442, Boston, Mass., Houghton Mifflin Co., 1969

Conant's "The American High School Today" (1959) conveyed his confidence in consolidation of smaller schools into comprehensive high schools. The book sparked criticism. Conant's personal papers reveal that his breezy optimism hid doubts, frustrations, and uncertainties. The contradiction in his views foreshadows the turbulent 1960s. (PB)

Educators should recognize the distinction between education and propaganda. True education warns against the "apocalyptic premise" of utopians such as Jonathan Schell and teaches that the chief threat is neither the United States nor nuclear technology but the Soviet Union. Soviet involvement in peace movements is suggested. (PB)

Indicates types of decisions required for establishing a conceptual model for preschool programing and points out functions of articulated conceptual systems in program analysis. Issues concerning development are discussed, including assimilation/accommodation, the child and the environment, and change in behavior patterns. General principles,…

Herbartianism and many of its concepts (concentration, correlation, socialization) influenced industrial arts curriculum development. Using socioeconomic analysis, industrial arts educators identified the content areas of manufacturing, construction, communications, etc. However, another dominant strain stressed the technical, or manual arts,…

Makes a statement about cooperative education that considers the special realities of liberal arts majors, and suggests strategies for cooperative education that go beyond traditional practices to meet the needs of liberal arts majors. (JOW)

Discusses the importance of basic education, which is predicated on five principles: (1) importance of intellectual development, (2) certain subjects are more important than others, (3) all children should learn these subjects, (4) pupil progress should depend upon pupil performance, and (5) teachers should be well-grounded in the subjects they…

Discusses (1) rationale for early identification and programing for gifted/talented children, (2) issues in developing a program for young children, (3) procedures for identifying the young gifted child, (4) guidelines for program evaluation, and (5) principles for program development. Two university programs, one for identifying gifted…

To help teachers structure cultural and ethnic information into their art programs, six organizational approaches are suggested: diversifying existing curriculum; enhancement of basic skills; the conceptual approach; the thematic approach; the extension model; and the materials and processes approach. This article is part of a theme issue on…

Issues of the value and direction of liberal education are viewed from three perspectives: content, intent, and consequences of liberal arts. Educators are encouraged to characterize their own positions and those of their colleagues as a way of understanding their own and others' priorities. (MSE)

In this introductory article to a theme issue on multicultural education, the author argues for an across-the-curriculum multicultural policy based on fundamental liberal and humanistic values rather than on currently fashionable prescriptions which overemphasize race and racism or which fossilize the cultures of immigrant groups. (Editor/SJL)

Industrial arts' unique role is to teach students to think and to act, augmented by tools, machines, materials, processes, energy, and communications, to meet their present and future needs and to extend their potential. (Author/SK)

Contrasts ethical rationales for special education against the clearly identifiable motives and observable actions of special educators. Motives for special education career choice include altruism, scientific scholarship, economic necessity, opportunism, idiosyncratic bias, incompetence, and personal needs. Calls for consensus of what comprises…