All educational and formal schooling systems are culturally based insofar as they are products of the cultures that initiate them. The question that this paper addresses itself to is the relationship of the formal schooling of disadvantaged children to their sub-cultural education. What is unique about the cultural model as it is discussed here is…

This yearbook is the final report of the Joint Commission of the Mathematical Assocation of America and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. The report contains discussions of the following: role of mathematics in civilization, general aims of modern education, general objectives for secondary education, place of mathematics in…

The present study is an analysis of 17 case studies on innovation, organized by the Council for Educational Research and Innovation for the Council of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The general purpose of the case studies is to achieve more understanding of the change process in education in relation to political,…

This paper is supportive to the anthropological principle of biculturation as a pragmatic principle of education of America's contemporary ethnically-different people. The acquisition of bilingualism and a bicultural ethos are objective evidences of this process in action. Personal experiences of the author's childhood education in a Greek and…

American Indian Education has been built upon the premise that the Indian had a great deal to learn from the white man and that the white man represented the highest level of achievement that mankind had reached in the evolutionary process. Education is supposed to teach the Indian respect for law and order while he watches the law being violated…

Researchers in the field of instruction are exploring the theory that different instructional procedures may be used for students with varying aptitudes so as to individualize teaching, so-called aptitude-treatment interactions (ATI's). This paper reviews pertinent literature, then seeks to develop theoretical models for the generation of…

Written as a synthesis of strategies for effecting change, this document is directed toward state and local educational administrators, supervisory personnel, researchers, development personnel, teachers, and teacher educators. In reviewing the literature it was evident that during the past few years there has been a growing emphasis on local…

Maintains that the literature curriculum should reflect our pluralist society, not a canonical tradition. Suggests pairing canonical works with works instantiating pluralism. Describes a unit on the novel for a ninth grade honors class and the use of an "adolescent problem novel" in a sophomore intermediate class. (SR)

Notes that the economic, political and social change occurring in the world is having an effect on school system administration, but that with some creative foresight, administrators can seize the opportunity to become better leaders and to make creative changes in school system policy. (JC)

Provides an overview based on personal experiences, recollections, viewpoints and anecdotal records. Discusses the general philosophy of education in the Soviet Union, the selection of students, graduate study and the chemistry curriculum. Compares and contrasts the educational systems of the Soviet Union and the United States. (CW)

Describes availability and purpose of Japanese kindergartens and pre-school programs. Relates Japanese child rearing practices to expectations for the child in pre-school. Summarizes typical pre-school activities and their relation to nationally stated goals which focus on successful participation in group life, cooperation, self-reliance, and…

While there is a place in education for factual knowledge and useful skills, they should be recognized as of secondary value. The primary qualities that should be taught are the development of (1) moral values and attitudes and (2) critical independent thinking in a spirit of creative inquiry. (Author/RM)

In a continuing effort to improve the music education of students in beginning stages, there is a need for the review of teaching techniques that motivate student learning behaviors. Historically, music methods actively engaged students in the music-making process. The approaches of Dalcroze, Orff, Suzuki, Kodaly, and Gordon continue that…

Analysis of emergence of learning resources concept and interactive education principles as special phenomena in library science highlights a paradigm for librarianship, evolution of standards for school and college libraries as conceptual models, and textbooks in school librarianship, the library college, and for librarianship in higher…

This volume deals with Islamic conceptualization of knowledge, various types of Islamic education; and educational strategies among selected groups of Muslims in Islamized countries (Pakistan, Iran, Morocco, Senegal, and so on) as well as countries in Europe where Muslims form important minorities. The first chapter gives an overview of Islamic…