An adequate theory of the role of an applied behavioral scientist in higher education requires substantive answers to several basic questions. Five, considered to be major ones, are presented here. Each is briefly discussed and references made to more extended discussions that could serve as a beginning for continued theoretical development and…

Reports on action initiated by the FFA to develop a program for agricultural students' personal development. (MU)

The behaviorist believes he can teach by pasting things on the outside; the humanistic psychologist believes that he must look for what is already inside and help it emerge. This humanistic essay criticizes teaching too early those things a child will learn when ready. (Author/JB)

The effects of sensory deprivation in humans is discussed as well as the need for developing a moral education curriculum designed to rear children in an affectional environment of positive reinforcements. (JB)

Two articles dealing with self estimate ability in adolescence are presented; one is an investigation to determine whether age, grade level, school program, sex, intelligence, and social class influence the accuracy of self-knowledge of vocationally relevant attributes of high school students. The second article comments on this study and other…

This article shares programs tried in one elementary school setting, programs that gained positive acceptance and approval from children, teachers, parents, and administrators. (Author)

An open classroom'' with an integrated day and inter-age grouping is not enough in and of itself...to assure continuity for each child....The role of the teacher is still crucial. (Authors)

Since the experiences discussed by the author are commonly viewed as therapeutic rather than educational, he develops a rationale for conceiving of them in educational terms. (Author/CB)

Superior students' capacities for intellectual and aesthetic experience appear to be highly actualized. However, their excessive independence appears to be thwarting to another important area of human fulfillment, i.e., living in rewarding interpersonal relationships. (Author/CJ)

Describes an aid in making managers more effective in technical and leadership problems. (Editor)

Summarizes six major themes that have emerged from the reform movement known as progressive education and that have continuing consequences for those planning educational experiences today. (Author)

The role of mass media as an educational tool is offered as an illustration introducing the possibilities of non-academic education in a modern world. (JB)