Analyzes an intimate journal, Florida Scott-Maxwell's "The Measure of My Days". Scott-Maxwell's journal contains suggestive ideas about the experience of aging among the old-old, about the theoretical issue of late life individuation, and about successful aging. (Author/ABB)

Two experienced women educators turned an elementary school's declining enrollment problem into a pioneering leadership opportunity when they proposed sharing the principalship. The part-time principals gained time to pursue advanced degrees, professional concerns, and family interests. The school gained an economical, high-energy team committed…

States that language arts teachers should be agents for personal growth and development. Suggests using an extensive poetry project as as avenue to personal transformation. (EL)

Students studied over a 4-year period showed that growth on ego identity occurred not as freshmen but primarily during the upperclass years. (Author)

It is argued that the modern college curriculum should include both skills and liberal arts components, and a three-part curriculum model is presented that provides an arts and sciences base, adds a segment of theory in a given field, and builds a core of skills on the other two components. (MSE)

Although the terms "personal health" and "medical care" are used interchangeably, they have different meanings. Health is a personal responsibility, medicine is a drug given as a form of treatment. A new definition of health is suggested that treats health as a dynamic status. (DF)

Through fun and educational activities, Girl Scouts develop self-esteem. Scouting activities include such things as camping, job skills development, career awareness, self-reliance skills, and mainstreaming of disabled children. (DF)

Contends that every individual should be offered the educational opportunity to develop aesthetically by exposure to the techniques, processes, and products of the arts. Discusses how, where, and by whom arts-in-education can be implemented. (PD)

Discusses new trends in children's literature on growing up. (HOD)

Presents the rationale for a teacher education program based on a grounding in developmental theory and describes an existing model master's degree curriculum. Argues that teacher education must be structured to develop in students a knowledge base for methodical thinking and a willingness to apply research findings. (MJL)

Examines the process of creative teaching from a feminist aesthetic viewpoint. Sees artistic growth as related to personal growth, and the learning processes of teacher and student as related. Examines commonalities and conflicts of art making and art teaching and offers potential solutions for the conflicts. (Author/CMG)

The research on literacy is ready for a better balancing of the theoretical with the problem oriented, particularly for those children, young people, and adults who are having difficulty with literacy: the poor, minorities, dyslexics, bilinguals, and high school and college students who are poorly prepared by their earlier experience. (CMG)

A composition teacher recounts the changes undergone during a teaching career. (FL)

A review of the activities of Future Homemakers of America (FHA/HERO) in emphasizing the role of the homemaker as a vital and valued function for both men and women. (JT)

Presents a model based on research to identify sound bases for structuring curriculum and explores teaching-learning strategies and program organization in keeping with the purposes and philosophy of the middle school and home economics. Focus is on the sixth grade level and on child-centered teaching with an exploratory emphasis. (JT)