Author states that administrators must create curriculum that stimulates students to learn and teachers must implement those programs so students recognize a personal sense of development. (RK)

Paper concerned with the meaning of general education and with its relevance in the present context. (Author)

Twelve essential components of a plan for middle school development. (Author)

Author focuses on the need to begin to specify in greater detail what the inputs are for the child, to define his reasonable living space, and to define which of those factors may alter the course of growth in spite of what happens in the nursery school. (Author/MB)

A description of a pilot project in youth employment in cooperationd employers were contacted. Extensive promotion through all media increased effectiveness. (JB)

Believes that most children's books avoid an honest treatment of death and its repercussions on a family. Reviews six books that show a special sensitivity to the emotions of fear, shame, anger and the difficulty of adjustment following the loss of a loved person. Lists books and publishers. (RB)

Article explores the idea of viewing the teacher as his own technique and modifying the training process to include more emphasis on human relations. (Author)

A description of a curriculum development project currently under way at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Newton Public School System titled, Psychological Education." By creating a series of laboratories in aspects of psychology, the objectives were focused toward psychology as a means of educating the pupils in their own…

An account of a workshop for Upward Bound students based on the study of human behavior, and aimed toward providing avenues for self-realization and self-understanding. A model for further units is suggested and references are provided for a described creativity unit. (Author/JB)

The utility of a crisis intervention approach for helping preadolescents build competency in behavior control is demonstrated. The following dimensions are highlighted: immediacy of intervention, trust relationship, structural interventions, facilitating versus controlling, problem solving orientation, and mobilization of group membership…

This article reviews developments in the small group training field, provides a brief historical perspective on group training and working definitions for some of the more frequently mentioned types of small groups and comments on research on professional and ethical issues. Comment by James D. Beck follows. (Author/CJ)