Much difficulty in teaching composition stems from the erroneous assumption that thought precedes writing. (JH)

Based on an earlier article that criticized the "Kodaly Method," this rebuttal is primarily addressed to those readers who may not have made up their minds about the value of the Kodaly concept. Discussed are the untruths and half-truths seen by the author, as well as misuses of the "method." (Author/RK)

Outlines a model United Nations simulation which is applicable for high school or college use. It is played under the rules of an organization called the Model United Nations of the Far West, an association of 100 colleges in the western U.S. The simulation involves weekly mock sessions. (AV)

"The central issue ought to be the development of curricula suited to the differing needs of people of differing abilities". Authors offer a proposal which would allow local authorities to introduce selection at 14. (Editor)

The relation between museums and schools must be a two-way street, and if the necessary approaches to bring this about are not being made, it may be time to increase the incentives for such efforts. (Editor)

Participant-observation techniques and some existing studies using these techniques are examined to illustrate the utility of this alternative methodological approach to traditional educational research and development. Also explores some problems peculiar to this alternative method. (Author/RK)

The American public enjoys a greater degree of control over media content than any other national media system. Discusses four principles that support the American system of network television programming and six forces that show the American system of broadcasting is unique in the world. The intent is to illustrate that criticism leveled at…

This research is a modest contribution to the understanding of a neglected part of the evolution of education systems, i.e., parent participation in educational decision making. Considers the educational, social, philosophical, and political forces upon the parent relationship with school administration. (Author/RK)

Defines skill, performance, and competency, relates the concept of competency based education to the intent of the Hart Bill, the Stull Bill or AB 65, i.e., to insure that students master and perform basic skills of communication and computation, and considers some underlying assumptions that are the basis of educational legislation. (Author/RK)

States that the inescapable fact in the issue of mixed ability teaching is that even in a school where children are streamed (homogeneous grouping) every teacher who works there will still be teaching mixed ability forms. (Author/RK)

Thirty undergraduate students discussed a moral issue with a confederate who held either the same or the opposing opinion. Subjects in the controversy condition indicated more accurate understanding of the confederate's reasoning than their counterparts; however, noncontroversy subjects erroneously believed they understood the confederate's…

Two law professors at the University of California, Berkeley, John E. Coons and Stephen D. Sugarman, argue that a child's education should be selected by his parents. With that premise, they urge a return to the educational voucher system of school financing. (Author/RK)

A handful of educational reformers from each generation effectively muster and sustain public support in efforts to advance their visions for education. Here is an account of the efforts of Horace Mann and Henry Barnard acting as educational advocates and consensus builders who evoked public responsiveness and guided their constituencies toward…

Illustrates how music, visual arts, media, and theater can be used to learn history. Then describes how the arts are treated minimally in the curriculum. Balances that reality with a rationale on how arts programs fulfill four functions basic to education and presents some methodologies for infusing the arts into the general curriculum. (RK)

Attempts to describe the rationale for Teacher Centers as well as its promise as a model for inservice education. The advantages and disadvantages of this concept from the perspective of colleges of education are also discussed. (Author/RK)