Against the legal background of Wood v. Strickland and Goss v. Lopez, the justification of the practice of reducing student grades as part of a disciplinary penalty is reviewed. A survey of chief state school officers was conducted to gain information on practice and attitudes in the area. (IRT)

Notions of how social inquiry can be of some benefit to society are cast in the form of models of relevance. Five models are described and evaluated as sociological hypotheses. Each follows the Weberian assumption and as a group they are the most influential in the development of American sociology. (Author/BC)

Data gained in examination of the writings relevant to the meaning of health and the facilitation of the development of the field of health provide implications for the development and presentation of health education. (MM)

The ruling from Strasbourg that the use of the birch is "degrading", and an assault on "a person's dignity and physical integrity", has again focused attention on corporal punishment in schools. Here a probationary teacher describes his feelings about teaching in a school where every week two children are caned, five slippered, and forty smacked…

When prison inmates in a community college's prison program began to write for the college newspaper, their articles about undesirable prison conditions resulted in the suspension of the teacher by prison officials. (GW)

The article identifies and describes five broad curriculum data sources as wellsprings from which educational purposes and actions flow: society (social-political-cultural-economic forces at work), the disciplines (contributions of knowledge to learning), values, human growth and development, and learning processes. (Author/NQ)

Various kinds of philosophical instruction in England and Europe since the middle ages are reviewed. It is noted that the search for the common element behind modern philosophy curricula leads back into history, and that modern philosophy as a discipline incorporates its earlier institutional forms. (LBH)

The article lists and ranks in order of importance 144 motivation-discipline factors as established in William Gary Ward's 1974 survey of more than 100 technical instructors and teacher educators. Included are five factor-ranking worksheets for readers to use in comparing their thoughts on motivation-discipline with those of the survey…

Proposes the development of a new social psychology that would be psychological in its data-gathering, in seeking observations and measures on individuals, but would be system-oriented in theory and concepts. It would contribute to economic, political, and sociological issues. (Author/AV)

A sequential program is outlined for improving the behavior of students in school. (JD)

Describes the rationale and course outlines for two college-level courses which integrate scientific and humanistic thought. Available from: Division of Social Sciences, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas 66801. (Author/AV)

Reviews contributions of economic history to an understanding of the economic past. A discipline which has developed since 1957, economic history deals with causes of economic growth or decline in a society over time, and the well-being of different groups in the society over time. It makes systematic use of theory and quantitative methods.…

Permissive, indulgent home environments (characterized by low disciplinarian, high indulgent, and high protective child-rearing attitudes) were positively associated with superior throwing skill, while increased jumping skill was associated with higher maternal discipline. (MB)

Suggests ways for economists and teachers of economics to increase the relevance of economics to students and the general public. Recommendations include jettisoning equilibrium as the fundamental economic principle and abandoning the pretense that economics is a positive science. Available from: Editor, Andrew G. Clark Building, Colorado State…

The key to building good school public relations is good communication, i.e., the quality of the personal contacts between teachers, who are employees, and the parents of students, who are employers. Here are suggestions for helping teachers get their message across to parents and for evaluating their progress or PR rating. (Author/RK)