Competency-based education asks educators and the public to give up decades of habits and assumptions regarding the structures and methods of schooling. (Author/IRT)

Educators are encouraged to use some of the non-traditional student-centered methods for improving the communication skills of disadvantaged students, including technological aids such as books, tapes, cable T.V., video tapes, computers, etc., and devices such as role playing and dramatizations. (AM)

Applying social learning theory to the problems regarding the education of American Indian students, this article recommends school administrations provide modeling stimuli exemplifying both Anglo and Indian values while stressing the set of values of most importance and worth for adjustment in a future world context. (JC)

This paper points out issues to consider when applying the "Standards for Evaluation of Educational Programs, Projects and Materials in a different social context." Differences in the American and Israeli educational systems and perceptions of evaluation illustrate some limitations. Principles that do have general applicability are…

A systemic model for conceptualizing, designing, implementing, and evaluating intervention trials with handicapped infants and young children is proposed. The model has seven components: developmental basis, explanatory factors, intervention targets, assessment procedures, intervention strategies, intervention contexts, and evaluation procedures.…

This article describes four components of an approach used to teach interviewing skills to first-year graduate students. The components are: (1) the "no questions asked" approach, (2) self-reflection and self-correction, (3) feedback, and (4) obtaining analogue clients. The effects of the interviews on the subjects, acquired from an introductory…

Describes a method for teaching adolescent psychology which requires that students interview adolescents on course topics. The reports of these interviews become the basis of classroom discussions which are designed to demonstrate that concepts of adolescence vary as a function of time. (Author/DH)

The paper presents an intervention framework for the management of communication disorders in learning disabled children. The model is comprised of three components: communicative intentions, presupposition, and the social organization of discourse. Resulting instructional guidelines and principles are offered. (Author/DB)

Responding to Stiglitz's article "On the Market for Principles of Economics Textbooks: Innovation and Product Differentiation," Schiller disputes the claim that there is growing dissatisfaction with textbooks, stating that the central issue in the debate is "how best to teach economic principles." Discusses the importance of…

Discusses the relevance of incorporating poetry into the discipline of sociology. Includes a poem and its sociological analysis to demonstrate the number of relevant sociological issues and concepts which can be introduced through poetry. (BSR)

Discussed for use with learning disabled children are the geometric materials and teaching methods developed by M. Montessori. (DB)

This paper presents information from a study in which researchers examined the implementation of local professional development committees in the state of Ohio. Ohio is one of two states that requires teachers to participate in a peer review of their professional development goals. This study examined the Individual Professional Development Plans…

A guide to the underground education publishers and their products. The guide discusses the reasons underground publishers exist and suggests ways in which they have influenced the giants. (Author/DN)

Paulo Freire's major work is Pedagogy of the Oppressed'' published in England in 1970. (DS)