An interview with the director of a new elementary project, Technology for Children," which has a foot in both industrial arts and New Jersey's occupational orientation programs. (Editor)

A comprehensive rural "agribusiness industry" curriculum might include: (1) The World of Work (Grade 7 or 8), (2) Vocational Orientation (Grade 9), (3) Basic Agriculture and Industry (Grade 10), (4) Specialized Agribusiness Industry (Grade 11), and (5) Advanced Agribusiness Industry (Grade 12). (DM)

The following report appears as the introduction to a privately funded educational history study recently completed by a group of American historians, educators, and legislators. (Editor)

This article is based on a year-long study which centered on actual practices of individualization of instruction. Along with the various program thrusts identified in the study, factors which tend to facilitate or inhibit individualization are also revealed. (Editor)

Describes reading instruction's goals as instilling within children a love for reading and providing them with a further means of understanding their environment. (MM)

Argues that an understanding of the objectives of general education must precede debates over delivery methods. Sees potential for agreement on objectives through recognition of the existence of a hierarchy of general education's purposes, comprising student liberation; the development of independent learning and thinking skills; and specific…

A theory of art education is suggested which is likened to the facets of Rubik's cube. The parts of this theory include understanding the value of art in education, giving visual form to ideas, responding to visual information, planning and teaching, and evaluating art learning. (IS)

Describes a special curriculum devised to teach cooking to a physically disabled high school student, a program which also served as physical therapy. Key ingredients included individualization, kitchen accessibility, and peer tutoring. (SK)

Describes one school's plan for mixed-ability teaching that utilizes the knowledge, skills, and experiences of all English department members by providing an integrated and coherent curriculum pattern.

The author argues that the talent of writing should be maximized on the cognitive grounds that writing best expresses and exercises the recursive nature of thinking and on the pedagogical grounds that people can be taught various applications of those recursive operations that are natural to the human brain. (CT)

Suggests the use of market research approaches in nutrition education to increase the likelihood of successful nutrition education programs. Provides specific examples of these approaches. (DS)

Commenting on Stanley S. Madeja's article in the October, 1980, issue of this journal, the author argues that the lack of substance and curriculum organization in public school art programs is largely a reflection of the lack of substance in most university- and college-level studio art programs. (Author/SJL)