The real issue in this serious problem is not whether we should have physically mixed schools, but whether we are committed to creating an open society in which individuals can fully participate without regard to their ethnic, cultural, or social class identity. (Author)

The notion of design adopted in this paper embraces the design of all human systems. Education for design should focus primarily on the design of human relations, instrumentalities, and institutions, along with their respective role patterns. The nature of learning at these three steps is seen as the cybernetic evolution of measure, norms, and…

The large school must organize itself to recognize individual human needs or face continual disruption. The author concludes that the specifics depend upon a constellation of factors inherent in any given situation. (Editor)

Relates the ideas behind creative expression with the spirit of humanism and the need for teachers to teach humanistic values. (RK)

Briefly presents some points of view on how the Industrial Arts Curriculum Project (ICAP) products relate to career education. (Author)

In order that humanities studies have a more permanent place in American education, author suggests changes in the character of humanities education that must develop. (RK)

Topic 5, Expanding Horizons of Science, asks students to question the expansion of the human element and reaction to the environmetal changes brought about by advancing technology. The story is taken from the 1954 book, Nightfall and Other Stories. (JB)

Discusses (1) the need for educational theory and the unwillingness of many professional educators to respect and use theory, (2) the unwillingness of professional educators to recognize that education is more than schooling, and (3) the relative inability of the education profession to connect the ideas of those working on curriculum matters to…

Considers the problems of articulation within the contexts of racism, changing lifestyles, student activism, and educational dehumanization. (EA)

For his Humanities Curriculum Project (HCP), Stenhouse defined the humanities as the study of human issues of universal concern. Because he viewed curricula as praxiologies (hypothetical strategies for realizing ideas in practice), secondary English teachers using the HCP materials were given general principles which they had to translate into…

Describes a variety of computer toys and computerized toys for children. Maintains that while the toys provide stimulation, they do not develop children's imaginations. Cautions against allowing computers to alienate society and emphasizes that computerized toys should be used as tools rather than as substitutes for learning. (Author/MJL)

The history of the work environment and efforts to humanize it are related. Motivations for humanizing are discussed: worker welfare and the belief that worker satisfaction improves worker productivity. Efforts to increase humanization, such as legislation and efforts by labor unions, are also discussed. (CT)

Discusses the tasks of library administration in relation to autocratic, participatory, and contingency approaches to management problems. The psychological and organizational side-effects of the three management styles are considered and a humanistic combination of approaches is suggested. A bibliography is included. (JL)

The humanities are described as the custodians of the human image. Today's humanities have burdens which are social and conceptual. Higher education training in critical thinking works against the image of man, which keeps civilization vital. (JN)