Argues that the problem with education centers around the fact that large numbers of people are being forced to learn that which other people have decided will be good for them. Contends that the only legitimate educational framework is one that helps people learn whatever it is they may happen to want to find out. (Author/JF)

Speech delivered at the National Adult Education Conference held November 17, 1972, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (DS)

The author recommends the incubation of chicken eggs as a worthwhile learning experience and suggests procedures. (CP)

Discusses the varied adult activities now available in many museums throughout the country, the adult clientele that attend, and the future of these programs. (RB)

A primary goal of schooling is to create a teaching-learning atmosphere that facilitates growth and development. As significant adults in the lives of children, we should strive to be facilitators of learning rather than omnipotent persons who have all the knowledge that should be imparted to learners. (Author)

A retired engineer and grandfather relates learning experiences at a community college. (DS)

Describes a program at the Jay Cooke Junior High School in Philadelphia which involved over 550 class trips and approximately 15,000 individual student experiences. (MB)

Two national firms with standardized marketing schemes employ persuasion rather than instruction in teaching an employee to sell. Students leave for their first assignment convinced of success in spite of a lack of skill. (JB)

Understanding the differences in values that differing cultures attach to play may help educators (1) to clarify the role of spontaneous play, (2) to recognize the limitations of competitive play, (3) to better balance directed and spontaneous play, and (4) to view play as absorbed, joyful, educative activity. (Author/AJ)

Learning and development, by both teacher and pupils, emerge from a system of interaction and mutuality (DB)

Partly a reply to Hans P. Guth's The Monkey on the Bicycle: Behavioral Objectives and the Teaching of English" Y English Journal," vol. 59, no. 6 (September 1970), pp. 785-927I. (RD)

The Medical School Learning Environment Questionnaire (LEQ) was developed to detect changes within the environment of an institution. (Editor)