Discusses teaching methods which may be used to help students become more sensitive to life outside their own spheres and routines; illustrated. (SW)

Described the efforts of an elementary school teacher to help her students to think and verbalize about their current experiences while including in the lesson some art history of the Paleolithic period. (Author/RK)

Suggestions from four humane educators and a child psychologist are offered to parents wanting to teach the humane ethic to children so that it becomes a lifestyle. Initial steps to be taken and how parents should build child/pet relationships are also discussed. (JN)

A summary is given of 20 years of research on learning intellectual skills, with emphasis on Australian contributions. The review covers historical development of the research, learning hierarchies, shifts in experimental paradigm in investigating teaching methods, methods for studying cognitive structure, and suggestions for research. (MSE)

Hunkins asserts that the curriculum has been splintered in reaction to myriad demands upon the schools. He outlines a plan for a "curriculum of encounters" which seeks to enable students to become complete human beings and has the potential for bringing unity and purpose to school programs. (SK)

The authors cite many of the educational programs available on public television and suggest that teachers make use of them to reinforce classroom learning. (SJL)

Reliable and valid methods of student assessment in Newcastle University's new undergraduate medical curriculum are examined as indices of competence within the constraints of the educational program objectives. Considerable attention is given to the assessment of sciences basic to medicine through assessment instruments developed from clinical…

The author outlines the learning benefits of teacher-led small group discussions. (SJL)

This essay identifies several things teachers can learn from students or from the sheer act of teaching: about their own personalities; about ways to improve their teaching; and about subject matter, through simplifying and organizing it for presentation, through student questions, and through the natural flow of ideas. (Author/SJL)

Offers four action-oriented concepts a counselor needs to understand to be effective in fostering development of human potential within the school system. Priorities offered for elementary grades include kinesthetic-oriented learning, an emphasis on fostering curiosity and creativity, and the holistic approach to learning. (Author/BEF)

Presents a vision of how a school of running could provide young people with learning experiences encompassing body and mind. The school would have four tracks: running, body work, inner space development, and academic subjects. Sea Pines Resort in South Carolina will be ideal for the kind of education described here. (Author/BEF)

Describes an academic course with emphasis on personal growth beyond the confines of the classroom. The primary objective was to have students reduce fear of death. Lectures, personal notebooks, and experience assignments were used to achieve this end. (BEF)

Describes a university program which provides students with a practical experience in television and radio broadcast programing and production. (CMV)

Children form concepts about death from a very early age; the appropriate time to talk about death is when it is part of the child's experience. (JD)

Activity-based approaches give the museum-school connection new zest and dimension. (Editor)