In 1986, following the mandate of the North Dakota Legislature, the Teachers' Professional Practices Commission recommended to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction a statewide model for professional development of educators. The model was developed in cooperation with educators, professional associations, state agencies, two state…

A family planning clinic which was part of a large public maternity hospital in Salvador Bahia, Brazil received a grant to expand its services and to evaluate a service model focusing on client counseling and education. The counseling, education, and service provision process included individual pre-consultation with a nurse, group education and…

Position paper argues in favor of developmentally appropriate kindergarten programs. Paper examines program goals and content, and provides suggestions about learning environment, curriculum, and staff. Includes statements concerning purpose of kindergarten, importance of play in learning, and need for program support. (PCB)

The article questions the increased use of highly structured instructional reading programs for hearing impaired students and suggests there is also a need for holistic approaches, such as the Adaptation of a Sustained Silent Reading approach to develop student skills and interests. (Author/DB)

The article elucidates 14 principles drawn from the structuralist, constructivist, and holist literature and applies them to the teaching of learning disabled students. (Author/DB)

In response to two papers decrying reductionism and advocating holistic constructivism in models of learning disabilities, the article applauds trends toward a shifting paradigm in the field but warns against advocating any single approach as the only valid path to effective learning. (DB)

Characterizes modern ashram schools as examples of Indian philosophy translated into practice. Describes essential features of the schools including the concept of dharma, proximity to nature, student-teacher relationship, holistic approaches, performance of menial chores, simplicity, meditation, recitation, intellectual and cognitive skills, and…

It is proposed that a relational perspective on college teaching and learning provides more insight than paradigms that reduce the complex relations between students, subject content, and teaching to characteristics of instruction and students. The relational perspective links the improvement of the professional practice of teaching to research on…

Fourth- and fifth-grade learning-disabled and nondisabled children were shown cartoon faces and required to learn which faces exemplified criterial attribute (analytic) and family resemblance (holistic) concept category membership. Children performed equally well on criterial attribute tasks, but learning-disabled children did less well on family…

An overview of the history of school health programs is given. The support of the community, faculty, school administrators, and elected officials is necessary for a successful school-based program. (MT)

This article describes a "whole language approach" to the development of literacy and a Basic Writing Scale developed to evaluate growth in writing ability and to diagnose strengths and weaknesses in the writing of illiterate adults. (CT)

This article discusses holistic philosophy and its relationship to health education. The holistic approach serves to facilitate health as a positive condition of the individual as a whole. The following holistic viewpoints are explained: the nature of man and the universe, relationship of mind to body, human personality, and cause and effect. (DF)

Critiques Dobbert et al's holistic systems analysis approach to cultural transmission, as presented in this journal. Argues that there is no substitute for the ethnographic narrative as the cornerstone of cross-cultural comparison and that the model is mainly useful as a mnemonic for other scientists trying to generate comprehensive models. (RDN)

The article addresses the "identity crisis" which the author says faces the field of learning disabilities. Following a brief review of the history of special education, the logical positivism movement is described and challenged. In the final section the author emphasizes the need to examine values rather than facts divorced from contexts. (CL)

Describes five features of the family organization of suicidal children and suggests that the treatment of suicidal children must encompass a holistic family technique. The acute phases of treatment include protecting the child from harm, promoting appropriate parental role responsibilities, and effecting an immediate significant family change.…