Uses the imagery of pioneer life to underscore the uncertainty of today's community college mission. Discusses the community college characteristics that represent a significant departure from traditional higher education: equal opportunity, open admissions, community involvement, comprehensive curriculum, and teaching orientation. Proposes…

Reflects upon the importance of education to community development, summarizing opportunities for informal and formal education. Poses questions about educational objectives and expectations vis-a-vis the responsibilities of learners, community college administrators, and the electorate. Discusses the changing financial needs and goals of…

All children can learn under conditions that permit and sustain steady attention to instruction and study. Given the necessary optimum conditions, it is likely that even average teaching can penetrate with positive effect simply because the only distraction would be the teachers themselves. (Author/IRT)

Describes a system for grading high school journalism students that depends on keeping a student file that contains student job descriptions, evaluation checklists, and evaluations by the teacher. (RL)

Allegorizes higher education as a superhighway, urging the redesign of the structure of higher education to meet the challenge of student diversity in the classroom. Examines trends in providing educational alternatives and suggests offering a program of services that will permit students to take responsibility for their lifelong learning. (JM)

Children who come to school without numerical game-playing experience have trouble with math relationships in direct-instruction situations. This article explores the varied roles of active thinking, social interaction, previous knowledge, and child-initiated choice in children's development of math concepts. Self-esteem cannot be built by doing…

The key object of formal schooling should be to give children confidence and ability to manage their own learning as an ongoing, lifelong activity. Educators must wean students from dependence on teachers and institutions and seek community-based resources and learning situations. The smallest classes and greatest teacher availability should be…

Discusses six proactive strategies to help teachers improve classroom discipline: (1) move around the room; (2) teach social skills; (3) have a sense of humor; (4) don't personalize unruly behavior; (5) look for causes of discipline problems; and (6) promote student responsibility. (SM)

A survey of exclusionary discipline practices with handicapped students revealed a national pattern of "de facto" differential treatment. In denying a school's unilateral authority to remove dangerous or disruptive students, the Supreme Court's judgment in "Honig v. Doe" (1988) took precedence over all earlier court decisions.…

Discusses the beliefs of children with learning disabilities about listening and the listener's role in repairing communicative breakdowns. Describes ways of using children's literature to enable students to reflect on the interactive roles of speaker and listener using stories with a theme of resolving communication breakdowns. (Author/CR)

Criticism regarding omission of the word "responsibilities" from the title of the Joint Statement on Rights and Freedoms of Students may have been harsh and premature. It is likely, however, that the theme of responsibilities will dictate the agenda of future dialog. (Author/KW)

Presents an interview with the founder of a high school Walkabout program emphasizing experiential, challenging, risk-oriented activities to assist the transition to adulthood. Discusses programs goals, student self-concept and self-evaluation, development of a supportive learning community, and activities useful with younger students. (SV)

A new curriculum helps students appreciate their vested interest in preventing the crime and violence that is affecting them, their classmates and their education. Organizations described include Teens, Crime and the Community, and Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention plus several project descriptions. (SI)

Using an ethnographic-interpretive research strategy, a study of teacher-student interaction displayed in a secondary physics class suggests student-centered instructional strategies create an environment that enhances self-esteem, responsibility, behavior and academic performance. Examples of study guides, activity sheets and topic overviews are…

Use of a personal calendar increased the responsibilities fulfilled by eight secondary-level special needs students. Responsibilities included a wide range of academic, personal, social, and vocational activities. Calendar usage and responsibility completion were maintained beyond the training period. Students, parents, teachers, and employers…