Over the past few decades, community colleges have helped increase the representation of female and minority students in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Flexible schedules, low tuition, proximity to jobs, and open access admissions make community colleges attractive to a diverse student body, especially…

This discussion paper considers the definitions and objectives of environmental education, and the role of the school subject areas in an interdisciplinary approach. Available from Government Printing Office, P. O. Box 203, North Melbourne 3051, Victoria, Australia. (Author)

Rising inflation affects school publications to such a degree that some administrators may be thinking of reducing the number of issues or, worse, discontinuing a publication. Before taking action detrimental to such a valuable learning activity, one should consider the viable alternatives presented here. (Editor)

Article considered a book which is, in a measure, a case study of a large Philadelphia high school spinning off some alternative units in an attempt to humanize learning for its predominantly black student population. (Author/RK)

This paper constituted a plea for educators to ensure that the distinction between familiarity with literature and experience of literature is made. It provided a five-part plan for teaching to elicit the experience of literature. (Author/RK)

Authors discussed how to achieve a successful and meaningful program as well as how to motivate creative expression in pantomime, art number and spelling games. (Author/RK)

The present paper was an attempt to look upon word meaning as a process occurring within the individual's cognitive functioning. (Author/RK)

An alternative view of learning and an alternative view of research on learning are described in this paper. Learning is seen as a change in the conception of some aspect of reality and it is argued that learning has to be described in terms of its content. This line of research is intended to represent the learner's perspective and the…

Students are said to learn from experience in outdoor education, yet what they say they learn is not always taken seriously. Foucault's work is used in this article to examine two "flippant" comments made by students. Starting with these comments leads to an analysis of how experiences, students and meaning making processes in outdoor…

Discussed the game-like atmosphere teachers might want to create for fruitful listening experiences as well as describing illustrative games that can be used for such purposes. (Author/RK)

Enquiry learning can produce impressive cognitive and affective outcomes. However, there are different types/levels of enquiry. This hierarchy can be used to assess the degree of enquiry of an activity, to suggest how the enquiry level of an activity might be adjusted, to design enquiry activities, and to better sequence enquiry activities during…

The gulf between the curriculum and the extracurriculum can be bridged by bringing academic life into the dormitory. (Editor)

Article described Empire State College's efforts to recognize college-level learning outside the classroom and to grant academic credit for students' achievement without regard to where or how it was gained. (Author/RK)

Students turned their schools' blank walls into colorful murals thereby giving a satisfying sense of accomplishment. (Author/RK)