Attempts to describe the rationale for Teacher Centers as well as its promise as a model for inservice education. The advantages and disadvantages of this concept from the perspective of colleges of education are also discussed. (Author/RK)

First determines why evaluation is necessary and then discusses the roles and goals of evaluation. (RK)

Reports on the development and field testing of a program to prepare teachers in interpersonal skills. In this program eight affective or interpersonal skills that could be utilized by classroom teachers were identified. These skills were organized in a microteaching format, each described in writing and modeled on videotape. (Editor/RK)

Suggests that teacher competence should be defined as the extent to which a teacher can intellectually defend his practices and beliefs rather than as his conformity to current practices. (Editor/RK)

After tracing the evolving concept of production technology during the past century the authors define its divisions as construction, manufacturing, and processing, and talk about recent developments in the field, with implications for education. (MF)

The 19 sections of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 are briefly analyzed. (JC)

This study suggests that elected officials would be well off if they merely attain the support of the constituent voters. Constituent voters are those who have a real or perceived stake in a particular governmental entity. (Author/AM)

Attempts to specify how far recent changes in educational history have taken us and to offer a critical assessment of its effect on philosophy instruction. (Author/RK)

The author, Principal Research Officer of the current NFER Mixed Ability Teaching Project, tries here unravel some of the complex questions of ideology, organization and evaluation which have been overlooked in the current debate, highlighted by recent critical statements from the Inspectorate, over mixed-ability grouping in comprehensive schools.…

This discussion of home economics as a discipline which should focus on its affective foundations, covers the following areas: Affective context of home economics education, the adequacy of the home economics value complex for coping with environmental problems, and toward an acceptable environmental ethic. (SH)

The field of learning disabilities (LD) needs to focus on four issues concerned with research and practice: (1) differentiation of LD from other problems, (2) identification of LD subgroups, (3) effects of specific interventions with specific subgroups, and (4) recognition of social/cultural influences on LD identification and services. (Author/DB)

The survey of state department of special education guidelines for mental retardation terminology, eligibility criteria, and classification schemes indicated lack of uniformity among the states, increasing recognition of the importance of adaptive behavior, and decreasing use of the four-level classification system of the American Association of…

Describes two studies of word meaning acquisition among children. Concludes that (1) even very young children can learn new words and their meanings on basis of linguistic expressions and in absence of direct experience with referents, and (2) that particular forms of discourse (e.g., narrative and dialogue) can render new meanings more accessible…

This response to Drash et al. discusses these issues: the historical context of total habilitation of the retarded; the need for a clear conceptualization of intelligence and social adaptation; and the obstacles of society, the profession, attitudes, and the human service structure to the intensive pedagogic matrix required for total habilitation.…