Learning styles represent a type of aptitude-treatment interaction suggesting that a person's distinctive characteristics (aptitudes) can be matched to a specific treatment (instructional method) yielding a more effective outcome than could otherwise have been achieved. Special education research does not support categorizing youngsters or using…

Describes experimental research agenda that involved incorporation of familiar activities into holistic emerging, student-directed curriculum for students labeled as exceptional, emotionally disturbed, conducted disordered, or generally at risk. Describes attempt to develop curriculum of the mind which could help reconstruct the child's way of…

What individuals do during leisure time significantly affects illness, disease, and longevity. Leisure studies and services can offer much to the understanding of health and the provision of health services. The article notes that the tendency to separate leisure and health within the physical education and recreation curricula is dysfunctional.…

Examines Great Britain's Curriculum Guidance documents to reveal the overlap in the curriculum between environmental education and the content areas of citizenship, economic and industrial understanding, health education, and careers and guidance. (MDH)

Recent educational reforms in the United Kingdom have had the effect of compartmentalizing children's education into measurable outcomes (usually academic) and of undervaluing its socioemotional aspects. Introduces a symposium presenting different views of the implications of these reforms. Encourages all professionals involved in education to…

Examines why curriculum planning falls short in site-based management and what can be done about it. Alternative curriculum-planning strategies include holistic planning, construction of thematic units to suit students' individual differences, and a multifaceted, cross-functional approach. Adapting corporate innovations and pursuing strategic…

Rural case studies can be used to infuse elements of rural special education into preservice teacher education programs. The case method provides a holistic framework for applying previous learned competencies to new problem-oriented issues. Ways of emphasizing rurality through case selection or modification are discussed, along with student…

Contemporary schooling, particularly high schools, could benefit from a return to the model of Plato's Academy in which ecstatic experience provided a central and informative role in addressing the higher stages of human development. Supplementing traditional curricula with integral practices that address body, mind, and spirit, and reviving the…

This article describes a holistically oriented therapeutic intervention (Quiet Place) developed to promote a sense of peace and relaxation for children with emotional and behavioral disorders. Evaluation of the first cohort of British children (n=22) to complete the program indicates the intervention had a positive effect overall on emotional…

Third Wave is a Christian charity based in Derby (England) that offers training in vocational skills, preindustrial crafts, horticultural and agricultural skills, environmental education, and woodland survival skills to disadvantaged people at city and farm locations. Third Wave employs a holistic approach to personal development in a community…

A small-scale study examined how principals of Anglican and Roman Catholic schools see their roles as builders of school cultures that support and encourage their pupils' spiritual and moral development. Whereas Church of England schools tolerate openness and ambivalence, Catholic schools reflect a centrally determined moral absolute. (Contains 31…

Assesses physical print environment of 18 kindergarten classrooms, addressing whether literacy was honored with materials and special places for reading/writing. Finds suburban and holistic classrooms had more writing tools and print than urban, rural, and conventional settings. Concludes print-poor classrooms do not honor literacy, and…

Consistent with current reform efforts, a new teacher guide identifies core concepts and skills shared by environmental education and traditional disciplines. Guidelines and performance measures are suggested for grades 4, 8 and 12 that use the environment as an integrating theme across disciplines. Other publications give guidelines for producing…

Describes an holistic approach to planning college programs. Discusses the role of college administration in integrating continuing professional education with mainstream programs and cultivating a market-oriented enterprise culture that responds proactively to environmental change. (SK)

A 13-week teacher education program that incorporates Norwegian concepts of "friluftsliv" involves living outdoors and travelling to experience first-hand the land and different cultures. Understanding cultural forces that shape people, the meaning of community, and the inextricable relationship between people and nature initiates a…