The interdependence of the school and other community institutions is viewed as undergirding the school's primary function of helping children acquire competence in meeting their life tasks and in adapting creativity to change. First, community conditions may impinge upon a child's capability, and freedom to learn. It is argued that instructional…

Georgia's Coordinated Vocational and Academic Education (CVAE) Program is a statewide program administered with considerable local autonomy in approximately 125 high schools around the state. It serves underachieving students who are potential dropouts, providing them with career education through CVAE classes, interlocking career-related…

To make education more relevant, the 1972 national seminar sought ways of integrating the Future Farmers of America (FFA) program with the broadened agricultural instruction program. Topics discussed included: (1) "Role of the FFA in the Changing Program of Agricultural Education" - William Gray (Moderator), (2) "But How Do We Get…

The consequences of the movement for accountability and individualized instruction were evaluated. (RK)

Sixth-grade pupils at St. Vivian's school recently studied a science lesson on distinguishing between plant and animal cells. Observation of pupils indicated that learning was occurring, but the enthusiasm they had exhibited in earlier science lessons was obviously lacking. Article discussed a model, designed to stimulate learning processes, from…

The Bicentennial year is a good time to discover and introduce to your students many of the excellent art history books written especially for children. Art history can be a tool to stimulate, clarify, and enrich the curriculum for the elementary schoolchild, especially in the social studies area. (Author)

Reports a study in which 63 students took part in a 12-week study to see which treatments were more successful when working with high-risk freshmen. The most effective curriculum for high-risk students included group counseling, study skills instruction, and individual internal/external locus of control counseling. (Author)

Successful elementary teachers have long recognized that the ability to ask questions effectively is an important part of independent learning behavior. Discusses four basic types of questions students should be encouraged to employ in their search for understanding. Also gives eight essential procedures for carrying out a questioning session.…

Problems of library usage, which are the common responsibility of the whole academic community, are discussed from the personal viewpoint of a librarian in New Delhi, India. Suggestions for orientation and motivation are offered. (LBH)

A quiz was the vehicle to get three graduates of agricultural education, who are now agriculture teachers, to tell why they chose agricultural education as a career and to evaluate their preparation. (HD)

This article describes the historical, empirical, and theoretical aspects of a series of one-credit student development courses offered at a multicampus community college. The courses, ranging from "The Emerging Woman" to "Study Skills," were specifically designed to meet a variety of developmental needs for a diverse student…

Discusses the legal basis for teaching morality in public education and provides ten suggestions for educators. (Editor/RK)

This article is an abstract of the doctoral dissertation selected by NASPA as the 1977 Dissertation of the Year. It concerns the identification of student activities related to developmental growth. This identification may eventually help design a campus milieu that will maximize growth. (Author)

This discussion of thinking skills is designed to related historiographical meanings with the overall process of historical inquiry. Using the definitions provided as a guide, the history teacher can more adequately formulate questions and teaching objectives. (Author/RK)