Describes the learning center as a concept which supports and implements learning events at all levels of training and education. (Editor)

To encourage more communication among students, faculty, and the administration, the University of Minnesota has been experimenting with various types of weekend retreats for undergraduates and members of the faculty and administration. (CK)

Today, schools in the United States not only do not facilitate personal growth but do just the opposite. The student lives in an autocratic environment over which he has no control. (CK)

This article suggests a...way to utilize technology and freedom for learning. (Author)

An analysis and review of Truffaut's Wild Child," calling it as compressed and visually discreet a film concerning the teacher/learner world as any ever made. (Author/JB)

A summer program conducted to encourage male high school dropouts to return to school met with a high degree of success. Each boy was directed to re-examine his values toward education and life. (CK)

Unfortunately, most people, young and old, learn only what they have to learn' either to respond to social expectations or to further career goals. If the learning situation were less structured, the interest of students would be heightened. (CK)

The controversial nature of "psychic surgery" in the Philippines cannot be resolved because it is still at the level of uncontrolled observation. Here observations thus far are summarized including those of the author. Possibilities for trickery are pointed out, and suggestions are given as to how controlled observation can be…

Takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the authority of the school administrator--which, says the author, "could be compared to that of a frog in charge of an alligator pond".

States that the perception of failure will determine a person's reaction when faced with a problem, how he/she tries to solve the problem, and if he/she is successful/unsuccessful at solving the problem. Argues that failure need not be a threat to personal being but should be a learning tool--an experience necessary for mastery. (PA)

Registered nurses' (n=162) conceptions of physical science underlying nursing practice were found to be inadequate. Factors influencing nurses' learning--image of nursing, shared experience, and shared language--should be incorporated in the teaching of physical sciences to nurses. (SK)