Summarizes the proceedings of a Canadian conference on adult basic education. Includes keynote address in which suggestions were made for future action in dealing with illiteracy. It also covers panel presentations on the cost of illiteracy to Canadian society. Focus was on the issues facing adult basic education, particularly government's role.…

Schools create delinquents because of their success, not their failure. Under the present economic system, schools must prepare youths, especially of the lower classes, for alienated work and lives. Society and economy must change first, since they demand alienated labor, before schools can prepare people for liberated lives. (Author)

Changes in the problems of entering college freshmen necessitate changes in student counseling. This study compares the problems of 400 undergraduates entering college in 1976 with problems endorsed by 400 entering freshmen in 1969. There are both similarities and differences between the two groups. (Author)

Describes a college-level simulation game about the French Revolution. Based on George Lefebvre's "The Coming of the French Revolution," the role-play focuses on social and economic causes of the revolution and allows students to understand citizens' grievances against the French government. (AV)

Suggests the need for science to set research priorities in response to the growing gap between research opportunities and financial resources. Biomedical and defense research are presented as examples. The conclusion is that fundamental scientific research should attempt to balance between social needs and technological possibilities. (Author/DB)

Discusses changes in geography curriculum and research as a result of the recent trend toward involvement with social problems such as pollution, ecology, and poverty. Available from: Faculty of Modern Studies, Oxford Polytechnic, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP, England. (Author/AV)

The major problem in school health revolves around the issue of poor communication between health professionals and educators and a limited view of the wide scope of the health needs of children. (JD)

The purpose of this article is to use the vehicle of a controversial issue--abortion--as a means of illustrating the advantages of teaching such issues through a problem-solving method. Discussion ideas and resources are presented. (Author/JR)

The author examines current opinions that schools inhibit progress and that education is conservative, consolidates inequality among people, and passes on outdated information. Freedom of choice in the direction of education is supported, but a need is seen for a structured system of teaching how to learn. (AV)

Literacy is seen to be necessary for meaningful participation in society; goals and possibilities of an integrated policy of basic education are assessed; and guidelines given for basic education strategies include components of priority areas, content, financing, and teacher training. (AV)

A conference bringing together several scholars of the law and of the social sciences to explore the relationships which have developed between the two fields in the court room in recent years addresses specifically the roots of several current forms of dissatisfaction. (Author/AM)

Discusses the Korean community in terms of culture, family structure, life style, and education. (AM)

Briefly states the stages of moral development in children (Damon 1977). Discusses ways in which children's literature dealing with social issues can help children reason about topics such as distributive justice. Identifies guidelines for related discussions and lists books and questions that stimulate discussion on sharing. (AS)

Current debates about the Constitution fall into the three following categories: (1) reappraisals of consitutional origins; (2) disagreements on hermeneutical principles used in contemporary applications; and (3) discussions of contemporary events whose consequences for law and political stability could not have been foreseen by the Constitution's…

Written in 1945, this article calls for an increased recognition by the educational profession of the rights of children. Some of the concerns addressed still need attention 43 years later. (BB)