The described course had these objectives: (1) To increase awareness to the health needs of minority and low income groups. (2) To acquire knowledge to facilitate health care for these groups. (3) To increase the student's understanding of other health care professions. (Author/PG)

Article describes how to use deliberate nonverbal methods of communication for better learning experiences. (Author/RK)

Article describes student involvement in developing an arboretum, transforming a dumping ground into a children's park, setting up micro-environments, and building a fragile ecosystem on their school grounds. (Author/RK)

Committed to the idea that environment is important to learning, two former teachers now design and build interiors for learning centers. (Author)

A Congressman discusses current and future needs and priorities, and the role of the Federal and local government in adult education. (SP)

A summary of impressions gathered from a symposium on educational alternatives and reform. (JF)

The factors contributing to the need for educational change in the direction of lifelong learning are discussed: global phenomena (economic change and demographic trends); scientific and technological developments (obsolescence of knowledge, development of human sciences, the application of technological progress to education); and social dynamics…

Excerpts from exchanges at a symposium on educational alternatives. (JF)

Describes Philadelphia's massive program of alternatives at the secondary school level. According to the author, more than fifty alternative programs are now in existence -- some within a school, some functioning as annexes in off-site locations, and others operating as semiautonomous organizations. (Author/JF)

Article presents suggestions for improving pupils' skill at problem solving, thereby opening levels of learning for all children. (Author/RK)