Article considered how our schools and universities can best cultivate the individual's deepest mental and spiritual qualities; how education can give him the creativity, the inner direction, the stability he needs in an era of dynamic and often violent change. (Author/RK)

Warns of the pitfalls in rigid performance-based teacher education programs by discussing: (1) the goals teacher education should include; (2) the dangers inherent in "teaching to the test" evaluation procedures, and learning models based on behaviorist theories, and (3) the "true" role of accountability in our educational system. (ED)

James emphasizes the importance of occupational subjects and regards academic subjects as mere tools needed to master one's skill and enrich one's life. Gill regards the point of education as preparation not just for employment, but for living, and recommends that career education be offered on an elective basis only. (NHM)

Employs a questioning format by which science teachers can determine if they are subscribing to vocational, discovery, or humanistic paradigms. (CP)

A survey was conducted by a mental health center to evaluate the effects of a nursing home education project which attempted 1) to teach mental health professionals and nursing home staff how to set up in-service education programs in nursing homes, and 2) to teach nursing home staff mental health principles. (Author/EJT)

This paper is an account of an experimental class in mathematics which tested some alternatives at Harvey Mudd College, a college of science and engineering. (Author)

Described the movement toward humanistic education and how learning can become a "peak experience". (Author/RK)

Analyzes the conceptual approach to music education and suggests a need for a broader conceptual framework in exploring music for young children. (SDH)

This senior high school level curriculum guide on drug education is a revision of a 1981 guide. It is one of nine sequential guides for elementary and secondary teachers and administrators designed to prevent drug misuse and abuse through combined cognitive and affective development. The affective model upon which this curriculum is based has…

The goals of education are drawn from what we know about the nature of knowledge, society, and the individual. There is almost universal agreement that education is to give definite knowledge. However, the second objective, to create those mental habits that will enable people to acquire knowledge and form sound judgments for themselves, often…

There are several well-known arguments for including linguistics in a liberal arts education. Linguistic theory can be presented as an experimental science in which it is particularly easy to do experiments. In addition, it is a field so new that, in an introductory course, areas about which little is known can be reached in some detail, with…

This paper traces the developement of invitational learning and argues that it has become more precise and applicable as a result of critiques from within. Next, the current invitational model with its "wide-lens" focus is critiqued from its inability to go deeper into the implications of educating: teaching, learning, curriculum, and…

Discusses the philosophy of career education and suggests that the focus should be directed away from traditional industrial values that emphasize production and consumption to more humanistic values that reduce competitiveness and soften the distinction between work and leisure. (Author/DW)