Education consists of three important facets: reflection, action, and systematic instruction. Various mixtures of these components should be available to meet the needs of persons at the various stages of life, of persons in different groups, and of persons in different types of communities. (Author/WM)

The author discusses the importance of student success in ongoing learning activities so that an adequate self-concept may be developed. Success can be achieved by providing interesting and meaningful activities, taking into account individual pupil differences, and providing opportunities for students to experience real-life situations. (DE)

Volume 10 of "Folksong in the Classroom," the newsletter of a network of teachers of history, literature, music, and the humanities, is presented. Issue 1 from Fall 1989 is devoted to "How to Get Your Students Singing." Issue 2 from Winter 1990 features "People with Special Needs--Especially the Need for Song." Issue…

This newsletter presents a critical view of some of the perils of translating research findings into classroom practice without careful examination of the human dimensions involved. The first issue discussed is ability grouping; it is pointed out that this practice does not necessarily increase academic achievement, particularly in the lower level…

From the earliest literary forms, myths, parables, and oral histories, literature has held human values up to the light and given life to the problems of being human. Little else in students' lives provides room for the consideration of values and provides them with a foundation to understand and confront the unavoidable failures and even…

The main theories of motivation are reviewed in an effort to help teachers discern various tactics and techniques that they can use with gifted, talented, and creative students. Among the theories examined are Ivan Pavlov's respondent conditioning; Albert Ellis's rational-emotive approach; Abraham Maslow's triangular approach to growth and…

The paper explores the role of parents and the nuclear family in optimal development of gifted preschool children. The family helps the child accomplish basic developmental tasks by adapting to the child's critical needs and interests in appropriate ways. While stimulating academic skills is important, affective education to aid the acquisition of…

This study argues that environmental problems occur because people decide to act in their world in ways harmful to it and to themselves. Such decisions occur because people are in some cases ignorant of the consequences of their choices for themselves and their environment. They are not aware of the alternatives open to them because they have…

The communications department at Lewis and Clark College (Portland, Oregon) has grown from two faculty with three declared communications majors in 1965 to six faculty with 135 declared majors in 1984. The department curriculum is subdivided into three central areas of study: rhetoric and public address, interpersonal/organizational communication,…

Within a carefully structured situation, students can be allowed greater choice than they now have, and this can be accomplished without making them feel lost and confused. The balance between direction and freely offered alternatives is a delicate one, but the teacher need not be afraid of it. (Author)

A defense for the need of teaching the humanities in elementary and secondary schools. (TL)

This noted educator discusses how to give a child in today's society a sense of his/her own identity, emphasizing that we must modify our culture-bound, period-bound notions which tie identity to ideas of dominance and achievement in a world of limitless growth. (CS)

Four different sets of early childhood curriculum materials, selected for their emphasis on affective development, are examined for their structural characteristics, specified learning outcomes, theoretical bases, and degree of consistency. (CS)

In order to try to explain the success of street academies, descriptions of such schools from both the popular and professional literature are used to develop an analysis of typical program characteristics; suggest less obvious possible reasons for success which are usually not cited and speculate on one global program characteristic that may be…

The article reviews the Massachusetts Bilingual Education Act of 1971. (NQ)