A functioning communication skills course for minority students has developed five pedagogical principles and appropriate techniques for teaching such students effectively: treat the minority student as an individual, not as a representative of some preconceived group; pay attention to the content, not the dialectal form, of a student's messages;…

If individuals react to realities in the environment in accord with societal norms, instructional strategies in writing must be devised with the learner in mind. Teachers of writing must be interested in the social realities surrounding their students as well as the level of intuitive development attained by them. Opportunities should be provided…

This discussion focuses on several principles and models of early childhood education which have been used to improve children's ability to live and work with others. Modern problems of socialization in early childhood are discussed in terms of the generation gap in industrial societies, the development of the "private" family with…

A series of articles written by well-known educators in the field of career education appears in this special issue of the National Association of Secondary School Principals Bulletin. These articles take a close look at the meaning, development, and current status of career education today. They are: Career Education: A Report, by Sidney P.…

This survey is based on clearly enunciated hypotheses with regard to the structure of our society, its probable development, and how we would like it to be. The introduction presents the purpose of the book. Section II attempts to outline the position of society and of education. Those reactions that obstruct change and which have to be explained…

This is a comprehensive report to the teaching profession as one basis for a series of town meetings to improve America's schools. Beginning with a survey of the American scene in the 1960's, it considers the role played by the schools in producing a society in which technology has outdistanced humanity. The need to make schools humane…

Colleges of Education need to be viewed as more than a job training institution. Authors suggested the viability of a non-teaching major specialization in the undergraduate study of education. (Editor/RK)

Generalizations or principles which can be taught in a high school course on family living are presented for the following areas: personal development, interpersonal relationships, marriage, parent/child relationships, and family relationships. (EC)

Environmental education can provide information for better management of energy and resources. It must make people aware of society's abilities to find solutions to environmental problems. This requires presenting the dynamics of ecological principles and emphasizing environmental values and attitudes as well. (MR)

Discusses the origins of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc., its establishment as an accrediting body in 1952, the effects of change on the association, current problems, its structure and organization and speculations about its future. (Author/RK)

A reconsideration of the author's 1978 book, "Thinking about the Curriculum." Argues that we need, above all, a way of understanding institutions themselves as the necessary context for curriculum deliberation and action. (TE)

This study reports the responses of 202 graduate students and education administrators to an instrument that compared the values respondents used in decision making. The instrument categorized values as personal, organizational, or transcendental. Its usefulness for future research in the field is discussed. (JL)

Argues against the theory of hemispheric dominance and discusses the dangers of developing an educational system based on the false assumptions of two-brain theories. (SRT)

Recommends that, instead of focusing on cognitive and educational issues, early childhood education focus more on the emotional and social characteristics of young children and on how these characteristics interact with cognition and learning. (AS)

A set of principles to guide the planning and implementation of the professional studies component of preservice teacher education programs is identified. Efforts to implement a planned program based on these principles are described. (DF)