This curriculum project is intended for studying nonviolent conflict resolution at the undergraduate and graduate level, but it could be adapted for high school classes. The project first presents an historical context of Israel to illuminate the present conflict in the Middle East. It then presents a series of vignettes that represent differing…

Deals with the Ocean Hill-Brownsville school decentralization controversy, with the safety-valve institution in question being the local school board created to govern the Ocean Hill-Brownsville school district, using Lewis Coser's theory of the safety-valve institution as an analytical tool. (Author/JM)

Article provides models for reconciling academic theory with practical teaching situations. (RK)

Article focuses on the credibility gap between students and their teachers, the dangers of failure in resolving the problem, and the ultimate decision for educators-whether to take a position of continued hypocrisy or one of honesty and realism. (RK)

Describes how trouble erupted in a Polk County, Florida, new junior high school that was designed according to the open school, individualized instruction concept. Provides a 7-point recommendation for other administrators planning innovative schools, which guidelines could aid in avoiding potential trouble. (JF)

Suggests several research needs related to conflict management in universities, which could be met by students of public administration. (JH)

Describes elephant experience as situation which person is unable to integrate. Discusses ways in which school personnel can help student to cope more effectively by understanding the symptoms, sources, and process of using experience constructively. (CJ)

Presented at the 1969 NCEA Convention.

Existentialism holds both a promise and a threat for education. The author draws on philosophical insights to explain why Buberian Learning Groups in Israel, composed of Arabs and Jews, foundered after Israel invaded Lebanon. (PP)

The challenge to educators is to structure the problem of preventing nuclear war by examining how such a war might start and specific routes to prevention. (MLF)