The first paper discusses the philosophy, values and climate of a program for training non-professional mental health workers who can be considered generalists and thus employable in a wide range of settings within the rapidly changing mental health field. The advantages and disadvantages of training generalists are considered. The program, which…

A paired-associate learning task, with labeled pictures as stimuli and responses, was administered to a sample of fourth and fifth grade children. Sentence and imagery mediators which linked the stimulus and response terms were either provided by the experimenter or generated by the children themselves under instructions from the experimenter.…

This report, sponsored by the National Association of Independent Schools, reviews plans to prepare teachers for the Integrated Day. This preparation attempts to give teachers new concepts replacing those which grew from formalism in the teachers' own learning. The new concepts revolve around the theory that education is a process of living and…

THIS STUDY CONSISTED OF A SERIES OF EXPERIMENTS DESIGNED TO YIELD DATA ON THE PARAMETERS OF LEARNING IN THESE SITUATIONS--(1) THE QUANTITY OF MATERIAL TO BE LEARNED WAS GREATER THAN USUAL, AND (2) THE SCHEDULING OF LEARNING, REVIEW TRIALS, AND THE AMOUNTS OF MATERIAL PRESENTED WERE VARIED WITHIN A DESIGN JUDGED TO APPROACH OPTIMAL SCHEDULING IN…

When primary students are excited over a weather change, capitalize on it! Article suggested methods for combining learning with awareness of the environment. (Editor/RK)

Offers some suggestions for classroom routines that should augment learning and promote democratic behavior. (ED)

While describing the steps he went through in building a replica of an early cannon, the author expounds his belief that a student given freedom and trust can pursue a course of learning relevant to himself, while the teacher assumes the role of facilitator and consultant. (MF)

States that individualization in instruction can offer environments for learning where (1) the conditions for learning can be matched with the learner characteristics; (2) self-paced instruction can let students learn at their own speed; and (3) the structure can be studied, refined, and adapted to a changing student population. (MB)

"Learning experience" is defined as the interaction between the learner and external conditions in the environment to which he can react. Types and sources of learning experiences are identified, and their importance in teaching and curriculum development are discussed. (LBH)

The article examines the special role that a school provides in an overall treatment experience and in the personal growth of a patient living in a therapeutic community. (Author/NQ)

A laboratory experiment compared the relative effects of observing and participating in a first Prisoner's Dilemma Game (PDG) on subsequent PDG encounters by the original observer and participant. Concludes that vicarious experience is superior to direct experience in producing responses that reduce interpersonal conflict. Available from: Sage…

A program of education is outlined that would provide individual growth experiences radically different from those that take place in the classroom. (JD)

By using a horizontal approach, that is, taking a multicultural perspective of past events, teachers can help children learn about our country's role in the world and the way things change over time. (Author/RK)

A special program designed to involve students and staff in recognizing, using and gaining competence with metric units and measures was described. (Author/RK)

Maintains that preschool programs should emphasize the child's development and learning potentials by focusing on the child's intrinsic interests and not on academically oriented, subject-centered learning and teaching. (BB)