This paper reviews the highlights of the literature dealing with multicultural education and cultural pluralism. Bibliographies dealing with multicultural education contain a large body of literature. For the most part the literature reflects confusion as to the best goals and strategies of this curriculum concept. The literature also indicates a…

A philosophy of higher education which incorporates organizational principles is presented. The topics addressed include: educational aims and priorities, the external and internal environments, organizational and student development, teaching techniques and curriculum, academic freedom, and governance. Results of other research on related…

A sociointellectual profile is presented of the academic intelligentsia in tsarist Russia, including statistics that demonstrate the uniqueness of the educational structure and provide a basis for comparison with other national systems. The evolution of Russian educational institutions is shown to offer insight into the ways in which institutions…

Noting that it is difficult to pinpoint exactly what back to basics advocates really mean by "basics," this paper suggests three interpretations: one dealing with skills, one with subject matter, and one with values. The first section of the paper places each of these interpretations in historical perspective, demonstrates how each…

This curriculum guide is intended to help school districts in Connecticut plan and implement a comprehensive K-12 arts curriculum. It can be used by educators in other states as well. There are four major parts to the guide. Part I discusses the role of the arts within the total school curriculum, the scope of arts experiences as general education…

The manual of policies and procedures covers special programs of the Ministry of Education in British Columbia. Noted in the introduction are ministry policies including mainstreaming, the use of the cascade model of service delivery, and the principles of least restrictive environment in student placement. Individual sections focus on the…

The manual presents resources for Georgia teachers of behaviorally disordered students. Guidelines are presented for 12 major topics (sample subtopics in parentheses): definition; eligibility and placement; enrollment; due process (screening, referral, special education placement committee); program organization (continuum of services, extended…

Instructor responsibilities, procedures for completing activities safely, and instructional methods and techniques are outlined to assist instructors in the Northwest Outward Bound School (Portland, Oregon) as they strive for teaching excellence. Information is organized into six chapters addressing: history and philosophy of Outward Bound; course…

The Soviet general secondary school provides youth with a wide range of knowledge and educates them in the spirit of communist consciousness and high moral standards. Research to improve labor training is guided by six principal premises of methodology: (1) Marxist-Leninist theory on the all-round and harmonious development of personality, (2)…

This report summarizes the papers and discussions of a symposium held in Woodstock, Vermont, June 17-20, 1980. The symposium was convened to allow 50 representatives from the worlds of academia, business, the foundations, and government to discuss two major topics. These topics are the relation between education and those dimensions of experience…

This document contains a 91-item checklist to aid social studies classroom teachers in elementary and secondary schools as they assess the social studies program in their schools. Although developed particularly for schools in Ohio, the checklist can be used by educators in other locations as well. The objective is to assist social studies…

A philosophical orientation to teacher education would be a critical orientation, laying stress on the clarification of terminology, on the understanding of the logic of subject matter, and on a consideration of "what the known demands," or action deemed necessary from content knowledge. Fragmentation would be overcome, and a synthesis would be…

As a result of a series of miniconferences held throughout the United States on implementing career education in grades K-12, four implementation issues were identified and summarized in this monograph. (Other issues are treated in separate publications.) The issues which the K-12 educators identified as very important were the following: (1) the…

This paper presents an overview of the philosophical/historical background of moral education in the United States and describes an instructional program developed to teach junior high school students a behavioral strategy for acting ethically. Entitled "Skills for Ethical Action," (SEA), this program was devised in the 1970's to help…

Written particularly for organizations establishing or maintaining private Christian educational institutions but applicable in large part to educational organizations of any type, this document cites the reasons for writing a policy manual, lists advantages and disadvantages of establishing written policy, describes procedures for developing a…