The author reminds us that actions in education are based on ideas. The problem is to select those ideas (and ideals) of greatest value. (Editor)

Two approaches to teaching number concepts and operations are discussed. Their relationships to the foundations of mathematics as well as to the characteristics of the learner are explored. On the basis of this discussion the implicit approach is advocated over the definitial approach. (SD)

Thematic analysis of the literature related to the preparation of educational administrators suggests that a concern for values and logical analysis is an important aspect of any policy science approach to preparation. (Author/WM)

Career education has been considered an effective method for enabling young people to gain practical, useful skills together with the moral indoctrination necessary to mature into effective social membership. Article examined what career education is and what it is not. (Author/RK)

An explication of Rousseau's writings regarding education and democratic theory shows that development of moral character is the paramount goal of society and that a coherent ethical code should, therefore, be taught in public schools. (Author/ND)

Objectives of teaching mathematics to engineering and science students are defined, and the role of the computer, especially the interactive terminal, in achieving these objectives is discussed. (SD)

An analysis and discussion of the educational implications of white, mythical black, and actual black perspectives in terms of their relative emphasis on cognition and affectivity. (EH)

Discussed the Learning Community, a minischool dedicated to an interdisciplinary approach to academics. (Author/RK)

Discusses some of the problems associated with the teaching of reading, especially where instructional materials, Teaching methods, and educational technology have affected instruction in recent years. (RB)

In the current model for educating poverty children, a major shift is required which would view the school as a secondary intervening influence and stress primary intervention at the societal and family level, focusing on essentially non-school variables and settings. (EH)

A brief phenomenology of meaning and values must be addressed by any theory of adult learning and by any theory of lifelong learning. These phenomena are characterized essentially by process, change, and alteration. However, these processes, changes, and alterations are not linear, modular, or determinable and predictable. These phenomena are…

This book discusses and evaluates the implications of the theory of deconstruction for composition and pedagogy. The book analyzes the emerging field of composition studies within the epistemological and ontological debate over writing precipitated by Plato (who would abandon writing entirely) and continued by Jacques Derrida, who argues that all…

A descriptive study using survey research techniques investigated the degree to which managerial philosophy was related to training and development professionals' acceptance and practice of those adult learning principles that support the collaborative teaching-learning mode. Data were collected from a random sample of 400 members of the American…

The paper examines the relationship between the educational environment and the gifted student's motivation. It argues for less use of competition as a motivator, and suggests future research directions. The argument against employing competition as a motivator is based upon the premise that development, cognitive, social-emotional, and moral,…