Written by a school superintendent, this booklet was intended to explain school district policies in Oregon's Grants Pass School District Number 7. Although intended for this district's educational leaders, it may also be of interest to other administrators and board members, and of special interest to new or aspiring administrators. The handbook…

An educational framework for the future should be based on an understanding of the nature of future society and reflect approaches significant to harmonious survival. The framework should include the concepts of change, conscious awareness, and cooperation. Concepts of change emphasize environmental change and change in personal behavior. The…

Various aspects of values education in public schools in the United States are explored in the monograph. Objectives are to examine the philosophy underlying values education, identify problems in values teaching, describe processes used to teach values, clarify differences between values education and indoctrination, and to suggest how values…

Based on the educational philosophy of "anybody can teach, anybody can learn", a free university offers ungraded, unaccredited classes to the general public, without charge, on any topic such as societal issues, arts and crafts, intellectual subjects, and practical skills. To plan a program, only a borrowed phone and office, human…

ANALYZED WAS THE IMPACT OF CHANGING SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE ON SCIENCE EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES FROM 1850 THROUGH 1954. THE OBJECTIVES WERE TO IDENTIFY (1) MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS IN SCIENCE, (2) IMPORTANT EVENTS IN EDUCATION, (3) THE PHILOSOPHICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CLIMATE, (4) THE SCIENCE CURRICULUM AND SUBJECT MATTER, AND (5) THE APPROACH TO…

Architect Donald Barthelme expresses a personal concept of an architectural-educational philosophy and presents his design concept for a new kind of campus. He classifies two types of architecture--(1) architecture which places the opportunity to build ahead of any obligation to people, and (2) architecture which places a primary interest and…

Two bibliographies contain a total of 192 English language annotations of newspaper articles and government publications about education in five North African countries. The items were published during the period January-June, 1975. Volume one contains a chapter for each country and a special section on school failures. Entries for each country…

A rationale for pluralistic education is presented in this paper. It discusses the meaning of the cultural, racial, and ethnic aspects of pluralism in American group life. The discussion addresses three issues: the persistence of ethnic groups in American society, the shared heritage of American traditions, and the importance of personal and group…

The document presents a three-level model management and evaluation system for the Los Angeles Community College District's programs for the handicapped, which meets local college, district, and state-level management and evaluation needs. Nine sections discuss: (1) the educational philosophy of the community college and the handicap programs; (2)…

With the emergence of reservation based community colleges (th Navajo Community College and the Dakota Community Colleges), the American Indian people, as decision makers in these institutions, are providing Indians with the technical skills and cultural knowledge necessary for self-determination. Confronted with limited numbers of accredited…

This document summarizes the experiences and results of four years (1972-1975) of work in nonformal education in Ecuador. The project grew out of informal discussions in 1970 between several members of the Center for International Education at the University of Massachusetts and a group of Ecuadoreans and Americans in the USAID mission in Quito.…

This report is in four sections. The first describes the needs for ethnic studies, their role, how they can best be effected, and the philosophy behind them. The interdisciplinary nature of ethnic studies is noted: that they must draw on many disciplines within the social sciences and humanities. And as with all inter- interdisciplinary programs,…

The manual provides a checklist for administrators responsible for developing, implementing, and evaluating an Adult English as a Second Language Program. The checklist consists of four sections: philosophy, administration and organization, program development and operation, and program impact. For each section there is a series of specific…

Part 3 of a 6-part series of pamphlets contains anecdotes of a vocational agriculture teacher's (who was also a State Supervisor) experiences in both young farmer and adult farmer programs. The pamphlet, based on actual happenings, is intended primarily for use in pre-service and in-service vocational agriculture teacher education and presents…

The importance of the incorporation of affective education into present school curricula is discussed in the contexts of (a) historical antecedents and (b) problems caused by the lack of attention paid to the role played by feelings and emotions in a child's learning, growth and development. Three challenges facing an educator who wants to…