Concerned with the treatment of leisure as "an empty, valueless, superficial phenomenon in American culture," the authors conducted a study relating work, leisure, and politics among blue collar workers. Underlying the study was their fundamental hypothesis that "when play is encouraged on the job, the job-holder becomes more committed to his job,…

Summaries are provided of three colloquiums conducted at Skagit Valley College in February, March, and May 1974. A paper on "The Role of Philosophy at a Community College," by Valeria A. Simmons is also included. The colloquiums addressed the following topics: Coping with Certain Transfer Problems of Philosophy Majors from Public…

Three of the postulates elaborated and developed in "The Rhythmic Claims of Freedom and Discipline" by A.N. Whitehead contain implications for individualized learning. The first postulate states that the process of education envelopes three major periods--the stages of romance, precision, and generalization; the second postulate states that the…

General education concepts and the operational aspects of the proposed environmental education program of the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, U.S. Department of the Interior, are related in this pamphlet. The first part defines the terms environmental education and conservation education and the two types of program to be undertaken,…

Premises are offered which constitute a goal, an ideal, and a student-centered philosophy for the process of education in Vermont. The premises are as follows: (1) the emphasis must be upon learning rather than teaching; (2) a student must be accepted as a person; (3) education should be based upon the individual's strong, inherent desire to learn…

Motivation to do good work in reading is a learned behavior. Values involve beliefs and worth and are likewise learned. Youngsters, particularly boys, are actually establishing one kind of hierarchy about values in their minds for school purposes but live according to another when they are out of school. An attempt must be made to correct this…

The impact of the current employment situation on hiring faculty for community college teaching is examined. It is concluded that prospects for improving the quality of learning in community colleges are not particularly enhanced by the apparently growing surplus of new PhDs in our field. On the contrary, it is suggested that hiring PhDs for…

Educational institutions were among the pioneers in the development of radio broadcasting. By 1938, over 300 colleges reported offering at least one course in radio. In more recent times the surveys compiled by Harold Niven for the "Journal of Broadcasting" show a continued interest in broadcasting courses. The trend is toward Communications or…

This report outlines the purpose, implementation, and results of a project designed to define the role of industrial arts in career education. Throughout the course of the project the major objectives were to develop a working definition of career education, identify the role of industrial arts in career education, foster implementation of…

Semiotic research increasingly reveals the basic importance of structure at all levels of genetic, linguistic, and social process. The paradox that structure not only liberates but also imprisons has been familiar to members of many different cultures, and the search for personal release in transcendent states of feeling contrapuntally illuminates…

This evaluation report of preschool programs for the hearing impaired reviews the field in terms of two basic educational philosophies: (1) home centered socialization and (2) child-centered, cognitive-academic approaches. Related research literature is reviewed, although it is stressed that dissapointingly little comparative data could be found.…

A broad interpretation of cultural studies is used in this position paper. The need for insight and appreciation of cultural diversity between American Indians and non-Indians is described by cultural pluralism and its application in Indian education, and response to cultural pluralism--programs and activities in the Indian community. The…

The purpose of this study was to present the growth of industrial arts and vocational education in Texas. The growth of industrial arts from the sloyd system, through manual training, to the present position is included. The study was hampered somewhat by the fact that statistics and information in industrial arts education in Texas are very much…

While sarcastically criticizing and exposing the contradictions in the American Dream, the author pursues a variety of contemporary topics of social and cultural interest. Today is already tomorrow, he concludes, and we had better be ready to face the new culture head-on. After the groundwork to that premise has been laid, the author questions a…

Until the depression of the 1930s, camping was valued simply for its recreational and health benefits. Then, with the advent of the philosophy of progressivism and the consequent changes in educational goals and practices, the educational potentials of camping also began to be examined. Attempts to redefine the role of camping and to seek…