Establishing and maintaining the desirable kind of balance between meaning and computational competence is the subject of this reprint from a 1956 issue of the journal. Sources of the dilemma and suggestions for solution are discussed. (MNS)

This essay reviews "Introduction to the Foundations of American Education" (Johnson et al., 1985), "An Introduction to the Foundations of Education" (Ornstein and Levine, 1985), "American Education: An Introduction to Social and Political Aspects" (Spring, 1985), and "Social Foundations of Education" (Van Scotter et al., 1985). (JDH)

Professors of educational administration are being pressed to hold one of three conflicting viewpoints about knowledge and practice: "behavioral science,""symbolic," or "critical." Using Rein's notion of stories, the author urges professors to debate these viewpoints among themselves but use stories to study…

Reviews the problem of defending expressive arts education within a rationalistic, reductionist, outcome-oriented educational milieu. Maintains that until expressive arts are seen as being mainly concerned with the development of mind, in the broad sense, the status of expressive arts in curriculum theory and educational practice will remain…

Four different conceptions of error-making from a pedagogical perspective are developed. Using errors as springboards for learning is advocated, so that better understanding of content and of the nature of mathematics results. (MNS)

Provides brief portraits of former students to illustrate what they taught about curriculum. (FL)

Effective curriculum supervision is essential to a good middle school and curriculum program, and principals can do this job through preparation, curriculum review and development, taking advantage of supervisory opportunities, and curriculum evaluation. (DCS)

Elaborates Ouchi's Theory Z--organizations characterized by genuine concern for employee welfare, development of a philosophy, and a cooperative team approach. Applies these precepts to the improvement of individual schools and school districts. (SK)

A study of teachers' views and the educational philosophy of Swedish comprehensive schools showed that pupil-centered schools that attract teachers with a socialist ideology. Teachers with a negative attitude toward the comprehensive schools believe that a pupil-centered school reduces their power. (Author/RM)

An interview with David Riesman is presented that highlights his own education. His judgments and predictions concerning higher education and its relationship to society at large have repeatedly proven solid. (MLW)

Indicates how the philosophic technique known as "thought experimentation" can be used profitably by composition teachers. Provides two examples. (EL)

If the majority group wishes to avoid fragmentation of education along ethnic lines, it must revise a policy of residual multiculturalism in the mainstream schools combined with encouragement of ethnic separatism through support of part- or full-time ethnic schools and apply a policy of full-scale multicultural education with national language at…

The new criticism critiques root causes of existing educational conditions. Regardless of its internal disputes and divergences of opinion, the new criticism proposes a philosophic orientation to society and school and indicates changes in the practice of schooling and teaching. (RM)

Discusses the theory that reading is more than the searching for meaning within a text. Argues that the meaning of a text actually is in the interaction between reader and text. (FL)

Discusses the nature of political education in European schools, noting the influences of history, concepts of participatory learning, and the presence of pluralistic educational systems featuring both secular and religious schools. Countries discussed are Belgium, Italy, Greece, Germany, Great Britain, Denmark, Ireland, and France. (PGD)