Discusses the issue, raised by Solzhenitsyn's work and the film "Scum," of the relation of literature to the world it purports to depict. (CRH)

The article offers four assumptions as a philosophical basis for improved parent professional relations in the education of severely/multiply handicapped preschool students. Assumptions focus on family uniqueness, role in multidisciplinary teams, child management, and provision of support. Implications for practice and relevant research are cited.…

Argues that the Socratic method is inappropriate for children because it teaches them to question adult authority before they have the necessary experience and is therefore conducive to cynicism. A traditional liberal arts curriculum, combining transmission of culture with open inquiry, is preferable to attempts to teach critical thinking. (TE)

Education for peace and human rights in Bulgaria is approached through interdisciplinary study and not as a separate discipline in higher education, emphasizing the broad social and cultural growth of the individual student at all levels of the university curriculum. (MSE)

Advocates restoring humanities to a central role in the curriculum, in that educators must have the courage of their convictions and the responsibility to enact what they believe to be a good educational policy and to urge education organizations to work on their behalf. (CRH)

Describes how the contributions of Black authors are undervalued, and how this is a result of a return to basics and a desire to safeguard those courses judged by time-honored standards to be the most intellectually cost effective. (CRH)

Physical education is in danger of being overwhelmed with specialized, technically-oriented career programs. The humanities may be abandoned as a curricular center of influence. An argument for keeping philosophy in the curriculum is made because it stimulates self-examination, helps resolve professional issues, and provides a means for better…

The humanities have initiated a four-part strategy to deal with the shortage of jobs for individuals with graduate credentials including: concentrating their effort in traditional areas of study, creating new, innovative fields of study, creating new options, and embarking on an "awareness program." (Author/MLW)

Presents a series of approaches suggested by Japanese business management successes. Suggests ways several tenets of the Japanese system can be used in American school management. (FL)

At the heart of good teaching is a love of learners. Literature's "Mr. Chips" illustrates the principle poignantly; his story can serve as an inspiration for teachers who would last a lifetime in the profession and refuse to "burn out." (PP)

Examines how teachers use questions to socialize and control students. (FL)

Explores the assumptions underlying the use of composition textbooks based on nineteenth-century forms and modes of discourse: description, narration, exposition, and argumentation. Presents alternatives to this approach, developed from schema theory and developmental psychology. (HTH)

Addresses moral choices that lie behind practical proposals made by Joseph Schwab in "The Practical 4: Something for Curriculum Professors to Do" (Curriculum Inquiry 13:3, Fall 1983). Choices include (1) a problematic/inquiry approach to the theory/practice relationship; (2) a sense of community in planning groups; and (3) an operative,…

The role of values as related to pure and applied sciences are discussed. In addition, an attempt is made to relate the process of science to values in an educational context. (Author/EB)

Evaluates the work of the boards of education in promoting and enhancing the schooling of America's children and youth. (Author/RK)