A position paper advocates the inclusion of a Black American element in bilingual-bicultural curricular materials for Mexican American children. Guidelines are given for determining the nature and scope of the proposed curriculum. Reactions to the proposal are made by four educators who are intensively involved in multicultural education: James A.…

Sir Karl Popper is one of England's most distinguished contemporary philosophers and it is surprising that his thought has not permeated and informed educational discussion. This paper suggests that educationists have much to learn from Karl Popper's writings and explores ways in which his ideas can illuminate and advance discussion about…

Describes the Project Physics curriculum, including its origins, content and structure, current level of use, and philosophy of its approach. (MLH)

Presents an educational history and forecasts the future of education in light of the philosophy of realism. The author reviews Socratic, Platonic, and modern educational traditions and concludes that opposing levels of human existence, including freedom and necessity, activity and contemplation, etc., should be balanced with the emphasis on…

A rationale and educational plan for teaching statistical orientation (not statistics per se) by means of a series of practice questions is presented. Set in a context of practice, the questions do not seem to provoke the hostility among social work students that often typifies their reactions to traditional statistics courses. (Author/LBH)

Higher educational institutions can produce quality work only to the degree that they simultaneously encourage the development of self-direction and shared purpose among their members. Eight characteristics of a "liberating structure" are developed and a case analysis of a business school course is presented. (Author/LBH)

Discusses, editorially, the role of formal education in developing understanding and knowledge to enable people to live successful lives. (SL)

Evaluates the extent to which the "revolution in education" in China has succeeded in integrating communist theory with practice. Concludes that the pre-1975 emphasis on political indoctrination has been tempered by efforts to raise the cultural and technical levels of the Chinese people. (Author/DB)

Considers changes which extentialist educators would make in order to reorganize the elementary and secondary school along existential lines. Discusses modifications in subject matter, group environment, and role of the teacher. (AV)

Discusses the need for educational researchers and practitioners to cooperate in order to plan an integrated curriculum with clearly defined learning objectives and a goal of creating intelligent, responsible communist citizens. (AV)

Two high school students recommend revision of the economics component of the social studies curriculum to include study of income tax preparation, consumer fraud, investment practices, labor economics, and urban problems. (Author/DB)

Presents a biography of William Heard Kilpatrick, progressive educator and disciple of John Dewey, and evaluates Kilpatrick's contributions to educational philosophy. (Author/DB)

A professor of education talks about the meaning of career education, its objectives and philosophy, and the role of vocational-technical training at the career preparation stage. (MF)

Academic purposes cannot be separated from social dilemmas. A call to action is given. Presented at the NASPA convention in Atlanta, April 1977. (Author)

This quarterly bibliography of Italian studies in North America includes books, bibliographies, and reviews of comparative literature studies, translations, and publications on art, music, philosophy, history, cinema, and sociology, which are closely related to literature. (SW)