Education has traditionally been the primary method of passing on a society's culture and the values it considers to be important. Higher education institutions have not been immune to the crises in the transmission of values. Typically, in higher education basic intellectual values and virtues are mostly left for students to pick up through…

This booklet provides information on one of the most common and underrated problems of childhood--bullying. A study has shown that 15 to 20% of children are involved in bullying once or twice during a school year either as the bullying person or as the victim. The booklet reviews recent research on bullying, discussing who bullies and why, whom…

Discussed four different levels on which environmental teaching should be conducted. (Author/RK)

Paper discusses the etiology of low educational achievement in black students and the inequalities in the social system which render black youth the victims of unjust social policies. (Author)

Excerpts from the report to the New Jersey State Board of Education by the committee of school superintendents, principals, guidance personnel, and State Department of Education staff members. (GB)

Teachers are encouraged to seek a variety of ways to influence attitudes about the environment. Briefly defined are attitudes and values about the environment, a discussion of the teacher's and school's role in teaching attitudes and values, and evaluation of some environmental attitude research. (BL)

Outlines options available to schools, offers suggestions to teachers of sex education, and concludes that schools must work with parents to face up to the challenge of accurate and adequate sex education for all grades. (CJ)

Findings suggest that many of the primary conceptions about foreign affairs are formed early in life and, for the most part, persist. (Author)

Philosophy concerning the role of industrial arts in our educational system and a rationale for its increasing importance. (GB)

A model Home and School Association is described. (DB)