This article traces the development of the training officer's job from the early 1960s until the beginning of the 1980s by examining views, attitudes, and research in the field of training. It highlights major points of growth and suggests future areas of change necessary to enhance the credibility and effectiveness of training as a profession.…

Argues that the crisis of identity in English studies today is the result of continued failure to come to terms with radical changes in the concept of literacy occurring between the founding of the Modern Language Association and the formation of the National Council of Teachers of English. (EL)

States that George H. Henry has provided a valuable service in helping to see the need to clarify essential meanings of being a professional in English education. (HOD)

Explains why George Henry's essay left the author with a sense of guilt, impatience, and a regret that so little has been done to prepare teachers as supervisors. (HOD)

Discusses implications of the current educational reform movement, which concentrate on improving the school's ability to increase economic productivity. The omission of discussion about helping individual students gain a modicum of control over their lives is related to the role schools play in a society where individualism has been subordinated…

Criticizes reports on educational reform for possessing an ideological climate in which inquiry and dissent are quieted, and vocationalism (packaged as academic courses) is rampant. The reports compromise between influence and insight and neglect fundamental problems such as inability of schools to provide students with critical abilities needed…

Presents a diagrammatic model that identifies principles undergirding one philosophy of vocational agriculture. The model illustrates the process through which a philosophy is developed and how it should interrelate with all aspects of vocational agriculture programs. Conceptual principles that provide a defensible foundation for vocational…

Humanist principles stress the importance of the individual, of scientific methodology, and of human needs. The basic principles of humanist beliefs concerning the world and the position of human beings in natural and social worlds are reviewed. (IS)

Shows how confusion of notion of "critical thinking" with such notions as "reasoning ability" and "argument analysis" frequently justifies programs in critical thinking. Discusses critical thinking in everyday problems. Outlines strategy to develop critical thinking capacities using the philosophy and knowledge of…

The author argues that the primary concern of adult education in developing nations should be to empower adults to be agents of change. He discusses the roles of adult education, adult education as a national instrument, values and adult education, and the purpose of adult education. (CT)

Conclusions drawn from a new survey indicate that student editors are less willing to tackle sensitive topics, that administrators will honor first amendment rights until there is a conflict, and that advisers continue to support students' rights. (CRH)

Details the use of the manuscripts, journals, and published works of Emerson and Thoreau as a means of teaching revision to composition students. (FL)

The Nuffield "0"-level physics course (United Kingdom) and the Physical Sciences Study Committee course (United States) stressed preparation of professional scientists rather than "physics for all." Although they were important curriculum developments, the courses have done harm to the development of an entirely new style of…

South American educator and author Freire discusses qualities important for the teacher, his vision of education and the growth of young children, and the role of language and reading in that vision. (HTH)

Declares that teachers must act and speak in support of principles they teach in the classroom--invention, seriousness, and sharing ideas. (CRH)