This study examines the changes in attitudes, interests, and values of the Fall 1965 freshmen over the subsequent 4-year period. Data were obtained from the admissions and registrar's offices and from the College Student Questionnaire, which requested information on: (1) the student's educational and vocational plans; (2) the community and school…

This paper investigates three issues vital to early childhood education: (1) sources of curriculum, (2) sources of financial support, and (3) the relationship between racism and compensatory education. "Natural" childhood and child development theories are discussed, and their use as a source of curriculum for young children is questioned, as is…

Forum 8 is concerned with obstacles to educational reform which are based on obsolete myths. Forum members urgently advocate alternatives to the traditional public school approach. Since the idea that there is "one best way" to educate is one of the myths, reform must be fluid enough to accommodate individual student style, attitude, and…

Beginning with the seminar textbook itself ("Pedagogy of the Oppressed," by Paulo Freire), this annotated bibliography goes on to list and describe (usually through excerpted passages) 45 articles and other works by or about Ivan Illich, his colleagues, and the Center for Intercultural Documentation at Cuernavaca, Mexico. Fifty other…

Educational specifications for secondary educable mentally handicapped children are discussed. The philosophy, instructional programs, space needs, storage, special considerations (environmental, utilities), and relationships (within the program, to closely related programs) are covered. (CD)

Recent developments and the present state of scholarship in Ciceroniana are surveyed in this booklet. Roman history and literature are reflected in discussion of the speeches, letters, philosophical and rhetorical writings, and political involvement of Cicero. Nineteenth-century literary criticism of Cicero is largely rejected in this survey in…

A questionnaire was sent to member states of the Council for Cultural Co-operation to gather data on provision by universities of further education (updating of knowledge once acquired) and of continued education (opportunities to enlarge and broaden a professional qualification). A poor response showed that West European States have not yet…

Comedy is the middle ground upon which the absurd and the serious meet. Concerned with illuminating pain, human imperfection, and man's failure to measure up to his own or the world's concept of perfection, comedy provides "an escape, not from truth but from despair." If tragedy says that some ideals are worth dying for, comedy asserts…

Approximately 78 readings on outdoor education are presented, each reflecting the perceptions of many leaders concerning the interdisciplinary nature and value of this phase of education. This volume was intended to stimulate educational leaders in initiating and developing outdoor education programs in their schools. Chapters are entitled…

The 18 articles presented in this book were selected from Educational Technology magazine. Criteria for selection were both the facility shown by the authors in their use of the English language and the applicability of the articles in explaining educational technology and the impact of technology generally to the novice educator. Various elements…

This paper examines the relationship of educational goals to some fundamental beliefs. Four research findings judged as well-substantiated but not yet having full effect on educational thinking were considered: (1) The breadth and magnitude of human capacities and resources far exceed present levels of actualization within persons or societies;…

Reduced work loads, increased technology, and higher economic standards have produced the problems associated with the disposal and use of leisure time. Education must assume a major role in providing future adults with the attitudes and skills necessary to enable them to make wise use of their leisure time. This document contains a review of the…

The author feels that it is legitimate to center a survey of the language sciences around the field of linguistics. This survey is based in part on his own view of the scientific study of language, and in part on an informal sampling of the literature available to him. He gives first a characterization of the field of linguistics, then a…

The 1969 Adult Basic Education (ABE) Institute at the University of Wyoming aimed to provide ABE administrators with skills needed in consultative capacities with teachers, special interest and community groups, state department officials, regional specialists, and boards of education -- as well as specific knowledge about ABE. Through case…

This general catalogue describes the University of Wisconsin at Green Bay (UWGB). This new and innovative institution has set out to "meet the challenge of a new generation of youth who will not be denied less than they have been encouraged to dream." The special focus of the UWGB academic plan is on ecology, or the study of man in…