Focuses on the relationship between the political ideals of China, as expressed in the ideology of Mao Tse-tung, and the Chinese educational system. Reviews trends in education since 1976--particularly the training of experts and elevation of academic values above political goals. (Author/DB)

Examines how social studies and history teachers can help students understand the intellectual origins of German Nazism during World War II. Suggests discussion questions and learning activities. (Author/DB)

Follows the educational awakening which stirred the American South from 1900-1920 and assesses the effects of northern philanthropists' interests in Black rural education. Suggests that the philanthropists' policies and programs were designed primarily to contribute to an economically efficient and politically stable Sourthern agricultural economy…

Explores the relationship of political and religious belief by tracing religious criticism and political crises since the Age of Enlightenment. Predicts changes in ideological bases of religion in future societies and suggests that civilization will place organized religion (particularly, Catholicism) in a less central role. (Author/DB)

The author asserts that, by strict Aristotelian logic, only two positions on moral values are possible: absolutist or relativist. Noting the political and instructional difficulties this dichotomy implies for the schools, he proposes instead a continuum of value types which would allow greater choice and flexibility in moral instruction. (SJL)

Reawakening interest in crafts, arts, and apprenticeship technologies indicates not only a change in employment attitudes but also a deeper societal return to an older notion of personal self-actualization through work. (LH)

The author answers the question, "How does the district transfer principals on a positive, rather than a negative, basis?" by listing 14 guidelines for a smooth principal transfer policy. (KC)

Doctors, nurses, and counselors from residential schools got together to share ideas on counseling and the school infirmary. From this meeting, the Independent School Health Society was formed, dedicated to achieving good health within a school by teamwork among those involved in health care and health education. (KC)

The author suggests ways to teach "campus survival skills" to handicapped students and suggests techniques for successfully integrating these students into the mainstream of campus life. (KC)

Reports the findings of three National Science Foundation studies: (1) a survey of school administrators, supervisors, and teachers; (2) a literature search; and (3) a number of in-depth case studies conducted in a variety of school systems. (MA)

Discusses the introduction of a sex education pilot program and its subsequent development in District 31 schools in Staten Island, New York, in 1967. (Author/RK)

The development of John Dewey's philosophy of education during the 1930's depression is examined. (JD)

The competencies needed by a successful teacher in instruction are those needed to do whatever is required, within moral limits, to (1) change the truth value of the premises in the practical argument in the mind of the child, or to (2) complete those premises, or to (3) add to the range of premises accessible to the child in the formation of…

Teacher education should produce teachers capable of facilitating the development of humane people, working for individual self-fulfillment, giving priority to the needs and purposes of the learner, and developing respect for and skills to participate in a democratic society. (MB)