The author argues against the belief that teaching is a matter of mastery of techniques. He asserts that the individual personality acts upon the knowledge a person gains and thus changes it. The teacher cannot, therefore, be thought of as a scientific technician. (HMD)

This article purports to clarify the role of critical thinking in education, and to suggest resources for the implementation of effective critical thinking programs in curricula. Eight major resource areas are outlined, accompanied by bibliographical references. (Editor)

Author takes a broader look at ethnic musics and analyzes people's attitudes toward musics and the fundamental questions they ask. (Editor/RK)

It was believed that information derived from a study of the imperative educational needs in Wisconsin might assist the Wisconsin State Department of Education and other State policymaking agencies to develop guidelines for future program planning and allocation. First, the document outlines the problems investigated in the study, describes the…

This monograph aims to: (1) provide the reader with an overview of how Sweden uses adult education to help people to grow and mature; (2) motivate the professional reader to examine further the extensive literature in adult education, and to make a study also in Sweden; and (3) order and present facts learned during a visit to Sweden and state…

Examines the issue of minimum competency testing. Advantages and disadvantages are listed and differences in approaches to implementation are discussed. Problems which arise for teachers are listed along with suggestions for how to handle them. (JMB)

An interview with Professor Zacharie Clements focuses on the educational bureaucracy, issues related to the back-to-basics movement, and cutbacks in school funding. Professor Clements advocates pep rallies for teachers who do a good job despite the drawbacks of the teaching profession. (CM)

In a new book published this week, this American writer attacks the view that learning and doing are two different acts. (Editor/RK)

Evaluates the drive toward developing basic education--reading, 'riting, and 'rithematic--and the implications in that objective. (RK)

Sees an overriding tendency in teaching and in academic writing to emphasize analysis over celebration, and thus to rush to judgment. Sees celebration as foundational to English education, the embodiment of the lived experience of teaching. Suggests that what moves teachers is not sermons disguised as analysis, but the sharing and testing of…

Describes the purposes and methodology of a statewide needs assessment survey conducted in Pennsylvania to determine priorities for cooperative Extension Service programs, assess preferences for state and local community policies, and gather information on citizen characteristics and behavior. Focuses on findings related to educational priorities.…

Author suggests that "continuing education" could have as dramatic an effect on post-secondary education as the comprehensive idea has had at the lower level. (Editor/RK)

During budget discussions, both councils were sidetracked by issues which generated a great deal of heat: in Oxfordshire it was a sixth form, in Liverpool a site for the polytechnic. They both had financial implications for the service, but were perhaps more revealing for the light they shed on the preoccupations and practices of local…

Examines the conclusions of two historians, Frederick Jackson Turner and Ellwood P. Cubberley, in light of one of the chief sources of data that was available to them--the published accounts of travelers to the Northwest frontier. (Author/RK)