This set of three papers is an account of the Finnish approach to mass media education and to the research orientation which instigated it. "From Mass Media to Mass Consciousness; Current Thinking in Scandinavia" provides a research orientation, presents several examples of research projects, and lists central theoretical assumptions that underlie…

Relationships were examined between scores on the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire, Personal Beliefs Inventory, Teaching Practices Inventory, Rokeach Dogmatism Scale, National Teacher Examinations (NTE), and grade point average (GPA) for 55 teacher education students. Significant correlations were established between the cognitive outcomes…

This paper sequentially reviews recent writings in moral philosophy (1970-1975) on topics related to the problem of morally justifying parental authority while adhering to democratic values. The problem is treated theoretically, and practical life problems are not addressed. The review ecompasses the works of some forty writers on the topics of…

Education in Bulgaria is administered by the state, free to all citizens, compulsory on the primary level, and equal for men and women. The Ministry of Education oversees rules, teaching plans, textbooks, and methodological instructions for all levels and kinds of schools. However, regional councils participate in educational decisions in their…

Intended to aid school board members and administrators in their understanding of career education, this report synthesizes the contents of six regional career education seminars sponsored by the National School Boards Association and the National Association of School Administrators. Focus is on what career education is (the idea that schools…

This study reports a preliminary investigation into the origins, assumptions, and practices of one of the most widespread innovations in schooling: the classroom system. Material for the historical study is drawn from sources in Glasgow, Scotland, where the combined influences of Calvinist theology, Scottish-French philosophy, and the industrial…

The adult education philosophy of the Anglican Church of Canada was critically analyzed in terms of basic principles and presuppositions, cultural factors in Christian education, concepts of maturity and of authority, characteristics of adult learners, teaching and leadership, group learning, and patterns of educational practice. Comparisons of…

This framework was prepared by the State Advisory Committee on Science Education and is designed to provide assistance to persons responsible for science curriculum and instruction, as well as for writers and publishers of instructional materials. It purports to set forth and define the essential ingredients and structure of a K-12 instructional…

This booklet reviews South Africa's educational system, apartheid, teacher training, finance, and the role of native and national languages. Under apartheid blacks and whites attend separate schools which prepare them for continued segregation in social and economic spheres. There are four educational systems: the blacks (Bantu) are administered…

This paper briefly reviews criticisms directed against the Montessori method, and summarizes results of a survey of primary school teachers using the Montessori method in regular classrooms. Eight teachers, teaching daily in regular public school classrooms and enrolled in the Montessori Teacher Training Program of Buffalo on Saturdays, were asked…

This module on the history, philosophy, and trends in vocational education is one of a set of four on the introduction to vocational education and is part of a larger series of thirty-four modules constituting a core curriculum intended for use in the professional preparation of vocational educators in the areas of agricultural, business, home…

A group of senior faculty members of the University of Rhodesia initiated a study of attitudes to education among certain influential sections of opinion within the country and the implications for future educational planning. The study began with the interviewing of selected witnesses with interests in educational policy from among the political…

Current curricula in institutions of higher education are criticized in this speech for their lack of a common core of education. Several possibilities for developing such a common core include education centered around our common heritage and the challenges of the present. It is suggested that all students must be introduced to the events,…

This catalog is intended to be issued periodically as a means of extending and updating teaching materials which have been previously published through ERIC by these authors. The materials include the Alpha and Gamma levels of the "Greenbook System," pre-professional and entry in-service professional levels of an integrated sequence of…

The writings of 33 authors in either curriculum theory or social studies are analyzed to determine whether each author supports structure-discovery views, reflective-inquiry views, or expresses views that tend to reflect both positions or neither position regarding the new approaches to teaching social studies. The structure-discovery method is…