Clarifies the concept "pluralism" with the use of a typology and points out that the most common conceptualization of pluralism throughout the country has inherent contradictions. Argues that it takes more than individuals and families to insure cultural diversity and that bilingual education is one way of assuring the survival of…

Are today's college students really educated men and women? Harvard frets that many are not, and proposes reforms. (Editor)

The author presents some of his views about the current state of education in the United States and Canada and makes some suggestions that seem to him justifiable and realistic, although drastic. ( Editor/RK)

While the elements of enjoyment, creativity, and pleasure are present in the learning process, education is basically work, and despite its joyful aspects, it is sometimes drudgery. (JD)

This essay is a first attempt to delineate the different threads woven into the conceptual tapestry of comparative education in North America, and some of the socio-political values that have pervaded basic research and policy recommendations. (Author)

Reports on the results of a survey of adult recollections of kindergarten and early school years, and the attitudes toward learning which developed in response to them. Adults surveyed were 20 pupils whom the author had taught in kindergarten 20 years before. (BR)

One hundred and twenty-two elementary school classrooms reportedly engaged in open education in the State of New York were visited and a list of criteria produced. Discusses nine criteria that appeared to be essential to the operation of open education. (Author/RK)

This study provides information about the cross-time stability of the Elementary Form of the Estes Attitude Scales and provides additional evidence for the criterion-related validity of these scales. To meet these objectives, children in grades three and four were administered the Estes scales for three successive years. (LMO)

Mathematics teachers who want to delight gifted pupils, communicate the universality of mathematics, and encourage creative exploration, need to read mathematics books, communicate about problems, and participate in inservice education. (Author/DB)

A late sixteenth century work articulates one of the most conservative of Early Modern positions on women's education. It is found to contradict the commonly-held idea that a feminist humanism encouraging women to enter the sphere of arts and letters persisted in this period. (MSE)

Examines foreign attitudes toward Chinese learning methods in the light of a course taught in China. Argues that there are a number of historical, psychological, and pedagogical reasons for the Chinese learning methods and that these methods are not necessarily unworkable alongside modern English-as-a-foreign-language teaching methods. (SED)

This article discusses how issues concerning political and economic inequalities and the role of schooling were evidenced in the context of a teacher education program. The article also analyzes how the prospective teachers' viewpoints interact with the diverse messages in the formal and hidden curriculum of the teacher education program.…

Australia's cultural background is surprisingly similar to that of the United States, and the two countries' attitudes toward education reflect this similarity. Both countries encourage multicultural education, equal education for women, and responsiveness to minority needs. A major difference is the greater role played by private education in…

Argues that the survival of community services/continuing education depends on mainstreaming the program within the parent institution, cultivating relationships with administrators and faculty, establishing credibility, and serving as agents of change. (DMM)

One medical school faculty's views of training requirements for the PharmD degree include (1) strong support of a two-degree system with a minimum two-year doctoral program, and training in research and physical assessment, and (2) rejection of proposed methods to facilitate practicing pharmacists' acquisition of the degree and training sites…