The author discusses the status of children's rights according to various philosophical conceptions of social justice. He describes three traditional paternalist views of children and concludes that, on the whole, they are discouraging in their implications for children. (Editor)

This paper attempts to define some critical criteria for evaluating the relationship between what is regarded as "art" and "entertainment" in American mass media by way of presenting a model for classroom discussion. (Editor)

Instructors of nursing often face vexing questions concerning the assignment of grades, both during and at the end of the course: Should grade distributions follow a predetermined curve? How does a teacher bring together the several partial grades? Many variables influence evaluation decisions; the authors present theory and ground rules.…

Existing procedures for selecting students into allied health care educator programs (Graduate Record Exam scores, undergraduate grade point average, etc.) are inadequate. Procedures based upon examination of three groups of health manpower personnel to determine what characteristics distinguish them and upon better measures of job satisfaction…

Discussion of educational objectives rests on the unsubstantiated assumption that educators have valid and reliable means of determining outcomes. Most of what goes on in teacher training programs today is based upon what the instructor believes "should" happen and not what "has been shown" to happen. (HD)

Authors present a list of production and presentation "don'ts" for the teacher. (Author)

The "Teacher Competency Scale" of 12 items was devised to identify skills considered requisite for effective teaching. The test instrument, though still deemed well designed, is seen to frighten rather than assure and restrict rather than motivate. Therefore, solutions for these affective problems are being sought. (CM)

The findings in this study have suggested that the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) might be discarded in favor of the Pre-Admission Classification Examination (PACE). (Author/NE)

Describes how a board's lawyer ought to function in litigation proceedings, and the manner in which a board-appointed litigation committee should be directed not only to oversee counsel's action, but also to monitor actual progress of the case. (Author/WM)

Presents a humorous view of the committee, its members, and its functions on the campus. (RK)

Author takes the contention that the method by which Wilson (Introduction to moral education, 1967, pp76-7) seeks to give philosophical justification to his moral criteria, central to his position, is basically unsound, since it rests upon an illegitimate conflation of two or more conflicting systems of ethics. (Author/RK)

Presents a number of evaluative schemata appropriate to appraising learning outcomes. (RB)

Author examines uniformity in broadcast teaching and suggests that an objective criteria is needed in order to deal with problems of subjective evaluations. (HB)