Strength-based approaches, originating in juvenile justice as early as the late 1800s, situate the work of juvenile correctional facilities as assisting youth in utilizing their strengths and competencies to understand how they can be applied their lives to affect change and growth. While strengths-based approaches might have originated…

This article argues that public education needs to be reclaimed to fulfill its role as a "democratising force" to address social and economic inequality and to respect and recognise diversity and difference. By analysing historical developments in federal policy, funding and economic contexts a case is developed to demonstrate that the…

Photos and related illustrations in printed sources and depositories of the educational philanthropist George Peabody (1795-1869) are listed in this bibliography. Sources, including 29 works collected by Franklin Parker, are arranged alphabetically by author's last name or by title of article if no author is given. (ML)

John Dewey is known as the greatest and the most representative of U.S. philosophers. His philosophy, influenced by and developed during a period of great expansion in U.S. history, and great upheaval in U.S. social life, is characterized by a common sense, extroverted pragmatism. Sigmund Freud, in a ironic twist of fate, has been an important…

Makes a case for the return to teacher guidance in the classroom after the student freedom of the progressive era. Reprint from January 1938 "Elementary School Journal." (JMB)

This essay provides an exposition of Plato's educational proposals, based on his belief in the supremacy of reason and a need for order, symmatry and discipline. The article disagrees with the Platonic view of a rigid and absolute moral certainty and his argument for the supreme value of theoretical pursuits. (CHK)

This paper discusses aspects of the philosophy of Christian education implied in F. J. Sheed's book entitled "Christ in the Classroom." (RC)

Presents a case for utilizing the school librarian in various instructional roles. (RB)

Considers what the concepts "relevance" and "irrelevance" come to mean when applied to education. (Author)

Comments on Michael Martin's paper "Philosophy of Science and Science Education" that appeared in "Studies in Philosophy and Education" 7 (1972): 210-25. (PG)

The specific focus of the author's argument centers on the issue of the nature and role of the curriculum in Open Education schools, and the dilemma Open Educators must face with respect to the issue of socialization. (Author/PG)

Defines and urges the development of a method of literary criticism based on an awareness of ecology, citing several of Shakespeare's works to exemplify the ecological approach. (RB)

Presents the rationale for the traditional view of journalistic objectivity and suggests several points on which traditional and advocacy journalism proponents could reach a compromise. (RB)

In a presentation at a symposium on educational media for teaching the deaf (1974), the author discusses how increased utilization of media has helped educators deal with children's learning problems by providing a variety of learning modes, promoting new areas of curriculum and fostering humaneness in the educational process. (LS)

The Council for School Renewal, comprised of administrators, teachers, counselors, and members from two nearby colleges, was formed to improve the quality of education offered at Augusta (Kansas) High School. Inspired by certain elements of the "Kansas Schools for the 21st Century," report, the council recognized that a value shift and…