Basic considerations in defining and clarifying consultation are discussed, as that role is emerging in schools. Resistance to change is caused by fear of the unknown, existing satisfactions, and conflicts of interest. Required changes may be personal behaviors or systems changes, but probably interactions of both. (Author/CTM)

The author describes the successful use of a variety of interventions in providing motivation for cognitive development in a group of forty-two sixth graders. (MJB)

This article reports on a survey to find out whether current and future elementary school teachers are basically receptive to educational input from people who are not themselves classroom teachers. (JD)

Suggesting that American ideas of individualism may be responsible for the failure of radical school reform, the author advocates fostering a collectivist character in children based on altruism, cooperation, and concern for others. She reviews literature on education in socialist nations and on experimental research and suggests activities for…

Behavior modification's technology has been shown to be effective for a variety of the aging's problems. The present study documented the value of behavior modification as treatment for social isolation in three nursing home residents; as employed, the procedure was compatible with practical constraints ordinarily present in geriatric…

If the teaching-scholar is to become the principal agent for maintaining the vitality of higher education, then a new role for the future must be defined. (JD)

A Managerial Grid seminar training program was instituted for 131 participants from an oil refinery and chemical plant of a major American oil corporation. It was concluded that the Grid program itself had not caused any major variables to change. (Author)

Designers of 168 buildings were asked to rethink their approach to design of the buildings with energy conservation as the paramount consideration. Some of the results are shown and discussed. (Author/MLF)

The problems most frequently encountered in subject searching of the NY Times Information Bank are currency, multiconcept terms, generic descriptors, and verbosity. Vocabulary modifications are proposed and suggestions offered to help searchers overcome these problems and reduce their online connect time. These suggestions decreased the New York…

Justifiable reasons for change and innovation in education practices are analyzed and discussed. (JD)

However structured a curriculum may be, the classroom teacher can incorporate arts education into it.

The use of behavior reduction methodologies with institutionalized retarded persons involves some ethical issues in the following areas: (1) the reasons for intervention, (2) protection of the rights of residents, and (3) protection of the rights of other involved persons. (IM)

The devolution of language usage in today's media must be combatted by a return to the careful introduction, reading, analysis, and understanding of the great writers of the early twentieth, nineteenth, and eighteenth centuries. (Author/MJB)

Action research was done by a large midwestern utility company to learn the effects of using organization development techniques to reduce severe reorganizational stresses. The OD work included inside and outside consultation with the top executive, team-building activities, attitude surveys and survey feedback, and vertical communications…

The author examines the paradox of how federal purposes (to bring change both to those who do and don't welcome it) can be reconciled with a user-driven system (a system that maximizes user self-determination). Design specifications for effective change strategies are suggested. (MJB)