Addresses four issues: (1) whether the library school should concentrate on the library as an institution or on the skills and science of librarianship; (2) whether more information science is needed; (3) what to do about the debate between librarianship and information science; and (4) whether the library schools should concentrate on the MLS.…

Professional education in the field of library science must expand in scope to encompass informational careers outside the library. Change strategies and their results are discussed. (Author/MBR)

Identifies three aspects of educational significance as important areas for teacher participation in the evaluation of innovative reading programs: the establishment of performance standards, the specification of program cost, and the evaluation of noncognitive benefits. (FL)

A key ongoing debate in environmental education practice and its research relates to the content and goals of environmental education programmes. Specifically, there is a long history of debate between advocates of educational perspectives that emphasise the teaching of science concepts and those that seek to more actively link environmental and…

The development and evaluation of a parenting intervention based on Sigel's distancing theory and conceptualization of intervention processes is described. An iterative program development strategy was comprised of 3 studies: (1) Results of interviews with lower-income parents of Grades 1-4 children regarding views of children's futures and…

Over the past three decades, the environmental justice movement has developed out of growing concern about unequal distribution of environmental harm and unequal access to environmental resources. The mainstream environmental movement has been criticized for failing to address adequately environmental justice issues. Several scholars have claimed…

The education of senior citizens in South Korea should center on educational programs that develop their consciousness and help them to reestablish their status and role in the family and society. In Korea, any individual or group interested in senior education can initiate programs regardless of place and equipment. They can set the policy and…

The purpose of the Phoenix Elementary School District's Competency-Based Guidance Program is to provide middle-school students with a developmental and proactive guidance program. The competencies emphasize positive coping skills in the Educational, Career, and Personal/Social Domains. The competencies represent knowledge, attitudes, and skills…

This paper examines college and university educational administration (EDAD) professional-preparation programs and their current inertia caused by an intellectually based "war over standards" of knowledge and information. It describes how much of EDAD professional-preparation programs' approach to knowledge is largely premised in…

The orientation program of the Georgia Center for Continuing Education at The University of Georgia for nontraditional students has two primary goals. The first goal is to provide information that will help students make a successful transition to college; second, to provide opportunities for students to meet each other and campus personnel in an…

This manual was designed to help program planners and others to develop an effective systems approach to fighting the war against alcohol and other drug use among youth in their communities. It explains how individual, interpersonal, and environmental situations and conditions contribute to alcohol and other drug use and provides strategies for…

An experimental program in Maryland intervenes into the education of learning disabled children while they are still in kindergarten. (Editor)

A brief discussion of important issues in prekindergarten screening and programming precedes annotated citations of 19 references. A consideration of characteristics of a high quality preschool program is followed by discussion of the importance of the preschool teacher and early childhood screening and assessment. It is argued that a successful…

This handbook was prepared for the guidance of participants in a workshop designed to help teach Greek Orthodox lay persons the basic elements for creating religious retreats. Part 1 of this document teach Greek Orthodox lay persons the basic elements for creating religious retreats. Part 1 of this document defines the meanings of the terms…

A project is described that seeks to incorporate broader understanding of the humanities into a teacher education program. The project is based on the assumption that the study of philosophy, history, literature, and other basic disciplines of the humanities will help prospective teachers to develop interpretive, normative, and critical…