Identifies the additions, deletions, and changes in the reprinted versions of King's classic speech. (Serves both as a warning that published speeches cannot be depended upon to preserve the original text and as a source of reference for teachers using Dr. King.s speech in classroom study.) (PD)

Presents a series of exercises designed to provide freshman composition students with a base for analyzing works rhetorically, to point out how language can be used persuasively, and to illustrate how satire functions. (FL)

Comparing the conception of human development found in the educational theories of Plato and Rousseau, it is found that the nature of childhood in Rousseau's "Emile" so resembles the account of child development in Plato's "Laws" that any difference claimed between them must be one of degree. (Author/SJL)

This is a collection of presentations given at an all-day conference on children's books as reflections of contemporary American problems and lifestyles. The meeting was held at Drexel University and sponsored by the School of Library and Information Science and The Free Library of Philadelphia. (Author/LLS)

Clarifies the meaning of the life skills approach by looking at appropriate content and methods. The content of the life skills approach includes the themes of knowing and developing oneself and effective communication and relationships with others. (Author/BEF)

Analyzes five basal readers and 10 adolescent novels to determine the occurrence of three types of language styles or registers: formal, informal, and technical/special. Concludes that the basal readers contained examples of all three types of registers while the novels contained relatively few examples of technical/special language. (FL)

Discusses value of leading Spanish readers including their sources, language, organization, instructional exercises, vocabulary building, and oral and written exercises. (BK)

Analysis of the coverage given by 35 newspapers to United States-Soviet Union relations during 1934-41 reveals that newspapers with the most interest in foreign affairs expressed the opinion that Stalin had abandoned the idea of world revolution, while those with less interest viewed him as an imperialist. (FL)

Presents a checklist developed by the International Reading Association's Committee for Basic Education and Reading, which is designed to help teachers select materials to meet the special needs and interests of adult basic education learners and to make objective judgments based on a clear evaluation process. (MKM)

Constructs a model of the narrative structure of television news items by categorizing types of events, story subjects, actors, acted upon, narratives, themes, and symbols for a week of network and local news broadcasts. (JMF)

Reports that the typical communication research study published from 1970 through 1976 was cross-sectional, was carried out in the United States only, cited literature published in the United States only, focused on the individual as the level of analysis, and used only sample survey data. (GT)

Analyzes the use, in American newspapers, of the phrase "Blacks and women" to describe the hostages released by Iran in November 1979. Argues that the race/sex designations, originated with the Iranians and continued by the news media, were not the most appropriate of the available choices. (JMF)

Investigates the use of humor in basic communication textbooks. Concludes that humor is used frequently to teach rather than simply to attract attention; it is of the harmless, nonsense variety and appears not to be antisocial as far as sex-role stereotypes are concerned. (JMF)

Defines horizontal reading as providing children with more reading experiences and practice at the level they have just completed rather than moving them immediately to the next level. Describes two commercially prepared programs that make horizontal reading easier to implement and more closely correlated with the lead basal instruction. (FL)

Response to the paper on the role and responsibility of school counselors to career education programs (CE 510 317). Suggests strategies for leaders of the counseling profession to involve school counselors in career education. (JOW)