The paper attempts to clarify the dynamics of child abuse, and to suggest approaches to primary prevention. (Author/SB)

Author felt that the problems facing the school administrator have not been discussed adequately and suggested that administration should be treated as an art rather than a science. (Author/RK)

Article investigated the characteristics of the educative process of public schools in an attempt to disprove that they are neutral vis-a-vis the subject of religion. (Author/RK)

Leadership is cast in many roles and, thus, leadership educators may be found in a variety of venues, including youth club organizers, junior high and high school teachers, college professors, student program directors in higher education, community development professionals, military trainers, religious groups, human resource development…

Although the label "learning disabled child" has no clear definition the child so labeled most probably needs to acquire language competency. (Author/CS)

This article extends the work in the area of academic achievement among adolescents through an examination of the role clique membership plays in determining grades students receive. (Author/RK)

Author examined fraudulent views of accountability and then attempted to define the concept as well as its goals. (RK)

Article considered the responsibilities of the art teacher in developing content for studio processes. (RK)

Author examined creativity in young children and revealed some myths about the concept. (RK)

Deals with the female role and possibilities for reflectively examining, within the classroom, society's view of feminity. (Author)

A sampling of definitions indicates a certain amount of ambiguity and confusion about development and how it differs from other concepts such as growth and change. Any attempt to clarify this concept should begin initially with identification of the essential meaning of the term and then consideration of its characteristics and how it differs from…

This collection of four papers (each with a response) given at a 1987 symposium focuses on a renewed consideration of literacy in America and its implications for national, state, and local policy. The papers include "Definitions of Literacy" (Richard L. Venezky); "Literacy for What Purpose?" (Larry Mikulecky); "Measuring…

A decision-making approach to the study of adolescents' risky behaviors is described in detail. In contrast to other approaches, the decision-making approach assumes only that risk taking involves choosing among alternative courses of action, and that the chosen alternative, by definition, entails some chance of loss. A short definition of risky…

An overview is presented on current knowledge about elderly mentally retarded persons. Definitional and incidence issues are addressed, and support is voiced for use of a lower cut-off for the beginning of old age among the retarded than for the general population. Conflicting findings of age-related differences in mentally retarded adults are…