Negative attitudes, program rigidity, lack of funding, lack of research, organization and administration, reluctance to innovate and reluctance to provide vocational education for all who can profit by it are seven major problems facing vocational education. (GR)

Examines concepts and ideas behind the practice of distance education, including commercialization; the role of public institutions and private sector firms; a vision to open the process of learning to new possibilities; and barriers to distance education, including legal, administrative, and financial. (LRW)

The Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice features programs and practices that employ effective strategies to reduce youth anger and aggression. The five programs discussed in this article provide systematic, theoretically driven approaches for dealing with an angry child. (Author)

This article reviews the literature on peer relations and social skills of children with learning disabilities (LD). Two risk models are discussed. The single-risk model suggests that for some children with LD, social skills deficits are inherent in the disability. These deficits lead to problems with social relationships, which foster…

This article proposes 10 steps for dealing with children with discipline problems. (PD)

Analysis of four normal classrooms--each with one learning or behavioral problem (L/BP) student--and four problem classrooms--each with four to eight L/BP students--with the Barclay Classroom Climate Inventory yielded such findings as that problem classrooms have lower control and stability and more introversion and seclusiveness. (MC)

Discusses the practical psychology involved in handling classroom misbehavior. (GB)

Observations on the effects of relativism, positivism, and secularism. Reprinted from the Winter 1968-69 issue of "The Intercollegiate Review . (AP)

Summary of address to 1971 AFT-QuEST Truth-&-Soul-in-Teaching" conference. (RT)

Violence in a mid-sized Midwestern city became the focus of national headlines recently, when a group of youth were charged in a fatal beating. The author reflects on how this tragic incident reminds us of the critical importance of community, and how community bonds can become fractured. (Author)

It is known that school-aged children have a strong tendency to solve mathematical word problems by mechanically calculating numbers even if their calculational answers seem unrealistic. The present study found that undergraduate students also demonstrate this tendency, but many of them could justify their ''unrealistic'' responses with sensible…

The overgrowth of sports in our society has resulted in a host of potential problems for the young athletes who associate with the sport culture found in schools. Although the positive elements of sports are routinely touted, the negative aspects are oftentimes overlooked or trivialized. Most of the positive personal and social aspects attributed…

The current study aimed to explore and articulate some of the key issues in problem-oriented learning (POL), in the context of health care education. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with faculties representing four different health care disciplines around common issues identified in a prior survey study. Thematic analysis of the…