Suggests strongly that teachers of English should help students become more skillful at analyzing the messages on war they receive, so they can confront the nuclear predicament and begin developing alternatives. (CRH)

Beginning in the late 1960s, the sexual revolution resulted in new lifestyles, drug cultures, out-of-wedlock pregnancies, and a higher incidence of venereal disease. Many schools initiated sex education programs aimed at developing an understanding of interpersonal relationships, human development, and responsible personal behavior. (FG)

Asserts that global education has two interrelated dimensions: (1) a substantive, or knowledge of the world and how it works; and (2) a perceptual, or an orientation or world view. Contends that global education can provide a powerful focus for improving educational quality and help students cope with emerging global realities. (CFR)

Analyzes two recent controversies about censorship of arts: Robert Mapplethorpe's photographs and U.S. congressional limits on funding for National Endowment for the Arts. Maintains artistic freedom can be encouraged if all segments of society learn about arts. Recommends that aesthetic education deal with these controversial issues, the social…

Traces historical trends in social studies education, examining pressures that have both produced and inhibited change. Analyzes differences between discipline-based and issue-centered approaches. Presents pessimistic, optimistic, and realistic scenarios of the next 100 years of social studies education. Advocates developing issue-centered social…

Intended to examine equity in values education in public school curricula, this comprehensive report is organized into two major sections. Section 1 is empirically oriented and presents evidence describing how religion and traditional values are represented in the nation's public school textbooks. Part 1 of section 1 (by Donald Oppewal) is a…