The number of facts college students correctly recalled was not affected by whether they were provided goals which did or did not encourage them to reorganize the passage material they studied. (Author/BW)

Explains how adult basic education was funded to help the disadvantaged in four areas: achievement, employability, citizenship, and personal well-being. Recommends a combination of instruction in basic communication and computation skills supplemented by career development. (JOW)

Microcomputers can store and retrieve thousands of goals or objectives and can be an enormous help in developing individualized education programs (IEPs) for handicapped students. An IEP retrieval software system developed with a menu of 24 curricular areas has generated more than 400 IEPs. (CL)

These goals for an undergraduate research methods course in sociology range from providing students with an understanding of the central problems in all scientific investigations to introducing students to the specific problems sociologists confront in designing research projects. Means for achievement of the goals are also discussed. (Author/RM)

In contrast to the Orwellian world of three autonomous super-states, global interdependence, not autonomy, characterizes the world today. The goals of education in our global age must be to provide young people skills to analyze, evaluate, know, and participate in the world around them. (RM)

Foundations of art education include using art to improve the hand-eye coordination of factory workers, document children's developmental stages, and gain historic insights or cultural benefits. In addition, the artist-teacher concept of art education reinforced the atelier, guild, and master-apprentice relationship. Recent influences in art…

Discusses the role of career education in the total educational process. Indicates the value of career education in preparing students to be productive members of society. (JOW)

A system of individualized education program developement is described in which assessment data are used to develop long-range goals which then help to formulate short-term objectives. Examples of goals and objectives in reading, spelling, and written expression are offered, and their use in progress monitoring and instructional plan evaluation is…

Discusses the changes in the aims of education over the years and points to the importance of planning and implementing changing goals if they are to result in appropriate improvements in education. (JOW)

Methods used by the Virginia Cooperative Extension Service to meet the educational needs of two-earner families span a wide variety of topics and include flexible media and program strategies. (SK)

There is a fundamental difference between the courses given at university drama institutes in the Netherlands and those of the drama departments in the American universities. This is one of the points to emerge from this article on the University of Amsterdam's Institute of Dramatic Art written by a senior staff member of that institute.…

This 110-year-old article was selected to give some perspective on how far primary education has developed. (Editor/RK)

The public and legislatures must be continually informed of the incalculable values in higher education, rather than influenced to measure "outcomes" or "outputs" of the learning process. (Author/RK)

Author argued that the DES's review of the youth service is "utterly devoid of moral considerations or a human dimension." (Editor/RK)

The band director can use many teaching procedures to incorporate content into rehearsals. The characteristics, values, and limitations of six are discussed here. (Author/RK)