While school art programs receive support from classroom teachers and school administrators, rationales for such support are frequently based on misconceptions of art and art learning processes. Through critical examination of two recent articles (Pierce, 1981; Klein, 1982), the author establishes a more accurate representation of current thinking…

Papers focusing on the recommendations of the Sixth International Conference on Chemical Education (presented at the Seventh Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Stillwater, Oklahoma 1982) are highlighted. Topics addressed included implementing the recommendations in American schools, recommendations with special meaning for high school…

Argues that English teachers should teach literature as a subject worth knowing for its own sake rather than as a means to some other economic or social end. (AEA)

Focusing on the precise grounds on which a person can be said to have solved a problem, six conditions are articulated which govern the application of the concept and its relationship to trying and intention. The "solving" concept is found in synonymous phrases such as "figuring out" and "finding the solution." (Author/CM)

Proposes educational centralization to offset post-Vietnam public disaffection from universities. Considers the solution of the basic skills problem on all levels, broader attention to energy research, sensible evaluation of public expectations of technology, and the exportation of U.S. knowledge as essential tasks in resisting the fragmentation…

History instruction should teach students about the processes through which history is made and understood. Students need to learn skills in historical analysis and interpretation, study people of the past and present involved in making history, and study historical principles that cultivate humane values. (AM)

Elementary children can be introduced to the historical processes of evaluating and interpreting materials within the existing curriculum. Activities for teachers and students are suggested. (AM)

If the goal of liberal arts education is the moral, intellectual, aesthetic, and spiritual development of the individual, it must also encompass the relationship between work, citizenship, culture, and personal well-being. Since the latter are also components of a broadly-conceived vocational education program, vocational education is also…

Discusses the results of a questionnaire on the development of adult education in Finland. Topics include trends and developments, objectives, content, methods, evaluation, structure, management, and financing. (JOW)

Discusses the nature and importance of the American Nurses' Association (ANA) Standards for Nursing Services and the problems encountered in assessing implementation of professional standards. Presents a questionnaire to assess learning needs of nursing service administrators in terms of competencies needed to implement ANA standards. (JOW)

The president of the Music Educators National Conference (MENC) argues that general music can be the vital center of the music program if educators reevaluate its objectives and emphasize music instead of other things. This article is derived from a speech given at the MENC Inservice Conference in Minneapolis. (Author/SJL)

Takes the position that radical reconstructionism is a significant movement in the history of social education and that the radical reconstructionists have raised questions and made proposals which could enrich and expand the debate over how to define and rationalize the field. (Author/DB)

Discusses key goals that structure the study of history: to increase understanding of human behavior and the human condition; to experience the past with empathy and on its own terms; to use methods and outlooks of the humanities and social sciences; and to develop broad understanding and mental discipline. (WL)

The author presents a model for implementing the objective based instructional approach in physical education programs for handicapped students. (SB)