Cartography is undergoing a digital transition with geographic data becoming available in machine-readable form and with the diminishing need to draw and print maps in order to communicate information. This automation will force cartographers to concentrate upon the institutional aspects of information management. Implications for geographic…

Suggests that lifelong education is a policy for education, and education is too broadly defined. Education should be restricted to areas of learning that produce desired effects. The place of knowledge in lifelong education is discussed, and distinction is drawn between education and training. (Availability: Falmer Press, Falmer House, Barcombe,…

Providing for imaginative, aesthetic, and intuitive aspects in the curriculum is a concern not limited to arts subjects. In fact the most fruitful attempts to integrate personal values and empathy occur in humanities subjects, such as history and geography. (IS)

Three commercially available games--Battleship, Aggression, and Primitive Politics--are suggested as instructional aids for teaching social studies. Games help students develop such skills as following directions, using the known to discover the unknown, developing strategies, and cooperating with others. Tips for using classroom games…

Traditional and experiential learning are fundamentally different, and this difference has important consequences for the discipline of sociology as it is taught and practiced. Two models for curriculum integration are presented, and the consequences of each are discussed. (Author/RM)

The curriculum guidelines of the National Council for the Social Studies are listed, and their implications for citizenship education are discussed. Suggestions for implementing the curriculum guidelines in classrooms are provided. (IS)

The imaginative teacher can employ poetry to advance student identification with the world community. Examples are provided. The learning objectives which poetry might facilitate are a commitment to removing human rights violations, an awareness of imperialistic policies, and a recognition of the absurdity of narrow, chauvinistic loyalty. (RM)

States that because it is very difficult to determine what the objectives of business education are, much of business education can achieve little in terms of those objectives and can sometimes do harm. Advises a change in emphasis in order to advance the relevance and content of business education. (NRJ)

Recommends six steps to improve the quality of public education: (1) reestablish schools as learning places, (2) make teachers responsible for the program of studies, (3) permit those responsible for performance quality to remove inadequate teachers, (4) don't remove students from school unless it's essential, (5) have a common goal, and (6) stop…

Summarizes results of a survey of youth theatres on (1) theatre goals; (2) staff training and courses offered; (3) organization and funds; and (4) teachers' knowledge of actor training, child and adolescent psychology, playwriting trends in children's theatre, and current theoretical writings. (PD)

Career education, which is designed to promote cognitive, affective, and psychomotor skills at all educational levels, is especially important for exceptional children. A comprehensive approach to career development is needed by school districts, along with feedback from former students. (SEW)

This article, which first appeared in the Spring 1970 issue of the "Journal of Economic Education," is reprinted as a tribute to Nobel Memorial Prize winner Stigler with the expectation that it will provoke current discussion about the goals and accomplishments of the economic education movement. (Author/RM)

Highlights the dedication of the Borough of Manhattan Community College's new $127.3 million campus. Traces planning and development, difficulties and successes, and programs and curriculum projects. Recounts former student's testimonials attesting to BMCC's pursuit of teaching and learning excellence. (DMM)

Both Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933. This 50th anniversary issue contains articles analyzing the two men, and the different political, social, moral, and artistic directions taken by the United States and Germany in the 1930's. American youth have much to learn from what occurred. (CS)

Discusses fairness in evaluation of nutrition education programs in terms of (1) proximity of outcomes or the degree to which outcomes are temporally and conceptually near to or distant from the program instruction and (2) conflicting program expectations of policy makers and program developers. (Author/DC)