Author developed a metric olympics in order to provide students with exercise, fun and practice with metric measurement. (Author/RK)

Speaking from personal experience, the nation's commissioner of education urges principals to redesign high school academic programs and to open up education to include opportunities beyond the school doors. (Editor)

A combination of affective and cognitive learning, a flexibility to change as society changes - these should be what schooling results in, says a top Red Cross official. She describes some volunteer programs for youth that can help schools extend education beyond the classroom. (Editor)

THE STUDENT DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAM PROVIDED IN-SERVICE TRAINING THROUGH WORKSHOPS, PARTICIPATION ON CURRICULUM COMMITTEES, AND SPECIAL COURSES AT LOCAL COLLEGES. CONCLUSIONS ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF THE STUDENT DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAM ON ACHIEVEMENT WERE PRESENTED. INTERGROUP COMPARISONS OF ACHIEVEMENT, INTEREST, AND PERSONALITY WERE MADE OF SENIOR HIGH…

The document presents an overview of the different career opportunities which exist in the student development profession at the college level. The different aspects of involvement in a complex educational setting, such as the college or university, are presented with a discussion of the consulting, administering, and instructing functions of…

The major thesis of this paper is that the intense political activism observed on some campuses is not pervasive and is representative of only a small proportion of college students in the US; and that the great majority of students today largely manifest the apathy and conformity that have characterized students in the past, rather than the kind…

Students can develop appropriate understandings, skills, and attitudes pertaining to architecture from diverse countries and areas in the world. Article suggested relevant objectives in developing a course on architecture and recommended principles of learning for greater student awareness. (Author/RK)

Author attempted to spell out the consequences of certain directions in contemporary ethical theory for the teaching of values--moral or otherwise--and to indicate a course of pedagogical action consistent with these consequences. (Author/RK)

The orientation course, described in this article, was intended to provide some help and guidance for students as they approach adolescence and enter a new educational environment. (Author/RK)

Included in this series of suggestions were ideas on how to make maps and on games that help students develop their reading skills. (RK)

Authors served up a variety of techniques for investigating sound sources and sound patterns. Have you considered creating a composition from breathing sounds? Or constructing a conversation in percussion? These ideas are included along with step-by-step directions for making nine percussion instruments. (Editor)

The primary aim of the writing class should be to create a nourishing environment in which students can discover themselves and their natural instincts for communication. (DD)

Includes learning activities that will help motivate students to ask questions and seek alternative solutions to problems. Children will better understand themselves and the world around them when they begin to relate to time and space, develop such thinking skills as classifying and ordering and make connections between objects and events.…

In order to judge the appropriateness of "pastoral care" in schools it is necessary to examine the conceptual link between "pastoral care" and "authority". Without authority the pastor's job could not be done. This is also true for teachers but there are differences which are discussed. (Editor/RK)