Article presented four design studies aimed at helping youth make the transition from school to work as smoothly and as effectively as possible. (Author/RK)

Author emphasizes the principal's need to be knowledgeable of the many child-oriented community agencies that can help the school deal with student problems both legal and social. (Editor)

Three different uses of the term student development--humanism, complexity, and developmental stage theory--are reviewed. Two examples of the use of stage or hierarchal developmental theory for making changes in student personnel structures are described. (Author)

The art department at Fremont Junior High School in Mesa, Arizona, developed a project in which Indian, Mexican-American, and White-Anglo American students learned about their different cultural values and tradititions. (Author/RK)

Teacher described a program in which students were stimulated to use their creativity in learning language and reading skills. (RK)

Described a project designed to help students improve upon their reading ability. (RK)

Article discussed a teacher's experiences with bitonality using rock music to teach chord identification. (Editor/RK)

As a result of the Experiential Education Evaluation Project the publication identifies instruments used to measure and assess experiential learning programs. The following information is given for each instrument: rationale for its inclusion in the study; precise issues or outcomes designed to measure, validity and reliability data; and…

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RACIAL BALANCE AND EDUCATION WAS EXPLORED. HISTORICAL, POLITICAL, LEGAL, MORAL, AND SOCIAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL ANSWERS IN TERMS OF HUMAN LEARNING, COMMUNICATION, CREATIVITY, AND PERSONALITY DYNAMICS WERE DISCUSSED. ON THE BASIS OF SOCIAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS, PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS WERE RECOMMENDED. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT…

THE HONORS COURSE IS IDENTICAL IN OUTLINE WITH THAT OF REGULAR COLLEGE PREPARATORY CLASSES. THE COURSES ARE ENRICHED TO ADVANCE TO THE STUDENTS' FULL ABILITIES THE QUALITY AND MATURITY OF THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS. CAREFUL, REFLECTIVE STUDY FOR QUALITY WORK INSTEAD OF A HURRIED QUANTITY OF MATERIALS IS DESIRED. THE PROGRAM SHOULD DEVELOP CRITICAL…

THE LIBERAL STUDIES PROGRAM OFFERED CHALLENGING COURSES CONCERNED WITH THE TECHNIQUES OF CLEAR EXPOSITION AND HELPED ABLE STUDENTS FORM INTELLIGENT OPINIONS IN DIFFERENT FIELDS. THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM WAS TO ENRICH AND PROMOTE THE STUDENT'S PREPARATION IN A SPECIFIC FIELD THROUGH EXCITING COURSES AND STIMULATING TEACHERS. THE STUDENTS…

THE AUTHOR FEELS THAT SELF-ESTEEM CAN BE BOTH A PREDICTOR AND A CRITERION OF COLLEGE SUCCESS. THE CONCEPT OF SELF CONSISTS OF SELF-CONCEPTION, IMPRESSIONS WHICH AN INDIVIDUAL ATTRIBUTES TO HIMSELF, AND SELF-CONSISTENCY, THE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE PERSON'S IDEAL PICTURE OF HIMSELF AND THE PERCEPTION OF HIS REAL SELF. IN THE PROCESS OF THE…

Career College (originally known as Cooperative Education Program for Dropouts) was set up under Title I of the Higher Education Act. The objectives of this program focused on familiarizing the individual with the college environment, fostering independence in program participants, and creating a desire in participants to continue their education…

The fundamental needs and urges of undergraduate students should and can be accommodated in the curriculum. However, the large body of information on student development is little reflected in curricula, college organization or instruction. Revitalized instruction depends upon the teacher's acceptance of certain postulates: that students have…