Presents an overview of reasons why it is generally assumed by educators that people can only assimilate information within limitations set by educators and theorists. The article also explores educational practices designed to help students learn better and identifies ways in which suggestology can increase student motivation and student…

Discusses students' interests in and learning as a result of participating in a program emphasizing the relationship of people to their environment. A study found that the interests of upper elementary students in this man-land approach decreased with age while categorical discriminations improved with age. Field supplementary learning experiences…

Presents philosophical analysis of the attitude of open-mindedness, with particular emphasis on open-mindedness as an educational ideal. Concludes that there is a great deal of conceptual confusion about the meaning of open-mindedness and that this confusion has resulted in an unwarranted amount of criticism. (DB)

Analyzes the present state of discussion on the democratization of higher education in Europe. Topics discussed include changing opportunities of access to higher education, diminishing social returns from university degrees, and the relationship of social background to career success. (Author/DB)

Those with the burden of financing public education are looking toward product measurement for guidance in planning and modifying programs and in justifying expenditures to taxpayers. "Outcomes orientation" is rooted in program budgeting theory with emphasis on cost-benefit analysis and input-output relationships that can be demonstrated and…

Discusses a 1979 survey undertaken to determine the extent to which innovations were used in college and junior college courses on the principles of economics. The sample consisted of the heads of all junior college and college university economics departments in five southeastern states. (Author/DB)

Outlines similarities and differences in the nature, structure, operation, perspectives, and problems of six graduate programs in applied sociology: Wright State University, Kent State University, University of Pittsburgh, University of Maryland/Baltimore County, Drake University, and Washington State University. (DB)

Prompted by Immanuel Kant's analysis of the nature and operations of the imagination in his "Critique of the Aesthetical Judgment," this article points out the danger of encouraging imagination-borne aesthetical judgments and explanatory hypotheses. Concludes that understanding requires submission to more stringent standards of objectivity and to…

The author examines student teaching methods books in reference to how student teachers develop questioning skills. He suggests that the current methods have remained unchanged for years. He also suggests that this pattern should change and gives reasons for his opinion. (CT)

Investigates differences between Black and White students with regard to improvement in academic achievement while working in small, heterogeneous learning teams. Findings indicated that Black students made disproportionately outstanding gains in academic achievement when participating in the team learning approach. (DB)

Reviews recent trends among institutions of higher education to rename departments and course content in the area of foundations of education as departments of policy studies and content as the study of educational policy. Suggests that professional educational organizations work on defining the boundaries and meanings of educational policy…

Discusses a survey undertaken in 1979 to determine how the established social studies curriculum was affected by injecting a required course in economics in Georgia's secondary schools. Information is presented on number of students taking economics courses before and after it became a required course. Also presents arguments for offering…

Maintaining that people in modern society stand in need of statistical literacy, the article explains why education needs to provide this kind of literacy and evaluates the degree to which education to date has been sucessful in achieving its statistical literacy goals. Offers suggestions on using social indicators to enhance learning in the…

The article presents a brief historical account of the emergence of urban social sciences from 1900 to the 1930s in Chicago (centered at the University of Chicago) and assesses how these developments influenced contemporary social science research on urban social life. A major legacy of early Chicago social scientists is identified as…

Describes a study funded by the Science Council of Canada, to evaluate policies and practices of Canadian science education. Objectives of the study were to establish a documented basis for describing the state of Canadian science education, to conduct an historical analysis of science education in Canada, and to stimulate deliberation concerning…