Proposes and describes the Statement of Student Trainee Learning Objectives (SSLO), an alternative (which combines the individual student's behavioral learning objectives and the management by objectives used by business and industry) to the traditional training plan for the on-the-job learning experiences of business/distributive education…

In its annual report, the National Advisory Committee on the Handicapped discusses the idea of an "individualized education program" for each handicapped child and the adjustments it will require of educators. (Editor)

Describes the materials, scheduling, testing, classroom activities, and teaching assistantships in a flexible two-semester program. Student attitudes and attrition are also discussed. (DB)

Tribute is paid to the late Jim Aragorn, developer of the Lincoln Learning Center, a lifetime-learning, community-directed, educational institution offering programs for young children through adults. (JD)

This chapter discusses three emerging national trends that could serve as catalysts for fundamental change in student services programs. First is the concept of the learning organization, which offers a superior model for enhancing the effectiveness of institutions and the people within them. Second is the movement away from standardization and…

Describes "Studies in the Physical Sciences" (SPS), an audiotutorial physical science course designed for non-science elementary school classrooms. The course is completely laboratory-centered with no formally scheduled classes. Students can work at their own speed, choose what they will study from the sixteen units available and design…

The present state of graduate education in geography is described and criticized, and a student oriented program is proposed as an alternative. (JH)

An independent study project is launched for eighth graders which allows students to perform various activities including laboratory experiments, laboratory search, and interpretation of data. Program is well received by people involved. (PS)

Outlines the problems to consider in understanding the emotional difficulties of a young girl, who has become pregnant. (RK)

Article suggests a change in the learning process, which will bring about a more personal mode of instruction. (RK)