Discussed television programming and its value for human experience as well as providing the art educator with methods for utilizing game shows and other participation type shows for students' particular interests. (RK)

The major student personnel administrator is often the first university official to learn that effective educational management involves guiding physical and human resources into dynamic, organizational units which should attain their objectives to the satisfaction of those served and provide a sense of achievement for those rendering such…

Article focused on the achievements of the Lea Green School for maladjusted children. (Editor/RK)

An unusual experiment in teacher training, based on a village in Jutland, is causing a major stir in Danish educational circles. (Editor)

Article proposed a scheme of secondary curriculum and organizational development which is accountable to all children, regardless of skills, desires and interests. (Author/RK)

State wide, nation-wide, and international tests of students' knowledge hinder the creative talents of students by forcing homogeneity instead of variety in curriculum and teaching. (DE)

Article presented the impressions of the author who toured Russia in October 1973 with a group of American journalists and visited Soviet schools. (Editor/RK)

Author made observations on methods he found useful in helping the high school student to bridge the gap between his uncertain grammatical knowledge and his understanding of its applications to his own speech and writing. (Author/RK)

From Educational Leadership Research Supplement, volume 2, number 4, March 1969. Investigation supported by U.S. Public Health Service Grants, 5-R11 MH 01096 and 7-R11 MH 02045.

METHODS BY WHICH CULTURAL ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS CAN HELP TO ELIMINATE JUVENILE DELINQUENCY ARE DISCUSSED. IT IS STRESSED THAT CULTURE IS A SET OF VALUES, RATHER THAN A SERIES OF CONCEPTS. IF CULTURE IS TO BE TRANSMITTED TO STUDENTS, TEACHERS MUST LIVE ITS VALUES. ATTENDING CONCERTS AND PLAYS IS NOT SUFFICIENT. ONLY IN THE BROAD SETTING OF A TOTAL…

RESEARCH WAS CONDUCTED TO FIND THE VALUE OF AN ENRICHED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR A HOMOGENEOUS GROUPING OF MENTALLY SUPERIOR STUDENTS. STUDIES WERE CARRIED OUT WITH AN EXPERIMENTAL AND A CONTROL GROUP TO FIND DEVELOPMENT IN LEADERSHIP CAPACITY, INTERESTS, ABILITY TO DRAW CONCLUSIONS, ARTISTIC ABILITY, AND SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT. OBJECTIVE…

THESE ARTICLES ARE WRITTEN TO GIVEN ESSENTIAL FACTS ON TESTING TO INTERESTED CITIZENS. THE IMPORTANCE OF TESTING LIES IN ITS VALUE AS A GUIDANCE TOOL. TESTS REPRESENT ONLY A SAMPLING OF A PERSON'S PERFORMANCE FROM WHICH GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS ARE INFERRED. THERE ARE NUMEROUS TYPES OF TESTS DESIGNED FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES, MEASUREMENT IN SOME IS…

INDEPENDENT STUDY PROGRAMS DEVELOPED FROM THE CONCEPTION THAT THE STUDENT SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO INITIATE INQUIRY AND TO ASSUME GREATER SELF-RELIANCE IN THE LEARNING PROCESS. THE TEAM TEACHING SETUP WAS USED. SEVERAL FACULTY MEMBERS WORKED WITH INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS IN TUTORIAL PROGRAMS. INDEPENDENT STUDY AREAS, FURNISHED WITH CARRELS AND TABLES,…

THE BALTIMORE PUBLIC SCHOOLS INSTITUTED A PRESCHOOL PROGRAM TO ENRICH THE LIVES OF 4- AND 5-YEAR-OLD, CULTURALLY DEPRIVED CHILDREN. THIS PROGRAM ATTEMPTED TO ESTABLISH A RAPPORT BETWEEN TEACHERS AND PARENTS, AND TO PREPARE THE CHILDREN FOR REGULAR SCHOOL CLASSES. THE CHILDREN WERE PUT IN A SENSORY-RICH LEARNING ENVIRONMENT TO AROUSE INTEREST,…

THE OBJECTS OF THIS STUDY WERE (1) TO DETERMINE THE DEVELOPMENT OF AVERAGE ESTHETIC SENSITIVITY TO VISUAL ART THROUGH THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL YEARS AND (2) TO DETERMINE IF APPROPRIATE TRAINING PROCEDURES WOULD LEAD CHILDREN TO DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN WORKS CONSIDERED BETTER OR POORER BY EXPERTS. CHILDREN FROM GRADES 1 TO 12 WERE PRESENTED…