Details extensively the advantages and disadvantages of the individualized approach to reading instruction, suggests combination programs as a means of phasing in the individualized approach and indicates the need for highly competent teachers to handle the complexities. Includes a pro-reaction and a con-reaction paper. Bibliography. (WB)

This selection of Freire's writings is a circular, sent by the author to coordinators of study groups in Chile. The circular stresses the two-fold nature of the programs: to educate the peasants and to help them gain a critical understanding of their environment through discussion. (Author/RR)

Four speakers examine the growth of closed circuit television and its application to local educational systems and describe some of the hardware required for a small studio. (AA)

Summarizes the literature which examines the formal and informal methods by which library reference services instruct the library user in the pursuit of information. (FM)

The article outlines a cognitive psychodevelopmental curricular approach for meeting the educational needs of young children enrolled in an Early Childhood-Exceptional Education Needs (EC-EEN) program. (SBH)

The development of aesthetic sensitivity in creative students is discussed, and sample techniques are described. The importance of valuing the individuality and uniqueness of the artistically creative and aesthetically sensitive child is stressed. (CL)

Most dental faculty have had no formal training in education prior to their clinic instructor role, and many report a need for training in educational methods and tutorial skills. An inservice training program using prepared training materials, workshops, and practice sessions has been shown to increase instructor effectiveness. (Author/CMV)

Riegel's dialectic view of human development is used to sketch a model of instruction and to delineate some implications for teaching adults. This approach is compared and constrasted with contemporary humanistic and cognitive views on teaching. (Author/SS)

Recounts a teacher's experiences on a trip to Africa. Describes her pleasant moments with her fellow travelers; her appreciation of the natural setting; her visit to an impoverished native school; and her confrontation with a Maasai warrior. (TB)

This article discusses the Bush administration's aim to improve mathematics education through a suggested reading model. The White House is focusing on research to shape how students across the country are taught the most basic mathematical concepts. This undertaking would be modeled on the government's action toward reading, which includes the…

Though art educators in museums and in schools share content fields and professional backgrounds, they operate under quite different practical constraints. The autonomy of museum education, shaped by museums' missions more than by state guidelines, is part of its appeal as a profession; museum programs, in shaping their very malleable subject…

A mathematics curricula "Have a Heart problem" characteristically expect students to work numerically with formulas and unit conversions, assuming that they have had enough experience measuring lengths and areas physically. However, the problem shows the pitfalls of working numerically without the proper conceptual foundations.

C.P. Snow calls for communication between the "two cultures" of arts and humanities and science and mathematics so that, globally, humanity can survive and prosper. This paper suggests that when individuals begin to identify with both "cultures," they will be less tolerant of such polarity within education and society and will…