Reviews Jonathan Kozol's book, "Illiterate America." Asserts that Kozol's argument is insensitive to cultural variation and stems from an unquestioning commitment to humanism. Argues that conventional definitions of "literacy" have tended to be more closely related to particular social structures and values than to cognitive development and…

Students from 25 nations and senior scientists examined ethical and social dimensions of decision making about science and technology during the 1985 Student Pugwash Conference on scientists' individual responsibilities. Working groups focused on toxic wastes, military uses of space, energy and poverty, genetic engineering, and individual rights.…

Records an informal conversation with Myles Horton, who has spent over 50 years helping people achieve control of their world and over conflict situations. Topics include current social issues, Horton's Highlander Folk School, roles of trust and experience in the educational process, and teaching methods. (Author/CH)

Since evaluation has its roots in many disciplines, teaching evaluation from an interdisciplinary perspective offers special potential. A course in the Social Ecology Program at the University of California, Irvine, which provides students with the skills, knowledge, and field experiences necessary for conducting effective evaluation studies is…

Doublespeak is language designed to miscommunicate and mislead. Discussed are winners of the Doublespeak Award. Examples of doublespeak are provided, and books for teaching about this misuse of the language are listed. (RM)

Describes a course which examines the history and philosophy of the relationship between science and society and applies these concepts to such current issues as sociobiology. Includes course outline, instructional strategies, and bibliography of pertinent books, papers, and lecture notes. (JN)

Questions the lack of references in adolescent literature to the growing and pervasive fear of nuclear or biological annihilation. (CRH)

Describes the difficulties in finding a balance between the masculine and feminine within one's self and the world. (CRH)

Presented are two lectures on the social responsibility of physicists and physics teachers given at the English Royal Institution on April 29, 1976, by Mr. M. F. D. Young and Mr. R. Schofield. (SL)

Business educators should be the vanguard of the movement to promote and improve economic literacy according to the author. Some stated concerns and possible solutions to the literacy problem are presented. (HD)

Discussed are the social responsibilities of scientists in communicating the social consequences of their actions and in the resolution of perceived technical deficiencies. The debate over nuclear waste disposal is utilized to illustrate the contentions presented. (SL)

Author discussed the relationship of sociology to education and some of the cautions to be observed in the use of the former by the latter. (Editor/RK)

General education emerged as a primary concern for both schools and colleges in the forties and fifties. This article of Professor Havighurst seeks to define some values of general education at the secondary level (but with principles of general utility), especially as needed during the time of a major war. (Editor)

Explains that the social paradigm underlying our dilemmas in education and in the society as a whole is changing, and offers some suggestions for how we should operate schools in a time of transition. (IRT)

Many believe that dance is a democratizing force in academia. Modern dance history is replete with feminist, homosexual, and racial liberation ideologies transcribed through body language. Experiences in planning cross-discipline courses suggest that, without dance, important aesthetic and sociopolitical ideas most fully revealed in nonverbal and…