Four different approaches to the teaching of U.S. history--chronological, topical, interdisciplinary, and problems--are presented. The purpose is to help students in grade 11 learn about and appreciate the country's history, heritage, beliefs, and institutions. The first approach presented is chronological, is in outline form, and contains nine…

Multiple and mammoth-sized proposals to upgrade schools and to increase the numbers of graduates have been drawn up by selected panels of persons with impeccable educational credentials. But, as a researcher, I agree with selected other researchers who state, "It is like putting the fox in charge of the chicken house--most plans are drawn up and…

In considering the possibility of a normative theory of freedom of the press, this paper examines arguments about such freedom in the Third World and elsewhere. Some of the arguments discussed in the paper are derived from the theories of John Locke and Karl Marx; others are drawn from the concepts of divine rights, elitism, liberal democracy, and…

Description of development of a team model for school social work and its testing on a social work student scale, demonstrating that this approach has considerable potential for the early identification and solution of broad-ranging problems affecting many school youngsters. (Author/CS)

Author compared art education in this society with a system of art education based on a completely different social and political context from our own. His intention was to explore the role art education plays and might play in relationship to society. (Author/RK)

Outlines some of the problems and forces presently at work in our society, and examines new directions emerging for science education in the next decade. (JR)

To survive, community colleges must be particularly sensitive to the immediate needs of society. (Editor)

Four short papers on pluralistic aspects of education in the United States are presented along with a brief response by a professor of philosophy and education, and the minutes of a discussion among panel participants. Topics presented include: the bilingual education program in Hartford, Connecticut; the textbook controversy in West Virginia; the…

The Sunseed Repertory Collective, a touring theatre company, was formed to deal seriously with contemporary--often controversial--social and political issues. The group uses unconventional production techniques, plays in a variety of settings to a wide range of audiences, charges no admission (relying on donations after performances), and prefers…

Popular theories of drug addiction are detailed and found wanting. Naturalistic studies of addicts in their own environments are reviewed in order to demonstrate that addicts do not fit these theories which are supposed to explain them. A plea is made to pay more attention to these ethnographic studies, if more effective and humane laws and social…

Examines the manner in which some sociological factors such as class, ethnicity, race and immigrant status impinge on education and concludes that counselors must be more sensitive to cultural differences. (Author)