The New Jersey "T and E" School Improvement Process offers a unique opportunity for schools to improve arts education as an integral part of their total educational plan. A big step in the right direction is to determine how and where the arts fit in. (Author/RK)

Offers a rationale for creating a basic course in intrapersonal communication and provides a general description of such a course instituted at the University of Denver. (MH)

Offers a progress report on the evaluation of alternative learning forms by the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the North Central Association. It is divided into four parts: 1) the commission's evaluation of nontraditional institutions and programs, 2) the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation--COPA--Project to Develop…

The teacher needs to select relevant objectives for pupils to attain, appropriate learning experiences to achieve these objectives, and effective appraisal techniques to determine pupils progress in ongoing units of study in the science curriculum. (Author)

A developmental approach to education assumes that as individuals develop they view the world differently and with increasingly more adequate ways of perceiving and behaving. Discusses some prominent theorists who have attempted to clarify the stages of cognitive and affective development that individuals pass through during the life cycle and the…

Provides some insights into the problem's of post-compulsory education and its meaning for comparative education. (Editor/RK)

The disparities between men's and women's education, jobs, and salaries have not avoided Hispanas. On the contrary, Hispanic women, are doubly burdened, not only by the discrimination against them as women, but as members of a minority group. (Author/NQ)

Available from: Behavioral Disorders, Council for Exceptional Children, 1920 Association Drive, Reston, Virginia 22091. Using Virginia as an example, the author points out indications that a large portion of the youth, particularly adolescents, in Learning Centers are handicapped in one or more ways and thus in need of special education…

Is the Certificate of Extended Education the real answer to the needs of "the new sixth"? Author writes on behalf of a group of English teachers who believe it offers a major opportunity for curriculum development. (Editor/RK)

Innovative programs create numerous positions that challenge a teacher's leadership capabilities. Suggests characteristics reflective of the teacher-leader's conduct and areas of responsibility in which the teacher must function as a leader. (Author/RK)

Part one advocates the encouragement of "good works," or activities that reach beyond the classroom; part two provides an interview with a teacher of photography who implements this philosophy. (KS)

Reviews the types of programs that offer public relations courses and suggests that public relations practitioners be informed of the differences in depth and content of these programs. (KS)

Until individuals with special training in health education enter the field of occupational safety and health, it is unlikely that education will achieve its potential as a method for combatting occupational illness and injury. (JOW)