Bimonthly Supplement to Ind Arts Vocat Educ; v58 n7 Sep 1969

Orff mallet instruments should be used in beginning band classes. Adding mallet instruments would expand a beginner's concept of percussion instruments. Just as important, the percussion section would provide a solid melodic and harmonic foundation to assist beginning wind instrumentalists with their insecurities about pitch. (RM)

Music in America has an elitist history. While music colleges stress the development of performers, there is no comparable education for the audience which must support them. Music appreciation should emphasize aural memory, so that audiences can understand the basic materials which lead to musical coherence. (CS)

This article, which first appeared in the Spring 1970 issue of the "Journal of Economic Education," is reprinted as a tribute to Nobel Memorial Prize winner Stigler with the expectation that it will provoke current discussion about the goals and accomplishments of the economic education movement. (Author/RM)

The relationship between effective health instruction and computer usage must be explored through thoughtfully designed preservice and inservice training programs for health educators. Computer education topics of relevance to health educators are listed along with suggestions for planning the incorporation of computer literacy in the health…

Through the life history of a 20-year-old dropout living on the fringes of society, this article points out the lack of systematic, educational efforts to support or influence young people once they are out of school. (GC)

No one program can meet the needs of gifted and talented students with diverse cultural influences, learning styles, developmental stages, and creative requirements. (CL)

In a response to Rachel Sharp's commentary on his article in this issue on the role of ideology in radical education, the author discusses what the aims and needs of radical educational analysis should be. (PP)

Educators can use different metaphors to achieve an initial understanding of computers: the computer-as-person, tool, brain, map, vitamin, palette, educator, and catalyst. We should not ask what computers can do, but rather, what do we want computers to do? (KC)

Older adults are interested in learning, their educational needs are diverse, and teaching approaches need to be varied. The heterogeneity of the older adult group must be considered in planning educational activities. (SK)

Discusses the importance of determining the educational needs of a group before implementing a program. (JOW)

Argues that economics is a challenging, vital subject and a necessary tool for every day living. Urges that it be taught in a meaningful way. (FL)

Discusses the role that inquiry should play in social studies. Inquiry, which should be used in conjunction with expository techniques, can teach and reinforce valuable concepts and skills. (RM)

Suggests ways in which environmental higher education can be more than a classroom abstraction. Case studies, panel discussions with practitioners, establishing priorities for community behavior, and social action are discussed. Concludes that the greatest struggle in environmental education will lie in the consciences of students and teachers.…