The new criticism critiques root causes of existing educational conditions. This bibliography for K-12 social studies teachers cites material dealing with the new criticism as it has been utilized in understanding, interpreting, or criticizing social studies. (RM)

Discusses recent technological advances, especially in computers and telecommunications, and their impact on the workplace. Highlights the need for educational reform in vocational/technical programs reflecting a systems-oriented approach rooted in the sciences. Discusses the future role of the private sector in education. (HB)

A pluralistic or eclectic use of educational theory is essential to curriculum deliberation in the sense that deliberation is enriched by the examination of problematic situations from a variety of perspectives. Skills, abilities, and sensitivities requisite to the practice of a critical pluralism are discussed. (RM)

Reasons why regional geography should play a vital role in the development of U.S. geography are discussed. In addition, problems facing regional geographers are examined. A revival of regional geography can be significantly strengthened if there is more effective communication between regional and scientific geographers. (RM)

The Getty Center for Education in the Arts' new advocacy for discipline-based art education is questioned. Much of the efforts of theorists in art education are trying to make art education more intellectually acceptable. Classroom art teachers, on the other hand, have concentrated on teaching the craft of doing. (Author/RM)

Presents four stages frequently associated with the stages of an organization's life cycle: experimentation, growth, maturity, and decline or stability. The author also demonstrates that the impact of employment and thus training related to organizational life cycles suggests a need for understanding the technical preparation required for…

Agrees with George Henry in noting that it is about time that state departments of education and local school leaders really take a look at the whole complex learner in the whole complex setting and realize that fragmented bits (behavioral objectives) do not make an educated person. (HOD)

As much as 90 percent of classroom instructional time is structured by instructional materials, especially textbook. Research shows, however, that textbooks alone are not enough. Analyses of elementary grade social studies textbooks reveal that the breadth is too wide and the depth too shallow. Specific examples are provided. (RM)

Conners Teacher Rating Scale was completed as part of a psychological evaluation of 138 children who were subsequently placed into one of four special education classrooms. Questionnaires were subjected to principle component analysis with varimax rotation, and comparisons were made between the factor structure and Conners's (1969, 1973) original…

Criticizes the conclusions of the National Commission on Excellence in Education report, with its emphasis on "basic" skills. Humanists believe that children possess insatiable curiosity and have an inner sense of direction. It is imagination, initiative, and idiosyncracy which should be encouraged, not passive memorizing of facts. (CS)

Sixty-five documents and journal articles from the ERIC database, on the topic of technological literacy and its implications for teacher education, are cited. (CJB)

The best and brightest young people of the world should have a place to learn the art of peacemaking. A U.S. Academy of Peace that would train Americans in the peaceful resolution of conflict is proposed. (RM)

Art teachers and special education teachers should form a new alliance to become a new "dynamic duo." Because of the very concrete nature of art, children who have trouble with the abstract often find art experiences appropriate vehicles by which to understand and to learn. (Author/RM)

Justifications for the retention or expansion of offerings in music education include music's value in developing the individual's creative potential, awareness of cultural heritage, and aesthetic responsiveness. Music also serves as a therapeutic tool and as a focus for social and personal involvement. (PGD)

The Reagan administration's approach to educational reform advocates "passive" over "active" education, i.e., the emphasis of drill over the drawing of inferences, and textbook learning over critical analysis of ideology and art. Education reform based primarily on discipline and drill neglects new solutions. (RM)