Music teachers must learn to read and analyze research studies and apply the research findings to their teaching. The author's experience in conducting workshops to help teachers analyze research reports shows that teachers are capable of making transfers and generalizing from research results to their own situation. (RM)

Music education needs a support structure that will help researchers to stay active and help music teachers apply the results of good research. The Special Research Interest Groups (SRIGs) of the Music Educators National Conference provide such a support structure. The different SRIGs are described. (RM)

Investigated (1) what mistaken beliefs concerning hypertension are unanimously held by Black community residents; and (2) what resident factors (e.g., blood pressure, conditions/practices, sociodemographic characteristics) are related to the collective beliefs that Black community residents have concerning hypertension. (Author/GC)

Research is necessary for guaranteeing ongoing quality instruction in college level economics. Why research is rewarded in academic institutions where teaching is the primary concern is examined, and why even publication in obscure journals may serve as a measure of the worth of an instructor to teaching institutions is discussed. (Author/RM)

With the growing popularity of intramural-recreational programs comes the need for qualified program administrators. College curriculum opportunities for those interested in the intramural-recreational profession are rare, but necessary to develop competency. (DF)

More teaching of economics within the social studies is vital. The California History Social Science Framework contains 13 basic concept capsules which can be used as the basis for an economics program. Suggests an integrated approach and describes a K-12 sequence to teach students economic concepts. (CS)

Stresses the need for new and diverse means for determining the social, political, and economic forces that shape the teaching of English. (HOD)

Describes the curriculum changes of one university's advertising program in response to feedback from the professional industry and school faculty. (HOD)

Advocates the reorientation of English education curricula toward a more language-centered approach in Canadian institutions of higher learning. (KS)

Summarizes and criticizes report findings. (KS)

The authors approach the problem of meeting the educational needs of children through a common sense approach of relating those needs to useable curriculum programs. (Editor)

Teachers never do finish learning. Once on the job, what learning will do them and their students the most good? This article offers some suggestions and some hopes that the discussion of ways, means, and whys will really begin. (Editor)

Education specialists from Latin America met in Lima (1) to determine workers' educational needs arising from management participation and (2) to identify the programs and methods which would fulfill those needs. Both concerns are the topics of the discussion. (BP)

The uses of physical aids (printed materials, organization journal, and manuals) and audiovisual aids (flannel boards, prepared flip charts, slides, and filmstrips; tape recorder/players; radio receivers; and film) for the education of workers in rural workers' organizations are discussed. Approaches for developing new aids and techniques are…

The Bottoms Up/Tops Down approach to evaluating employee performance encourages employees to seek appraisal and, at the same time, expects managers and supervisors to conduct a performance appraisal interview with each employee. The processes involved in this approach to performance appraisal and its value in determining training needs are…