Discusses a study in which 50 introductory college-level sociology textbooks were examined to determine how the concept of power was treated. Findings indicated that power is generally presented as a macro-level phenomenon, with emphasis on institutionalized and legitimated forms of power. (Author/DB)

Compares the world of learning with the world of the media, with emphasis on the areas of common interest. Discusses areas of potential cooperation, including local audiovisual centers, adaptation of new media to educational content, computer technology, telematics, and accumulation of audiovisual stock on topics pertinent to education. (DB)

Explores objectives and realities of raising the school-leaving age in the United Kingdom in 1972 to age 16. Discusses attempts to provide educational alternatives for adolescents who are considered failures of the state educational system. Particularly successful have been programs which combined field and work experience with academic study and…

Focusing on subjectivity and objectivity in the experience of art, this article concentrates on the kind of knowing that the knowing of art is (thinking, feeling, conation, intuition) and on the aesthetic intuition which transforms this knowledge. Discusses implications for art education. (DB)

Outlines eight principles and five priorities of social studies classroom teacher staff development. Principles include identifying teacher needs, matching teacher inservice preferences with program offerings, and devoting quality time throughout the year to skill development. Priorities include working with volunteer teachers, establishing a…

Stresses the need for social studies classroom teachers to devise curriculum which represents a realistic image of the realities that confront inhabitants of planet earth. Suggests that nations must be studied along with other important international factors such as multinational corporations, international organizations, private groups, and…

The article examines educational programing implications for adolescents with Usher's syndrome, a condition of congenital deafness accompanied by progressive loss of vision through retinitis pigmentosa. (DB)

The article examines one of the possible undesirable consequences of the trend toward mainstreaming handicapped young children, i.e., the increasing tendency to overlap the roles of regular and special education teachers to the extent that the educational programs for the two populations become the same. Journal availability: see EC 133 846.…

Urges community colleges and police departments to cooperate in the development of meaningful, relevant and practical police science programs to raise the educational level of police departments throughout the country. (AYC)

The author cites advantages of separate classes for gifted students, suggesting that they should be protected from teachers who do not understand them and school environments with which they are bored. (CL)

With an eye to improving the quality of research on teaching sociology, the article reviews research on teaching sociology--most of which falls into two categories: 1) presentations and evaluations of innovative teaching strategies, and 2) presentations of specific techniques to teach ideas or concepts. (Author/DB)

Addresses problem of American students' limited knowledge of international issues and laws. Provides articles for secondary school students on law around the world, South Africa, Russia, folk law, and alternatives to the adversary system and suggests relevant resources. (KC)

Discusses the recent EEC directive which requires schools to make available to children of migrant workers within the community instruction in the language of their native country. Problems inherent in the directive and an alternative policy are suggested. (Author/KC)

In this interview with Edward Fiske, Neil Postman discusses how his views on education have changed over the 12 years since he published "Teaching as a Subversive Activity." He describes the social influence of television and calls for the schools to counteract it through emphasis on literacy, basics, and logic. (SJL)

Argues that the logical, linear, rational conception of the universe dating from the seventeenth century has produced our present school system. Indicates that the current description of the universe coming from physicists speaks of wonder, mystery, and reverence and that this paradigm needs to become part of the schools' view of the nature of…