Reviews various definitions of educational research, discusses theories advanced by various schools of educational research, and contrasts traditional and modern (innovative) educational research interests. (Author/DB)

Identifies reasons for legislative interest in social studies including the tendency of legislators to respond positively to organized pressure groups and the belief among legislators that problems can be solved by awareness education. Journal available from The Social Studies Teacher, P.O. Box 189, Ovledo, Florida 32764. (Author/DB)

Colleges of education need to take an active leadership role in developing programs for education professionals serving in broad areas of community life. Recommendations are made for designing programs for future educators working in a nonschool setting. (JD)

Suggests five criteria for teachers to keep in mind when choosing passages for the cloze procedure. (MKM)

An approach for empirically determining the effectiveness of workshops in continuing social work education is described. In testing, the approach yielded unambiguous results on workshop participants' conceptual knowledge, ability to recall and recognize practice skills, and satisfaction with instructional quality and relevance. (MSE)

Reported is the status of elementary science teaching during the 1978-79 school year as indicated by a survey of 184 elementary preservice teachers, from three institutions, who had just completed eight weeks of student teaching. These data are compared with information from a national survey completed in 1971. Changes are identified and…

Views difficulties in determining educational objectives for the 1980s with specificity and precision. A major problem is that educators must formulate objectives more carefully now that education is so strongly influenced by the management-by-objectives movement. Topics discussed include theories of educational objectives, the relationship of…

Suggests ways of furthering interdisciplinary synthesis--interpreted as an attempt to give a certain dynamics to the structures of knowledge by interlinking disciplinary outlooks. One way of encouraging this synthesis is to develop a transnational corps of scientists and encourage them to work on constantly changing interdisciplinary projects. (DB)

Principles of good practice in assessing experiential learning include better self-evaluation of the learning outcomes of experiential components, systematic program auditing, and training of external evaluators. (SK)

Identifies nine categories of essential elements found in three successful experiential education programs. Categories of program elements are: purposes; setting; characteristics of participants; learning strategies; student roles; instructor roles; product of learning activities; management and support; and program outcomes. (JD)

Traces the task analysis and subsequent development of a questionnaire assessing 37 supervisory/managerial abilities grouped into seven categories: planning, directing, problem solving/decision making, communication, training, hiring, and performance review. Discusses processes, results, and follow-up evaluation of a workshop which used the…

Presents ideas for developing psychology curriculum to meet the needs of the increasing numbers of handicapped students (particularly blind students) who are appearing in psychology classes. Suggests resources, teaching aids, and sources to help teachers help handicapped students. (DB)

Describes and identifies problems with criterion referenced programs and criterion referenced tests. Among the problems are criterion referenced programs that often are used incorrectly by teachers, are not accompanied by the necessary support system, and often do not inform teachers of how to set instructional objectives for individual students.…

Toledo's competency-based teacher education program has met with remarkable success, measurable in many different ways. (LH)

Describes and evaluates a simulation game which was developed to help undergraduate students in sociology apply sociological principles to a study of family and marital interactions. Evaluations indicated that most students enjoyed the game and believed they learned sociological principles from their participation. (Author/DB)