This booklet provides an overview of Arizona career education for interested educators and school board members. It is divided into seven sections which cover (1) definition and characteristics of career education, (2) the broad goals for career education with special emphasis on Arizona's goals which are learning to live, learning to learn, and…

In this address, James E. Allen, Jr., Assistant Secretary for Education and U.S. Commissioner of Education, discusses the relationship of education to the problem of ecological destruction. He states that the solutions to the problems of air, water, and soil pollution may be found in redirected education. This "education for survival" can serve to…

All children should be given the opportunity to begin school at the age of four at public expense. Research and experience show that the first four or five years of life are the most active mentally and physically, and children of those ages profit from a wide variety of activities and relationships. A school program adapted to four- and…

In the period between the First and Second World Wars, the American popular desire for peace was reflected in a number of peace education efforts. The peace education views of John Dewey and Nicholas Murray Butler are compared. (MT)

Presents the top 15 "ideal" goals and the top 15 "present" goals of community education as identified in a nationwide survey using the Delphi technique. (Author/DN)

This article illustrates that methods other than Mager's exist that can result in specific identifiable instructional goals. (JS)

A discussion of the concept of career education. (JS)

Educators must take steps to clarify their goals of instruction, develop an adequate rationale for curriculum development, and take immediate steps to implement the process. (CK)

A Swedish educator observes accountability and performance contracts as he encountered them during a visit to Canada. (MM)

The author suggests a return to the original concept of the principal as master teacher. He describes how the principal can create a school environment where learning is inquiry oriented and students are persons. (Editor/AS)