The author discusses the past, present, and future of industrial education, particularly its position in the contemporary mainstream. The title's "Coho syndrome" refers to the salmon who know where they have been and where they need to go but cannot seem to comprehend where they are right now. (MF)

The development of the National Catechetical Director for Catholics of the United States presents a challenge to Catholic teachers and catechists to make the concept of total religious education a reality. Its intent was to make the universal catechetical principles of the General Catechetical Directory (A Roman document) more specific and…

Surveys the literature on the philosophy of adult education. Positions of major writers are analyzed in terms of (1) aims and objectives of adult education, (2) the teacher, the learner, and the instructional process, and (3) the content of adult education. (Editor/TA)

Presented is a rationale for the use of B. Bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives in the development of preschool curriculum units for the gifted and talented which translates taxonomical objectives into activities. (BB)

Instructional objectives do not allow teachers to focus on the method or strategy which is employed to assist the student. (DAG)

Given any set of goals, each can be classified into one of five categories--needs of the individual, dictates of the academic discipline, needs of society, basic skills, and future and issues. This classification system can be used to identify bias and to clarify existing values. (Author/IRT)

Maintains that current research, literature, and discussion on the need for arts in education reveal a lack of sound philosophical foundations. Describes the nature of the problem and offers a sounder basis for building a stronger case for including the arts in education. (JDH)

Charles Carter's views on higher education are discussed, and the educational history of the university as an institution is examined. Carter views universities as a diverse set of institutions linked in a comprehensive framework to provide flexible and fair access to higher learning in the sciences and the arts. (RM)

Contends men's studies can assess the costs to men of patriarchy and still conclude that men's self-interests lie in fine tuning patriarchy rather than contesting it. Suggests that men's studies must focus its investigations on the dynamics of male ambivalence. (Author/BL)

Because the concept of tolerance is so crucial to the goal of multicultural education in particular and education in general, educators should not confuse tolerance with permissiveness or broadmindedness. The author addresses the fundamental risk of clarifying the concept of tolerance. (MT)

Describes a middle school program in Wisconsin that has a curriculum based on basic skills and provides exposure to special areas such as art, business, education, foreign language, music, home economics, physical education, and industrial education. (MD)

Indicates that educational programs in prisons illustrate how the tensions between symbol and substance create a loosely coupled situation requiring sensitivity by policy makers and instructors. Examines specific problems that subvert adult education and suggests policies to recouple educational goals to strategies of implementation. (JOW)

Indicates that the concept of quality circles might be used profitably in higher education to increase productivity and improve educational quality. (JOW)

Describes a conference of 19 educators who met at Texas A & M University to project realistic adult basic education goals and strategies for the 1980s. Goals and strategies for their accomplishment were formulated, and reactions to these were elicited from representatives of the fields of education, politics, and the private sector. (NRJ)

The use of expanded reporting forms versus the letter grade system for assessing student progress was compared. (RK)