Starting with the premise that one of the basic tasks of the public school system is to help prepare students to become successful workers, the author examines some supportive and dissenting opinions on the career education movement. (MJB)

Why should education be squeezed into a few short years in large glass boxes? Author offers a radical blueprint for change. (Editor/RK)

This article analyzes 15 of the most widely used objective-based reading programs. (DAG)

Art and artists cannot be separated from the natural environment and the environment of ideas and forms. The art instructor must put these environments together to help their students experience that sense of wholeness called integrity. (Author/RK)

Do you know that in a mere 35 minutes you can get a running start on setting goals for the coming teaching year? Provides a precise system for putting them down on paper. (Editor/RK)

Few would argue with the desirability of occupational training; but if we expect the programs to be successful over the next few years, we must modify our basic approach. As much emphasis must be placed upon attitudinal skills in the training programs as is placed upon manual and mental skill acquisition. Discusses seven outcomes that should be…

Evaluates the drive toward developing basic education--reading, 'riting, and 'rithematic--and the implications in that objective. (RK)

Reviews findings of a study that examined the personal and perceived institutional goals of correctional educators. Results support the authors' recommendation for a participatory approach to the establishment of goals for correctional education. (Author/CH)

The authors highlight major new propositions that were inferred from a study of autodidactic learning experiences. They suggest corresponding implications for practice in a formal educational setting. Topics include motivation, goals, specialization, monitoring of the learning process, and reflection. (CH)

The concept that any central view of liberal education can be inferred from a theory of justice is examined and criticized with reference to the philosophies of John Rawls and Aristotle. (MSE)

Explores factors influencing sport specialization in high school, including school size, students' desire to become star athletes, and the availability of sports camps and financial support for certain sports. Argues against specialization and professionalization as inconsistent with a high school's educational goals and provides suggestions for…

Reports on a survey of 447 graduate psychology programs in the United States and Canada concerning preparation of graduate students for classroom teaching and supervising the work of others in applied and research settings. Finds acceptance for idea that graduates should be prepared for teaching and supervising in applied settings but shows less…

The author argues for values education in the curriculum. He states that the values taught should be based upon natural and scientific knowledge. (Excerpted from Maslow's "Religions, Values and Peak Experiences.") (CH)

Reviews numerous pro and con articles responding to Counts's 1932 speech to the Progressive Education Association in which he advocated a democratizing social welfare fulcrum for progressive education. Includes a critical reply by John Dewey. Concludes that Counts's speech split the Progressive Education Movement irreconcilably, bringing about its…

Compares the Darwinian approach to understanding reading (irrational) with the Cartesian approach (rational). Argues for the superiority of the Darwinian approach, and in the future will consider how research and practice might be conceptualized from a Cartesian approach to understanding and reading. (NKA)