High technology businesses in California's Silicon Valley have joined forces with local educators to form the Institute for Computer Technology (ICT), providing a model for education-industry cooperation. Describes the development of ICT, whose goal is to fill gaps between existing programs and to provide a structure for sharing computer-related…

Educators ought to show more interest in areas of human life and experience that have been traditionally neglected--the roots and consequences of the misery, pain, and suffering in the world. How Schopenhauer's writings in this area can help clarify thinking about the nature and purpose of education is discussed. (RM)

Briefly describes Project Synthesis, a major recommendation which resulted from the effort, and a picture of K-12 science education that recommendation portends. Compares similarities between environmental education goal levels and Project Synthesis science education goal clusters, considering future directions for both science and environmental…

Briefly discusses strategies for establishing environmental education (EE) in schools, focusing on the relationship between EE and the traditional academic disciplines and why EE should be initiated within these disciplines. Points out reasons why EE should be an area of study for all students. (JN)

Assessed the assertion-related priorities of 84 trainees who rated their interest in 26 skill-areas. Results indicated the most interest in dealing with negative feelings in interpersonal relationships. Noted a discrepancy between assertive skills emphasized in the literature and skills deemed most relevant by actual trainees. (JAC)

Presents the 1985 agenda of the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges, establishing activities and priorities for the organization for 1985. Defines public policy areas where change is needed to ensure the fulfillment of community college missions. (DMM)

Multicultural education can prepare students to be culturally literate, by helping them develop (1) good self-concept, (2) sensitivity and understanding, (3) perception of conflicting interpretations of values and events, (4) decision-making skills, (5) open minds, and (6) awareness of stereotyping. (SK)

Analysis of Individualized Education Program objectives of 22 special education students revealed that although a considerable number of objectives related to the development of potentially functional skills, very few suggested the desirability of generalized performance. (Author/CL)

The number of facts college students correctly recalled was not affected by whether they were provided goals which did or did not encourage them to reorganize the passage material they studied. (Author/BW)

Explains how adult basic education was funded to help the disadvantaged in four areas: achievement, employability, citizenship, and personal well-being. Recommends a combination of instruction in basic communication and computation skills supplemented by career development. (JOW)

Microcomputers can store and retrieve thousands of goals or objectives and can be an enormous help in developing individualized education programs (IEPs) for handicapped students. An IEP retrieval software system developed with a menu of 24 curricular areas has generated more than 400 IEPs. (CL)

These goals for an undergraduate research methods course in sociology range from providing students with an understanding of the central problems in all scientific investigations to introducing students to the specific problems sociologists confront in designing research projects. Means for achievement of the goals are also discussed. (Author/RM)

In contrast to the Orwellian world of three autonomous super-states, global interdependence, not autonomy, characterizes the world today. The goals of education in our global age must be to provide young people skills to analyze, evaluate, know, and participate in the world around them. (RM)

Foundations of art education include using art to improve the hand-eye coordination of factory workers, document children's developmental stages, and gain historic insights or cultural benefits. In addition, the artist-teacher concept of art education reinforced the atelier, guild, and master-apprentice relationship. Recent influences in art…

Discusses the role of career education in the total educational process. Indicates the value of career education in preparing students to be productive members of society. (JOW)