Stresses the significance of rural development oriented toward anti-poverty for developing countries, indicating the need to identify the educational implications of such a strategy. (Author/MP)

Discusses the controversies arising from the current emphasis on high school marching band competitions. Organizing a competitive marching band is expensive and time-consuming. The competitive orientation often detracts from music education objectives. (AM)

Stresses the importance of clarity and specificity of behavioral outcomes in the formulation of educational objectives. Suggests that curriculum development is more of an art than a science. (GC)

Identifies a process for determining program content that will be relevant to adult life goals. Lists conclusions of research that can serve as testable hypotheses and practical guidelines for program planners. Models a possible approach to the treatment of data yielded in applied research. (NRJ)

The communications media are an indispensable part of the teaching of sociology. They create an opportunity for triangulation because they represent a third data set in the classroom to accompany the scholarly literature and the students' personal experiences. Media reports can also encourage students to become active participants. (Author/RM)

Discusses the problems inherent in combined arts education programs. The article argues that teachers in all the arts can pursue their common objective best by teaching their respective fields separately. (AM)

In basic agreement with an article by John Goodlad in this issue, the author briefly outlines steps a school can take to reassess its goals and formulate an improvement program. (JM)

While school art programs receive support from classroom teachers and school administrators, rationales for such support are frequently based on misconceptions of art and art learning processes. Through critical examination of two recent articles (Pierce, 1981; Klein, 1982), the author establishes a more accurate representation of current thinking…

Papers focusing on the recommendations of the Sixth International Conference on Chemical Education (presented at the Seventh Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Stillwater, Oklahoma 1982) are highlighted. Topics addressed included implementing the recommendations in American schools, recommendations with special meaning for high school…

Argues that English teachers should teach literature as a subject worth knowing for its own sake rather than as a means to some other economic or social end. (AEA)

Focusing on the precise grounds on which a person can be said to have solved a problem, six conditions are articulated which govern the application of the concept and its relationship to trying and intention. The "solving" concept is found in synonymous phrases such as "figuring out" and "finding the solution." (Author/CM)

Proposes educational centralization to offset post-Vietnam public disaffection from universities. Considers the solution of the basic skills problem on all levels, broader attention to energy research, sensible evaluation of public expectations of technology, and the exportation of U.S. knowledge as essential tasks in resisting the fragmentation…

History instruction should teach students about the processes through which history is made and understood. Students need to learn skills in historical analysis and interpretation, study people of the past and present involved in making history, and study historical principles that cultivate humane values. (AM)