Describes the Nominal Group process and how it allows management information staff to develop a bank of information about innovative goals of the organization or the problems. (Author)

The author, a member of the NAIS Board of Directors and a trustee of Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, Massachusetts, spoke at the 1975 NAIS Annual Conference in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on the problems of financing independent schools and carrying out their philosophies. This article was adapted from that speech. (Editor/RK)

This article provided another of the brief accounts of the NAIS member schools founded before 1776. In this account reviews of Moravian Academy, founded in 1742 and located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and Norfolk Academy, founded in 1728 and located in Norfolk, Virginia, were presented. (Editor/RK)

Discusses the issue that teachers in the Caribbean neglect the education of their pupils to prepare them for examinations, and offers an outline of the elements involved in the development of a syllabus that will educate pupils in the fullest sense, and from which the examination will follow. (Author/AM)

The Louisiana State Model for Industrial Arts was designed to broaden the exploratory function of the industrial arts program to include more information related to today's technological world, and to identify the programs industrial arts teachers should be teaching. Historical program objectives and contemporary course objectives are discussed.…

Argues that journalism educators must use the tools of social science research to better prepare secondary journalism teachers. (RB)

Cites ERIC documents and Speech Teacher/Communication Education journal articles that focus on utilizing the performance of literature to heighten students' literary awareness. (MH)

Highlights several topics discussed at an Effective Teaching Institute (ETI) attended by engineering educators, including educational objectives, student confidence, feedback, and transfer of learning. (MLH)

Discusses the major objections to the concept of a professional engineering school and prospects for other types of engineering programs. (MLH)

Reviews general objectives, global and educational constraints, and projects educational planning and programs to meet these needs and limitations. (CP)

Examination is made of a theory that claims that though schools are ostensibly committed to the personal development of the student and to providing equality of opportunity, their real purpose is to integrate youth into society to reproduce the inequalities of everyday life in capitalist America. (JD)

Information and suggestions are given to serve to motivate and assist those interested in developing a course in test-taking skills and test wiseness. The author lists 11 questions, which should be answered prior to implementing such a course. (Author/KC)

Information is given in question and answer format on the objectives of school health programs and the American School Health Association and on the required competencies of school health personnel. (PBS)

Lists four reasons for teaching reading in the secondary school. (MKM)

Recent developments in the field of recreation, including leisure counseling, should be incorporated in future physical education programs so that students are able to identify their interests, correlate these with their capabilities, and develop personal activity programs aimed at achieving health, physical, and leisure goals. (Author)