The article compares the place of "eminence" versus "famous" and "renowned" in the culture and educational system and concludes that public gifted education often stresses the practical functions leading to "fame" as opposed to the less rewarded visual/performing arts and theoretical sciences that lead to "eminence." (Author/DB)

As long as humans have found ways to commit to posterity their concerns about what we are and what that means, they have dealt with the issue of leadership. Training leaders is only one objective of a liberal arts education, whose main purpose is to educate individuals in moral values and their scrutiny. (MSE)

States that regardless of the content or level of a statistics course, five goals to reach are: (1) overcoming fears, resistances, and tendencies to memorize; (2) the importance of intellectual honesty and integrity; (3) understanding relationship between deductive and inductive inferences; (4) learning to play role of reasonable critic; and (5)…

Describes Sparta (Illinois) Board of Education's efforts to improve their district's educational delivery system by adopting an outcome-based approach involving specific instructional strategies, a uniform discipline program, and outcomes developed for each grade level. (MLH)

Explores the challenge of expanding nonacademic employment opportunities for sociologists and training sociology students for such employment. Suggests several interrelated strategies for these students that address issues of marketing and public relations as well as curriculum revision. (Author/BSR)

Many educators claim physical fitness as a primary objective of physical education. In analyzing the components of true physical fitness, however, the author concludes that this goal is beyond the scope of the average gym class. Rather, he suggests that educators reevaluate the objectives of their physical education programs. (JL)

Describes how seminar work can be structured to help students develop skills of critical thinking and expression when discussing controversial issues in their chosen subject. Particular emphasis is given to methods of organizing instructional materials and appropriate roles for seminar leaders. The debate surrounding the existence of a prehistoric…

Some argue that instead of being taught as a discrete skill, critical thinking must be linked to the content and methods of specific academic disciplines; they urge faculty to make students explicitly aware of the language and modes of thinking of their disciplines. (MSE)

Analyzed and classified were Individualized Science Instruction System (ISIS) minicourse performance objectives and criterion-referenced test items according to Bloom's cognitive "Taxonomy" to determine levels of cognition emphasized. The findings indicate that ISIS minicourse test objectives are written primarily at the knowledge and…

The concept of communicative competence as a language intervention goal with young handicapped children is discussed in terms of trends in four areas: approaches to intervention (i.e. (behaviorism, operant conditioning); the age of intervention; family involvement; and communication versus oral language. Future goals (such as better assessment and…

Considers what discipline-based art education (DBAE) teaches through its implicit characteristics and basic assumptions. Argues that DBAE should not be evaluated in terms of any one curricular model because there are many possibilities for its presentation. States that DBAE does not need to present standardized content or limit study to artistic…

States that Eisner's explanation of discipline-based art education is ambivalent about goals and pedagogical practice. Contends that the art educator's task is to enrich the student's understanding of various themes dealt with by artists throughout time so that they can share in these ideas. (GEA)

The 1984 Democratic primary campaign is used to assess how little effect leftist educational analysis has had on mainstream discourse. A brief outline of directions and emphases for a leftist political agenda is presented. (MT)

Magnet schools are popular and are spreading, but they are also resisted and resented. These schools challenge the idea that equal educational opportunity requires that the same education be offered to all students. Why magnet schools are under fire is discussed. (MT)

Explains that Milton's view of "a compleat and generous education" stresses the importance of exercise and physical activity as a concomitant of mental conditioning. Points out the antecedents of Milton's emphasis on athleticism. Traces this emphasis in several of his works. (AYC)