Many difficulties exist in establishing defensible educational objectives on the basis of student and community needs. Needs assessment strategies differ in subject matter, not in method. Preference, or data collection, is the first phase followed by an evaluation of actual conditions. The strategies concentrate on the "needs" of desire.…

This handbook for participants in a needs assessment workshop was designed to supplement training. The workshop is conducted over a period of two days. A leader's manual describes how to conduct the Evaluation Workshop. A schedule is outlined and objectives are stated. The participants are given instruction and practice in methods of conducting an…

Included in this booklet are nutrition learning activities intended to help elementary school students acquire knowledge that will enable them to select diets that meet their bodies' needs, both now and in the future. The learning activities correspond to specific nutrition education objectives and are presented separately for students in the…

There is a need for a stronger program of consumer studies in California's schools, and each year this need becomes more pressing. It is a confusing time for the American consumers; complex products are frequently hard to evaluate, and the nature of the marketplace is impersonal. According to a study released by the U.S. Office of Education, more…

In England, multicultural education is one of the most important focal points within the ongoing educational debate. To answer questions of practical policy, multicultural education may be viewed from the perspective of education as social process. More than simply pupils and teachers, classrooms and textbooks, education provides social continuity…

A series of reports reflecting the activities of the Community College Humanities Association (CCHA) are presented in these proceedings. The first article, "Teaching Professional Ethics: Proceed, But with Caution," by Richard A. Wright, argues that extreme care must be taken in developing and teaching professional ethics, discussing what…

The Tizard Report on Children with Specific Reading Difficulties, published in 1972, recommended the establishment of special centres to deal with the needs of slow learners. Article focused on the London Borough of Enfield, which set up just such a center, the Progress Centre, the same year. (Editor/RK)

Considered the development of La Guardia Community College, established under a mandate from the city of New York to be a cooperative education college becoming the first community college in the country fully committed to cooperative education. (Author/RK)

Article focused on two divergent emphases in the history of music education in the United States: music education as product and music education as process. (Author/RK)

Article focused on art and the welfare of the individual versus that of society in connection with the development of educational goals. (RK)

Author talked about what studies of the psychological development of the child suggest about his natural conception of justice. (Author/RK)

Article described the educational contributions made by Ralph Tyler in the 1920s and 1930s. (RK)

This article is a forthright recipe for leadership. The secret is that the principal must recognize his right and feel his ability to lead. Without this basic knowledge, his school will flounder in disunity. (Editor)

This article discusses the trend in developing countries toward excessive investments in education and some consequences. (PD)

Post-experience education is an important branch of adult education, but it must not obscure the greater and more general purposes of adult education to promote social advancement and individual creativity. (Author/AG)