Article considered the advantages and the disadvantages of using parents as volunteers in the classroom. (RK)

Article presented a new course that helped students recognize and explain the social implications of current mental and physical health problems, develop their self concept, and serve as a cadre of peer and cross-age teachers. (Author/RK)

If teachers are to become effective, then their training and experiences must focus around the development of intelligent, discriminating, and adaptive skills for meeting the realities of the contemporary classroom. MITEC is a positive educational step toward making more effective teachers. (Author/RK)

The challenge ahead for higher education is not to convert the new learners to traditional learners, but to convert traditional education to a new education that will serve us all better. (Author)

Article considered the viewpoints of three leading thinkers on contemporary educational theory. (RK)

Evaluation procedures meeting the criterion of "facilitating student learning" are discussed. Qualitative reporting with written comments to students is advocated. Other suggestions include giving a quiz during the first week of the course, allowing for retesting, and use of an occasional oral test. Some suggestions for grading are given. (LS)

Article evaluated the performance of the student teacher as well as that of the cooperating teacher and their interaction. (RK)

An earlier article by the author ("A Call to Action", Adult Leadership, May, 1973) was criticized in a subsequent (September, 1973) issue of the journal. This article is the author's response to his critics in defense of his philosophy of adult education, which he restates. (AG)

The author offers a definition of career education that emphasizes the total development of students, community learning, and the increasing of options for students. (RP)

Presents some instances of the implications of chemistry which illustrate both its scientific and humanistic nature. Indicates that chemistry can be used as a bridge to span the artificially created chasm between Snow's two cultures and thus to demonstrate the fundamental unity of all knowledge. (CC)

Considered the development of Agro-Biology, designed to generate a scientific image of modern agriculture. (Author/RK)

Article described a project which aims to provide publishing and distribution opportunities for people in Hackney who would never think of themselves as within the traditional framework of commercial publishing. (Author/RK)

Conventional achievement tests rank students in relation to each other. New assessment tests reflect what schools are trying to teach and how they are succeeding for representative geographic, age, racial, and socioeconomic groups. (Editor) Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt with in this document: Program Description.

Proposes a synthesis of the academic and social revolution rather than a rejection of one or the other. The author sees language as both complicating the problem and offering a possible solution. (Editor/PG)