Reality-based teaching methods involve the meaningful application of knowledge. The goal of this holistic method is to apply knowledge about specific geographical locations to the curriculum. First-hand knowledge of a location enables teachers to constantly address the student question "Why do I have to learn this?" As a result, students…

This issue, consisting of a study of the expanding base of higher education in Norway, Denmark, and Sweden, discusses 1) recent educational developments; 2) the current expansion of higher education; 3) the transformation of certain post-secondary institutions; and 4) the establishment of district colleges and university branches. (Author/RM)

Author attempted to assess the politics of education in a way that clarifies more fully and usefully the kinds of political commitment of educational agencies. Three intellectual traditions were conjoined in a model of the politics of education. (Author/RK)

This article focused on education about drugs, and argued that there are many factors, such as the selection by pupils of information, their attitudes and group membership, which must be taken into account if drugs education is to achieve anything. (Author/RK)

Article described selected programs in member schools and colleges investigated by SCADE during 1973 in order to assess current objectives, practices, and outcomes of these programs, determine their probable future directions and learn ways in which the NCA could be of assistance. (Author/RK)

This paper presents a profile of and an interview with the new superintendent of the Chicago Public Schools, Joseph Hannan. The problems confronting the new superintendent are the same as those faced by the previous superintendent except for the decrease in school enrollment and a financial crisis stemming from a depressed economy. Hannan views…

The purposes of this study are to determine (1) if public alternative school teachers' perceptions of their instructional practices differ significantly from those of teachers in conventional schools in the same district and (2) if public alternative school students' perceptions of teaching practices in their school differ significantly from those…

Three elementary school programs are examined for principles of direct instruction positively related to increased levels of student academic performance in reading and mathematics. "Direct instruction" refers to activities that cover content at low error rate while involving students in academically relevant pursuits. Such activities include…

The 11 papers that were read at the Pittsburgh conference on the theory and practice of beginning reading are examined in this document. The papers and the state of the art are reviewed under five topical divisions, including developmental and processing stages, the nature of codes, cognitive control in reading, individual differences, and program…

A summary of the content of a national conference on career education as a cooperative effort is presented in this report. Included are descriptions of career education practices now in existence, summaries of sessions related to conceptual efforts and technical skills required for career education, and comments from various critics of career…

Author summarized some new research on the effects of boarding school education. (Editor/RK)

Author investigated the activities of the American Institute for Foreign Study. (Editor/RK)

Article contained comments by three distinguished scholars of educational policy on the problems that they felt would face the institutionalization of the Learning Foundation followed by a response of the architect of that idea. (RK)

This article was designed to assess the view that Soviet education differs little in essentials from that of the Tsarist era, in that the theoretical and practical foundations of the present system stemmed from pre-Revolutionary Russia. (Author)

The author, a member of the Forum Editorial Board, discussed her educational experiences at the International School in Geneva where she has been teaching for the past two years. (Editor/RK)