The author points out that visual literacy is both more and less than we might normally think it is, and that its true value lies in its contribution to something that is increasingly difficult to come by - a humane education. (Author/AK)

Author distinguishes between education, skill training, and custodial child care, maintaining that only skill training and custodial child care are legitimate functions of the elementary schools. (Editor)

All the latest educational innovations were well under way in 1916. In Gary, Indiana. (Editor)

The primary consideration of a library seeking to serve its patrons is its ability to seek out both users and nonusers in a continuing attempt to systematically discern their library needs and information requirements, earnestly attend to them, and then anticipate future ones. (16 references) (Author/MM)

Author argues that the proposed fourth television channel in Britain should be taken from the moguls and made over to education, including an Open School. (Editor/RY)

Children must be taught the skills with which to learn, not just to memorize facts. Individualized instruction is the best way to achieve this. (AN)

The article deals with long range recommendations for postsecondary education in Norway. (MF)

The author concludes that the process and tempo of change are most important. Change must grow logically out of the expressed needs of the people. Change agents need to constantly reinforce their clients and gain their trust by retaining as much of the risk as possible. (Author)

Unstructured classes permit student creativity and self-growth but involve complexities that require the instructor to exercise restraint and caution. (Editor)

The problem with most educational innovations, says the author, is that they are laid on one at a time, as if a single one could be best for all students. This article describes seven major differences in learners and how instructional components should be influenced by them. (Editor)

The search for the atypical and non-mainstream college has been rather fruitless. The major universities, the graduate schools, and the academic guilds are found to be in almost full command of the system, and practically every other institution seems to be emulating them. (Author)

We know how to bring together, in one experience, the intellectual learning, the range of personal emotions, and the basic physiological impact, all of which constitute significant learning by the whole person. Will we utilize this know-how for humanizing our educational institutions? (18 references) (Author/NH)

An innovative undertaking uses the home setting for a program involving both preschool age children and their parents. (Author)