Reviews historical and contemporary manifestations of interest in relating the arts as seen in the literature of art education and in organized professional activity in the last decade. (Editor)

A training model developed at the Southwest Area Learning Resources Center, Las Cruces, New Mexico, addresses problems relating to retention of training and offers guidelines to counter these problems. (RAO)

Working from a case study of the development of educational broadcasting policy in the FCC, this article proposes a conceptual model of interest group activity which attempts to get at one aspect of the problem of how influence is transmitted. (JEG)

The chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Independent Schools from 1973-1976 along with the chairman of NAIS from 1966-1970 both give informative and positive evaluations of the contribution made to NAIS by the retiring president of NAIS, Cary Potter. (RK)

Describes the development of art education in Brazil from the end of the nineteenth century through the movement named Escola Nova (New School) from 1927 to 1935 and the development of the Little School of Art of Brazil created by Augusto Rodriques in 1948. Describes primary and secondary development from 1958 to the present and the need for…

Koch (1974) has argued that psychology is an imitation science, because it has failed to build an edifice of positive knowledge; and that it cannot logically do any better in the future. This research rejects this skeptical argument but suggests that we should think in a different way about the subject. (Editor/RK)

Provides the background to the present trends in Nigerian education, comments on the expediency of the current moves, analyzes the issue in light of C. E. Beeby's (1966) hypothesis of educational stages and raises some questions relevant to the Universal Primary Education program in Nigeria, vis-a-vis the present level of social and economic…

The instructional potential of telegames is considered, and media specialists are urged to contribute to planning for the educational use of these devices. (STS)

A college faculty member describes his positive experience with a media specialist and the class audit technique for analyzing instruction. (STS)

The course described provides a model for the training of instructional designers through a systems approach. (STS)

In an authoritarian state, visitors are as controlled as are the local inhabitants. This report by an educator, an elementary teacher from Urbana, Illinois, offers some critical comments on Cuban education. (Editor/RK)

Using the Directed Reading Thinking Activity (DRTA) as a model, an instructional program for learning through the viewing of media has been developed. Activities have been designed for before, during, and after viewing. (Author/STS)

This article provides a review of two new national networks in the area of faculty development, the "Faculty Development and Evaluation in Higher Education Newspaper" and the "Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education." (JD)

Provides a brief account of educational programs recently completed or currently being undertaken by Lothian Region in southwest Scotland. (Author/RK)