When viewed with a little detachment, public education, especially compulsory education, can be seen to be preposterous and radically out of keeping with the notions of human rights and the sanctity of the individual. (Editor/CL)

Discusses how graphotherapy (analyzing penmanship strokes) could provide a definite, behavioral criteria of each student on a personalized basis. (MM)

Ratings on a fear inventory for children revealed three dimensions: fear of physical injury, natural events, and psychic stress. A comparison with studies of adult fears suggested that fear of physical injury and psychic stress carry through much of the life span, while fear of natural events mitigates with maturation. (Author)

The author suggests that Kohlberg stresses that being autonomous does not mean being responsible to no transpersonal standard in morality. (Author)

This article describes the stages of moral development in children; stress is on the role of education. (BB)

We must begin to develop social institutions that work directly at supporting family life. (Author)

This announcement of a new profession -- Child Development Associate -- was made at the Annual Conference of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, Minneapolis, Minn., November 6, 1971, by the Chief of the Office of Child Development and the Children's Bureau. (RY)

Allowing the pupil to have some say in his classroom activities will increase his motivation to learn. Through observation of the pupil's reactions to certain subject matter, the teacher can determine what the next step in learning should be. (CK)

This article has been devoted to selected theoretical and empirical issues in child development which bear directly on the instructional process. Little attention, however, has been given to the specific content to be conveyed to the child." Appended are 43 references. (Author/AA)