The collection of 18 essays is intended to provide the educator with an understanding of specific aspects of social studies instruction and education in general. The essays include: "Objectives and Learning Experiences in the Social Studies"; "Studying Trends in Society"; "Social Studies: Process versus "Studying Trends in Society"; "Social Studies: Processes versus Products"; "Criteria, Software, and the Microcomputer"; "Games and the Microcomputer"; "Social Studies and the Learner"; "The Pupil, Religious Beliefs, and the Curriculum"; "Minority Groups, the Pupil, and the Curriculum"; "Citizenship Education and the Basics in the Curriculum"; "Issues in the Social Studies Curriculum"; "New Disciplines in the Social Studies'; "Myths in Education"; "Values Clarification and the Curriculum"; "Values and Issues in Society"; "Formative and Summative Evaluation"; "Unit Teaching and the Evaluation Process"; "Humanism in the Curriculum"; and "Assessing Pupil Achievement." Most of the essays contain references. (TRS)