This article examines the forces aligned against Mann's crusade for the creation of a public school philosophy and is especially concerned with his "secularization" of the schools. (Editor)

The modern educator needs accurate and current information to help make his decisions. Where and how to get it? The authors set out some basic criteria for an effective Canadian information system. (Editor)

The contribution that a philosophy department can make to a curriculum concerned with creative problem solving, particulary in the area of policy decisions, is discussed and exemplified by a course description. (Author/JH)

This article describes a concept of group therapy called Positive Peer Culture. As a technique of behavior modification, it has been used successfully in residential treatment centers for delinquent boys. Now it is being tested for use in public secondary schools. (Editor)

Too many Americans are content to let schools take the rap for society's ills, says an eminent historian who believes that much of education today is "a massive demonstration in hypocrisy." (Editor)

Students learned self discovery by developing a tool for a new course in clay. (RK)

Article described an especially meaningful way of planning the curriculum in art for high school students: designing and compiling a book. (Author/RK)

Article focused on the underlying differences between social groups in India, the great diversity in Indian national life and the problem of searching for solutions through education. (Author/RK)

Class discussions work for exploring values - a successful program provides some guidelines. (Editor)

Basic medical science has primary paradigms from which are derived secondary paradigms that allow the practice of medicine. Medical education consists in students acquiring this paradigm and in practitioners changing their paradigm in the light of medical research. (Editor/PG)

In a series of exercises students develop designs in which nodes are labelled according to the isolation rules defined. Strategies for creating new designs from known ones, finding the maximum number of isolation designs on a given configuration, and developing larger isolation designs are encouraged. Sample worksheets are included. (SD)

Mind-research "psychenauts" are exploring the last great frontier - the mystery of man's inner life. (Editor)

In this article, the author comments on the article "Solid geometry in the works of an iron artisan,'" Castro, 23(3). The author finds it interesting to read about the implicit mathematical knowledge of ironworkers, weavers, tailors and other practitioners as they undertake their various crafts and professions. In the article, Fernando…

Using a case study approach, the authors apply organizational development principles to change a public agency into a more effective organization. (EA)