When planning social studies units, teachers need to build in opportunities for creativity and honor those students who exhibit it. The characteristics of authentically creative work in social studies are discussed and suggestions for projects that encourage creativity are made. (IS)

Career education, which is designed to promote cognitive, affective, and psychomotor skills at all educational levels, is especially important for exceptional children. A comprehensive approach to career development is needed by school districts, along with feedback from former students. (SEW)

To maximize the adaptation of school psychology to societal conditions, the discipline must: (1) focus on understanding the socialization process; (2) develop preventive and remedial strategies to compensate for disruption in family socialization; (3) devise more effective assessments of social competence; and (4) maintain standards of scholarship…

Examines the schooling process from an educational engineering perspective. Defines schooling as the act of processing people for the purpose of adding value. Discusses five classes of value added through education. Cites quality standards, indicating goals, objectives, and performance indicators with respect to academic, civic, economic, and…

The artfully inviting teacher utilizes both personal and professional teaching strategies and is thus most successful at maximizing student development. Personally inviting behaviors send messages which communicate caring and positive regard. Professionally inviting behaviors increase the recipients' efficacy, competence, and independence.…

Vocational education's commitment to student organizations stems from the belief that the total development of individuals is essential to the preparation of competent workers. It has been shown that student organization activities are effective in teaching critical skills necessary for students to reach their full potential. (JOW)

Vocational agriculture program participants were interviewed to determine the importance of including instruction in values development for students. Data analysis revealed that enhancing values is an important part of vocational agriculture programs. Students generally rated the importance of each value category lower than teachers,…

Suggests the ways in which English teachers should seek to develop students' predispositions toward English study, thereby enhancing the value of an English major in combination with other professional and vocational pursuits. (RL)

Recounts one Black student's writing development during the first semester of a freshman composition course. Provides background on how the course was organized. (RL)

Using vignettes of individual handicapped children in Ohio schools, the authors discuss the importance of P.L. 94-142 in helping these children to develop productive lives. (SJL)

Reviews the essential characteristics of experiential learning. Shows how this approach was applied to a business communication course. (RL)

For the adventurous teacher and student there is an alternative to the often messy mixing, pouring, casting, cutting, scoring and sanding of plaster of Paris for casting or sculptural projects. Balloon sculpture, devised, designed and shown here by a sculptor/teacher, is an eye appealing sculptural form and holds a strong interest for students.…

How's the weather? It can be rainy, cloudy, foggy, hot or cold when students understand the hows and whys. (Editor)

Learning-disabled kids in a farmhouse classroom. (Editor)

The author comments on the need to discuss death openly in the classroom, noting that engaging students with the idea of coming to grips with the fact of their own death can prepare them for living, working, and loving more fully. (SH)