Discusses recommendations of the National Commission for the Study of Nursing and Nursing Education. During its study, one of the most salient problems in all nursing soon emerged as that of continuing education. (PT)

Summarizes social changes of the last 20 years which have influenced educational change. Suggests that educators should see new needs as interrelated. Attention should be given to the development of skills for coping with change and understanding increasing interdependence. (Author/KC)

Maintains that schools have the responsibility for developing humane and democratic citizens and indicates that this responsibility can best be met if educators develop more systematic instruction regarding prejudice and discrimination. Ways in which curriculum should be reoriented include teaching students to distinguish between fact and opinion…

Task analysis of the functions of teachers in nonformal settings can provide a better basis for university programs to train educators than either disciplinary or interdisciplinary curricula. (LBH)

Creating opportunities for international education, both at home and abroad as well as through virtual means, is an important challenge in higher education today. This article presents some strategies for expanding students' options for learning abroad. A new model for learning abroad that aids in promoting a global perspective is discussed. (BF)

Provides the information currently available on the types of programs offered for prekindergartners and the children served by or through local and state education agencies. Examines types of preschool services offered, families being served, and the implications for the field of early childhood. Expresses concern about settings of unknown…

Problems of educability, analysis of learning situations, importance of home environment, nutrition, health, plasticity of intellect, importance of affect, importance of shared purposes, control of decision-making, importance of social class mix, and the relevance of schooling are among the issues discussed. (AM)

A PLATFORM FOR PLANNING IN TEACHER EDUCATION IS SET FORTH--(1) PLANNING BEGINS IN A FRAMEWORK (AS IT IS RATHER THAN WHAT IT MIGHT BE). (2) PLANNING SHOULD ADDRESS FUNDAMENTAL DEFECTS, SHOWING HOW WHAT WE PURPORT TO DO CAN BE DONE WITH THE TOOLS AND FRAMEWORK WE CAN MAKE AVAILABLE. (3) PLANNING SHOULD INSPIRE THE TEACHER TO WANT AND ACQUIRE THE…

IN PRESENTING AN OVERVIEW OF THE AREA OF EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN, THIS MONOGRAPH FOR TEACHERS DISCUSSES EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN AND THEIR SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS, AND SURVEYS CURRENT EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES. CHAPTERS DEAL WITH INTELLECTUAL EXCEPTIONALITY (BELOW AVERAGE AND ABOVE AVERAGE), PHYSICAL EXCEPTIONALITY (VISUAL PROBLEMS, HEARING AND SPEECH…

Since two-thirds of all adult learners plan their own education programs without professional help, outreach to these learners in their own community settings is the next important movement in education. Outreach also applies to those many adults who need help simply in coping with everyday life in this complex society. A recent study found that…

In 1969 the Census Bureau carried out a study that found that nearly 85 percent of the participants in all kinds of adult education had successfully completed high school or a higher level of education. The study further showed that the more schooling an adult had completed, the more likely he or she would be to pursue some kind of further…

Education should be responsible for giving the student a deeper appreciation of cultural and aesthetic values as well as a better understanding of ethical and moral precepts underlying society. These responsibilities are often unfulfilled because of the failure to teach basic reading, writing, and communication skills at the elementary level and…

This interim report, as the sixth in a series was prepared to provide a better basis for Congressional evaluation of the feasibility of a United States changeover to a metric system. This study concerning the effects of increasing worldwide use of the metric system on education in the United States was carried out by the Education Development…

The concept of accountability, the notion that schools and colleges should shoulder the responsibility for the learning successes or failures of their pupils, calls for a revamping of much of our thinking about the roles of educational personnel and institutions at all levels. To create a society that is free, open, compassionate, nonracist,…

Maintains that positive results are yielded to students and to society when controversial issues are dealt with in the social studies curriculum. Suggests that the role of the social studies teacher is to help students explore controversial issues in an open, nonbiased, and nonthreatening atmosphere. (Author/DB)