Reawakening interest in crafts, arts, and apprenticeship technologies indicates not only a change in employment attitudes but also a deeper societal return to an older notion of personal self-actualization through work. (LH)

Teacher education should produce teachers capable of facilitating the development of humane people, working for individual self-fulfillment, giving priority to the needs and purposes of the learner, and developing respect for and skills to participate in a democratic society. (MB)

This paper offers a theoretical comparison of the concept of the individual presumed in modern Islamic educational theory and western moral educational theory, revealing a distinct Islamic point of view on the western educational premise that a moral universe is derived dialectically between individual and society. From an Islamic perspective,…

This pamphlet relates this quotation by R. Buckminster Fuller to the educational process: "To be optimally effective, undertake at outset the most comprehensive task in the most comprehensive and incisively detailed manner." The principle of synergy can be used to determine when something is "optimally effective." One example…

Outlining the general historical, legal, and educational context within which Canadian Indian education developed, this monograph addresses the following topics: (1) Federal Responsibility for Indian Education (the Royal Proclamation of 1763; the Indian Act of 1876; treaties, etc.); (2) Provincial Involvement in Indian Education (revision of the…

Current educational philosophies stress the need to personalize education. Emphasis must be placed on the needs and interests of individuals, and curricula must be constructed to enable students to actualize their own potentialities. The humanizing curriculum centers on the student, and the teacher helps to plan, guide, and evaluate the individual…

According to Alfred North Whitehead, education precedes through three stages as it develops students' minds: (1) romantic; (2) precision; and (3) generalization. These stages are related to Whitehead's ideas about prehension and symbolic reference. Educational practices should strike a balance between the stages to encourage learning. (PP)

Relevance of kibbutz education in relation to influence of progressive Western tradition is examined in: (1) analysis of objectives; (2) discussion of the success of the kibbutz in attaining the objectives; (3) comparison of the objectives in light of differences in social relations between the West and the kibbutz; and (4) reinterpretation of…

Reviews the history of instructional technology. Describes how computers and related technologies can be viewed through four conflicting perspectives on curriculum: (1) academic rationalism; (2) self-actualization; (3) social relevance; and (4) development of cognitive processes. Identifies concerns each conception has about certain uses of…

This book is divided into seven parts. Part 1 defines and gives the purpose of Danish folk high schools. These schools are boarding schools outside the regular school system, where anyone over the age of 18 may come, irrespective of economic condition or educational background, where there is a close relationship between students and staff, and…

This response to an article regarding the tension between talent development and personal growth in gifted education argues that dissociation of these two aspects is conditional, not a constant state of affairs. Contingencies and processes responsible for the dissociation are identified and ways to integrated these two perspectives are discussed.…

Skill requirements for the economy are changing. Whereas many jobs in industries such as insurance and banking once required high school graduates to do clerical work, computerization has changed the requirements. Job functions are combined, and many jobs now require college graduates to do analytical work. Although these skill changes require…

Physical education curriculum is examined as it concurs with the philosophical premise that the aim of the curriculum is development of the individual for the purpose of that person's liberation. Six areas of development within physical education are identified as they relate to the primary value of liberation of the individual. Development of…

Forty papers and responses from the 1979 annual meeting of the Philosophy of Education Society are reproduced in unabridged form, including the papers from both general and concurrent sessions. The Presidential Address discusses the concept of rational thinking. (JD)

The function of art as an integral part of a humanist education is discussed in depth. Five areas which clearly show the need for art in elementary schools are examined: (1) the relation of art to the unity of the learning process; (2) art, as an emotional outlet, ego fortifier, and sensitizer; (3) art as a progress and problem indicator; (4) art…