Society's organization of educational experience in the form of schools is a device for the improvement, acceleration, and continuation of learning. (Author)

Examines the economic and social conditions that are needed to produce life-long education in Finland from the point of view of costs, attitudes, and politics. (RB)

The author discusses the problems which perplex us in educating for individuality while also trying to safeguard and maintain the standards cherished by the community. (Editor/KC)

This article examines the curricular constructions that influence our perceptions of learner "ability" within games education. Games education has both inherent and intrinsic value for learners, and within this context, teachers make important choices about what they believe will be of most value and interest for students. This in turn impacts the…

During the mid-nineteenth century, Americans created the functional equivalent of earlier state religious establishments. Supported by mandatory taxation, purportedly inclusive, and vested with messianic promise, public schooling, like the earlier established churches, was touted as a bulwark of the Republic and as an essential agent of moral and…

Values education has become an important theme in social studies education in recent years. Although long ignored, moral education, as the British call it, is being emphasized as the pressures on and needs of children in a fast-paced society have become evident. Professional organizations have conducted workshops on the topic of values education.…

Presents an interview with Urie Bronfenbrenner in which he discusses the school's role as one of breaking down barriers between itself, the community, and parents to help American children learn to be more caring. (JMB)

Identifies qualities of an ideal liberal teacher, including capability of giving a liberal education, living well, exhibiting orderly habits, possessing humane values, and believing in the power of the mind. Difficulties in becoming a good teacher are discussed. Available from: College of Education, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011.…

Considered the Latin American experience with aid from the United States and many of the practices and philosophy of U.S. higher education that were accepted by important Latin American universities. (Editor/RK)

Argues that general world problems, specifically Australian problems, and especially educational problems, do and should affect teachers and students. (Author)

Author criticizes the educational reformers who, through changes that they advocate in the college classroom, would like to execute a significant radical gesture calculated to shake the entire American system." (Author/DR)

Speech presented at the 54th annual NASSP Convention. (EJS)

Describes a limited exploration of the traditional social responses for occupational worth as shown through a functional connection with the realities of the environment. (GR)

Argues that school priorities should be changed from emphasis on language skills and technical proficiency to development of positive attitudes of love and commitment to others, both in the school and in the wider community. (NH)