The main consideration involves several subproblems. (1) The fundamental terms (work, play, freedom, constraint, amateur, professional, sport, athletics) are generally used in a sharply dichotomized way. However, they can, and perhaps should, be understood as part of a definitional continuum. (2) The status of sport and athleitcs in education is…

An intuiting imagination is evident in scientific insight, artistic insight, and moral insight. Once the primacy of this imagination in all knowing is recognized, new possibilities for renewal in education arise. (MJB)

The author describes basic characteristics of an emerging societal ideology which he calls "technocracy," or "technogoical consciousness," and discusses ways in which the use of behavior modification, career education, and competency-based education promote the socialization of students to this restrictive ideology. (MJB)

Surveys leading positions in political education in Western Germany and outlines the main aspects of neo-conservative, liberal, and socialist thought. For journal availability, see SO 505 820. (Author/DB)

Discusses the moral education at Reitaku High School (Chiba-ken, Japan) which emphasizes the constant improvement of each person's character. Outlines the five basic goals of the school, describing the three major methods used to achieve them: group instruction, moral education through the influence of character, and moral education in the…

Professors of educational administration are being pressed to hold one of three conflicting viewpoints about knowledge and practice: "behavioral science,""symbolic," or "critical." Using Rein's notion of stories, the author urges professors to debate these viewpoints among themselves but use stories to study…

Contends that busing is a Cover Issue'' which ill-conceals a school crisis arising out of the social function of the American school--to train all children to accept and function in a social order which is oppressive and racist. (DM)

The need for values in environmental education to be established through the cooperation of parents, churches, and boards of education is discussed. Many references are used in an effort to support this view and to note that teachers alone should not have this responsibility. (MP)

Traces the development of vocational education programs through the manual training movement of the 1880s, the creation of the Commission on National Aid to Vocational Education in 1914, and the Smith-Hughes Act of 1917. Discusses five key values intrinsic to the vocational education movement and why current programs have not met their promise.…

Discusses the debate over the role of vocational education and training in compulsory education in the United Kingdom. Examines the debate within the current political, social, and economic milieu. Analyzes the educational assumptions of this movement, and critiques the social, economic, and educational consequences of vocational education…

Surveys the purpose and goals of education in U.S. society, exploring the relationship between power and knowledge. Evaluates educational reform against the criteria of human dignity and meaning, outlining conditions for developing students who understand the power of knowledge and the purpose of education in a democratic republic. (GEA)

Differentiates self-esteem from narcissism and traces societal preoccupation with self-esteem. Maintains that placing so much importance on an individual and self-esteem obscures the value of a balance between individuality and mutual responsibility. Describes Montessori's emphasis on the child's inner development and on community and mutual…

Aspects of outdoor adventure education such as sport and risk are increasingly commercialized, whereas the core value of connection--to community, the environment, or other people--is being lost. A shift from providing challenge to encouraging exploration may enable programs emphasizing connection to find a home in the "third sector"…

The authors analyze the "present ideological dilemma" of social work education, which is brought about by its being located in universities but heavily laden with the social values of the profession rather than those of the university. They suggest that schools may make choices among the several existing alternatives outlined here. (JT)