The document is part of a series that reports the findings and accomplishments of the Models for Career Education in Iowa project which was initiated to research, define, and describe an emerging concept of career education and to suggest possible approaches for implementation in primary and secondary education. One of the basic components in the…

A model educational system is outlined that would modify the present inclination to stereotype learning priorities so that the intuitive, imaginative, and aesthetic impulses of the individual are recognized as valid elements in the learning process. (JD)

This paper explains that to bring about any form of educational equity for learners and teachers requires the realization that what is important is to educate the human disposition to understand the self. It identifies a unique relationship between the practical developmental phases of an educator toward a fully conscious professional and the…

Report presented at the "Congres de l'Association Internationale des Sciences de l'Education," Paris, France, September 3-7, 1973. (HW)

Article analyzes the needs of children regarding their education, the setting for that education, and the psychological theories that best satisfy those needs. (RK)

UNESCO in reporting the highest number ever - 650,000,000 - persons enrolled in educational institutions, predicts that education throughout the world will shift emphasis from teaching to learning; learning will be a way of life and not an institution; education will begin earlier and be a life-long process. (DS)

The author urges more interaction between leaders in human potential movements and adult education leaders, since the aim of both movements is to help people learn and grow. (Author/JB)

The aim of education and life is liberation, the endless process of self-overcoming, and the educator the means by which the student can become himself. (Author)

The authors present the essential aspects composing the framework of transformative education. They discuss the general ends it promotes, the psychosocial theory upon which it is based, and the processes through which transformations are realized. Critical questions and educational virtues that serve as guidelines for implementation of…

Disagrees with Whitson's central point that the creative element in schools is in the minority. Also takes issue with Whitson's perception of the historic role of education in this country, using data that show how education has been viewed, since the nation's founding, as an endeavor to direct students' behavior toward compliance, not…

In 11 innovative programs examined as part of a U.S. study on adult English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) literacy, the philosophies that informed the ESL curricula ranged from literacy that encouraged personal growth or individual empowerment to literacy for social adaptation or assimilation. (Contains 35 references.) (Author/LB)

Written in 1966, the author examines the evolution of teaching in relation to the development of the elementary social studies course, Man: A Course of Study. The act of teaching is traced from play practice of primates to teaching-in-context of primitive societies to the more complex abstract teaching in separate schools of contemporary society.…

Explains the plan and intention of the series of stories composing "Emile" in order to convince readers how imperative it is to study this work. In "Emile" Rousseau describes an ordinary boy and experiments with the possibility of his becoming an autonomous man. (Author/BC)

Stresses the need for theoretical justification for the development of humanistic education programs in today's schools. Explores Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs and theory of self-actualization. Argues that Maslow's theory may be the best available for educators concerned with educating the whole child. (JHZ)