A descriptive analysis of today's students, reflecting them as serious minded, independent, responsive young adults, who will be responsible for the survival of this world and this country. (JB)

A holistic study of a junior high school environment reveals disparity between student culture and teacher culture, as well as widely differing views between students and teachers as to the role and importance of instruction as part of the school day. (LH)

Surveyed 151 graduate assistants (GAs) and 72 faculty members to determine congruence between the role expectations of these two groups. Expectations were incongruous; GAs viewed themselves as possessing certain skills to a greater extent than faculty indicated they expected students to possess. Suggests ways to enhance GAs' professional…

A legal educator's account (HE) of an attempt to introduce feminism into a legal research and writing course is criticized for its portrayal of the students as inexperienced know-nothings and the instructor as knowledge-holder, his use of women's endorsements for legitimacy, and his depiction of feminist students as uncooperative. (MSE)

Secondary school students were asked to state their preference for an objectivist or a constructivist learning environment and consider the consequent implications for their role as a learner. They did this by identifying with the dialogue depicted in two concept cartoons. Results indicate an overwhelming preference among students for a…

The research literature documents the different approaches to learning that students in Higher Education (HE) can adopt, e.g. deep, surface and strategic. Stage 1 of a longitudinal study aimed to determine the students' approach to learning, and to assess whether this was related to previous learning experiences, initial expectations of HE and…

The purpose of the conference was to explore the common elements in the educational system at the secondary and post secondary levels, focusing on the changing role of the student in the system. The proceedings consist of: (1) two talks delivered at the conference: "The Student and the System," by Edgar Friedenberg, and "Demythologizing the…

This is a report on the general nature of student concerns and activities as reflected by the 1969 National Student Association Congress. The author interprets past and present trends and occurrences rather than summarizing the activities of the congress. The topics covered include: student power (governance structures); legal rights;…

A University of Arizona's home economics profession class embarked on a project to define home economics so that the term would be clear, relevant, and identifiable to all students, regardless of their specialization within the profession, and easily understood by those outside the field. (Author/BP)

A student evaluation of learning rather than teaching has generated some suggestions for teacher behavior that would encourage more participatory roles for students in their learning and in the evaluation of their learning. (JMD)

Argues that becoming aware that it is the reader who makes the material interesting is a remedial student's first step toward command of reading. Offers techniques used in college remedial classes and a teachers' workshop to develop this ability. (FL)

Discusses reasons why the use of student evaluations of their teachers has failed to achieve the intended purpose. (MLH)

Lists and discusses a sequence of first-of-term writing assignments designed to stimulate students' thinking about the goals of an English course and to involve them in the planning of it. (RD)

Through committees, students and faculty develop policies which affect student development programs. Results of an attitude survey are reported in which students and faculty identify the amount of authority and involvement various groups should have in a number of major decision areas. Implications for the student personnel administrator are…