This memorial lecture offers a synoptic overview of the history of childhood and a selective discussion of the current state of children's rights in Australia. Attention is drawn to now generally recognized rights of children and to specific legislation or policy in Australia relative to each of those rights. Specific recommendations, thought to…

Youth respond with suggestions to enhance their career education through citizenship experience units. (Author)

One of the weakest areas of professional preparation and professional in-service training and development is that of community development education. Each year, many professionally trained recruits go into the field of library service with only the most rudimentary notion of, and training for community, group, and power-structure analyses. Library…

What is the legal liability of parole board members and staff for acts committed by persons on community supervision? The answer is affected largely by whether the particular official involved enjoys absolute, rather than qualified, immunity, but again, the matter remains unsettled. These issues and others should be resolved promptly. (Author)

The author states that we must inquire deeply into the supports of liberty; these supports being the factor of power in its several overt forms, the facts of geography, the rule of law, interest in the general welfare, and knowledge of the nature of man. (CT)

Presents weaknesses of past audience research in public radio, and describes a survey methodology for future effective analysis of public radio audiences. (CMV)

Reviews the history of community education as a philosophy, beginning in 1899. Highlights milestone publications and events that have contributed to the growth of the movement. (SK)

In learning-centered classrooms, the emphasis of classroom management shifts from maintaining behavioral control to fostering student engagement and self-regulation as well as community responsibility. This brief describes classroom management in "learning centered" classrooms, where practices are consistent with recent research knowledge about…

Suggests that European apprenticeship programs are successful in preventing juvenile delinquency and promoting effective vocational education. (DW)

SELECTED READINGS AND SPEECHES ON THE CHANGING UNIVERSITY IN A CHANGING WORLD INCLUDE DISCUSSION OF MAJOR CHANGES IN SOCIETY AND THEIR EFFECTS UPONG THE VALUES, NEEDS, ROLES, AND LIVES OF ADULTS, SOCIETAL AND EDUCATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE MODERN UNIVERSITY TO ADULTS, TO THE NATION, AND THE WORLD, AND LEADERSHIP CONCEPTS, TASKS, AND ROLES…

Alleviation of economic hardship and poverty in an affluent country requires a more active government role and increased attention to proposals such as the negative income tax. (Author/KM)

Digest of papers of the Forty-Seventh Annual Meeting American Orthopsychiatry Association (San Francisco, California, March 23-26, 1970). (RD)

Louisville schools are changing. This is happening because of an open, responsive attitude of teachers, students, administrators and the community. However, some tension must still be alleviated. (MF)