The school's reaction to homosexuality, in particular as related to the teacher, is discussed, and studies relating to the homosexual are referenced. What the educator can do to prevent homosexual behavior is, according to Hooker (1961): (1) create a climate that allows homosexuality to be openly and sensibly discussed and objectively handled; (2)…

Women have been traditionally discriminated against and have been brainwashed to overlook this discrimination by the society in which we live. However, more and more women are becoming discontent with their traditional roles as wife, mother, and housekeeper, and are demanding their full and equal rights as persons. The university has an important…

This study sets forth the results of an inquiry made at the request of UNESCO in the 30 countries in all parts of the world by four world teachers' organizations. Three organizations represent teachers in state systems and the fourth represents Catholic education. These teacher organizations chose 35 national organizations in countries spread over…

This book is a study document of the directorate of the Study Commission on Undergraduate Education and the Education of Teachers. This document is a result of a conference of teacher education administrators held in Chicago in July 1971. The document presents informed opinion on a variety of issues relevant to preparing education personnel.…

Support for a model of mathematical understanding is given which urges teachers to help students to formalize and check their intuitive ideas. (MN)

Changing society and public expectation of educational improvement make it important that colleges of education broaden the scope of their teacher education programs. (JD)

Some major concerns about the development of mainstreaming were discussed. Specifically, societal attitudes, new demands for teacher education, new demands for effective educational planning and programming, and finally the need for a more effective evaluation of the process of mainstreaming were considered. (Author/RK)

Public service programs must be natural by-products of research and teaching if universities are not to degenerate into omnibus social service organizations. Universities must maintain institutional integrity in teaching citizens to think creatively, act humanely, and use their freedom of both ideas and action. (Editor/LBH)

Points out the significance of the aesthetic aspect of home economics through a schema which shows varying relationships between the aesthetic core and the field of activities of the home economists. The author notes the schema's usefulness as a potential structural basis for curriculum development and in the formation of research projects. (SH)

Shows how different relations between the adult and child and the learning environments they engender are closely related to the attitudes which the adult has developed within his/her own culture. Examines the conflicts inherent in education, which endeavors to transmit cultural values and promote personal growth at the same time. (AYC)

Cites ways by which increased technology and advanced industrialization have led to decreased mental demands on most people. Views the teaching of science as an area in which appeasements must not be made. (CP)

In an attempt to clarify the issue of whether or not the granting of full academic status to librarians is to the advantage of an educational institution and/or to the profession itself, the authors recently completed a thorough search of the literature. (Author)

Discusses the fact that American higher education is an elitist system based on hierarchical selective admissions. (MLH)

Article considered the debate over the inclusion of sex education in the school curriculum. (Author/RK)

Discusses how the means of testing and retrieval have been allowed to become ends in themselves, rather than occasions for learning. (Author)