Selected aspects of the educational process, from infancy through college, are examined in a series of interviews broadcast in the weekly National Public Radio series, "Options in Education." Child psychologist Burton White discusses his book, "The First Three Years of Life", which deals with the significance of early influences on growth and development, stressing the need for parent education. Research is described which indicates a minimal role for television and manufactured play equipment during the first years. A brief talk with children's author Leo Leonni focuses on his book, "Frederick", which dramatizes for children the role of the artist in society. Problems posed by the transition from the adolescent to the adult work world are considered in a report on the Tunbridge experimental work-study program, which permits students to examine a professional field before committing themselves to a job or course of study. A subsequent individualized self-training program offers individual tutor guidance and student workshops, with career education conducted through student contact with a volunteer network of working people from various fields. An innovative program in which the student designs his own course of study is described by writer Isaac Bonowitz, recipient of the first degree in the occult granted by an accredited academic institution, and high school students talk about their role-playing experiences as participants in a model United Nations program. (Author/BF)