Plato's rationale for his ideas on teaching and the problems he confronted in convincing other educational leaders of the validity of his beliefs are discussed. (CK)

Article discusses over-education and the unemployed. Schools as profit-making enterprises would be more successful than the present too expensive system which is economically unproductive. (Author/MM)

Article describes in detail use of individualized self-paced learning packages" to improve reading, writing and other skills. Packages include pretest, progress self-test and posttest. Program involves team-teaching and much inter-disciplinary action, with considerable flexbility in scheduling and classroom setting. (PD)

Surveys the different methods of nonverbal communication and provides a detailed example of the effect of nonverbal communication on classroom learning and student motivation. (AN)

Practical instructions about using the random walk drainage network simulation model as a teaching excercise are given and the results discussed. A source of directional bias in the resulting simulated drainage patterns is identified and given an interpretation in the terms of the model. Three points of educational value concerning the model are…

Article describes what it was like to be a faculty member at New York University in the middle 1950's. (Editor/IR)

A power mechanics program that's more than just auto mechanics. (Editor)

Speech delivered at the Fourth Annual TESOL Convention in San Francisco, California, March 18-21, 1970. (DS)

If educators would learn to listen and to hear all that is being said by their students, the communication gap that exists might be reduced or lessened, if not totally eliminated. (Author)