The author defines community education and identifies those components which seem to facilitate an ideal relationship between a school and its neighborhood. Criteria for evaluating the community education emphasis of a particular school are included. This article is part of a theme issue on community education in Hawaii. (SJL)

Project R.I.S.E. (Resourceful Individuals Seeking Education) seeks to empower minority students and parents, phasing them in as equal members of the school and community. Active participation and discussion of intergroup issues are encouraged. This description is part of a theme issue on community education in Hawaii. (SJL)

The Teacher Corps Project at Jarrett School in Hawaii attempts to coordinate the major elements of the educational system: the Department of Education, the University of Hawaii, and the local community, through the process of collaboration. Part of a theme issue on community education in Hawaii. (Author/SJL)

The personalized experiences of two College of Education faculty members in developing an awareness in a culture other than their own are discussed by the authors. The experiences they shared in the "learning by doing" principle and the extensive people-to-people relationships of the World Campus Afloat program were described. (Author/RK)

Article stressed the need for music teachers to embrace their students in a complete musical experience. (Author/RK)

Article provided some recommendations by the Hawaii Music Advisory Council on how to achieve a balanced music curriculum in Hawaiian schools. (Author/RK)

Article described the objectives of the Artists-in-the-Schools program, developed by the Hawaii Curriculum Center in 1966. (Author/RK)

The implementation of a computer education program in a Hawaiian school is described. The use of the LOGO programing language is central to the program, and teachers' comments on student behaviors and reactions are included. (MNS)

Topics urgently needed in the preservice teacher education curriculum are discussed: computer literacy, hardware, software, classroom management, and the changing teacher-pupil relationship in a computer usage setting. (MNS)

Needs of college of education faculty for computer literacy are discussed. A definition of computer literacy is first given, followed by an example of how it was developed in the College of Education at the University of Minnesota. (MNS)

The need to define the role of computers in teacher education is discussed. Topics include planning lessons, evaluating materials, facilitating mastery, learning to diagnose, managing learning, student evaluation, motivation, learning to decide, and knowing content. (MNS)

Elaborates on the conjecture that the words used in speech and writing have a powerful effect on perceptions of what is said and written. Reviews three distinct goals of instruction that are designed to promote students' expressive vocabularies. Suggests approaches for promoting students' active use of words. (ML)

Presents an approach to vocabulary instruction that serves to increase knowledge of word definitions, to provide semantic links to words, and to promote greater facility in using words. Reviews studies associated with the "fertile vocabulary" instructional plan and discusses program results and benefits. (ML)

Advocates the use of incidental vocabulary learning to assist students in vocabulary expansion and reading comprehension. Addresses the issues of the number of words students would have to know to make substantial gains and what type of word knowledge is necessary to facilitate reading comprehension. (ML)

Reexamines two plausible explanations of why vocabulary knowledge and reading comprehension are so highly correlated. Describes and analyzes the "instrumental" and "knowledge" hypotheses of word meanings. Additional positions on vocabulary instruction are also presented. (ML)