This paper describes a practical attempt to resolve conflicting subject options of fourth- and fifth-formers in comprehensive schools. (Author)

The article draws attention to severe faults in the design of the Oxford (1960) enquiry into Arts/Science specialization. (Author)

Based on a survey of 969 university entrants from 163 comprehensive schools in England and Wales, this article examines the effect of the 'open' sixth form upon the educational background of university students. (Author)

Article investigated certain assumptions, often unconscious, which dominate a lot of educational research. (Author/RK)

The article which follows provides guidelines by which a complete reading scheme can be developed from a combination of reading schemes; including consideration of such fundamentals as compatability of vocabulary, degree of repetition, phonic criteria and the selection of supplementary reading material. (Author)

A group of children, in their last term of attendance at nursery schools, were tested on their comprehension of words used in the first books of well-known reading schemes. (Author)

How satisfied is the Australian teacher with his job and how committed is he to teaching? This paper reports the results of an investigation into the morale within the teaching profession. (Author)

The results are reported of an investigation into the social attitudes of the total population (800) of one English university using Adorno's F scale to measure authoritarian personality traits. (Author)

The present study supports the finding of Smithers and Carlisle (1970) that many students in colleges of education would ideally have preferred a career other than teaching. (Author)

There are two important aspects of drug education which are, unfortunately, often confounded: that is, helping individuals with their problems and education about drugs. This article looks at the first of these and argues that the school can be an important influence both negatively and positively. (Author)

In a previous paper (Hartley and Holt, 1971) the development of a three-minute reasoning test was described, and its validity and reliability assessed. In this paper three experiments are reported which look in greater detail at these aspects of the test in different situations. (Author)

The study reported here attempted to discover by employing different geographical techniques at which stages certain abilities - generalization and comparability - develop in children. (Author)

An investigation was carried out to ascertain how 700 children aged seven to 15 (half boys and half girls), acquired the ability to define certain moral concepts, how they decided on whether an action was right or wrong, and what influenced the acquisitional process. (Author)

The influence of teachers on the religious beliefs and moral values of pupils in two multi-racial comprehensive schools was studied. (Author)

This paper examined the growth of religious questioning in children which does not have the presuppositions of any established religious system such as Christianity and noted the need for research into the internalization of the culturally accepted system. (Author/RK)