The usefulness of any educational experience is determined not by who designs it or where it takes place, but by whether it meets the needs, wants, and goals of the participants. (JD)

Lecturing, as a means of conveying information to a group of listeners, can be an inefficient format that teaches little without active interaction between speaker and audience. (JD)

A program in which college supervisors, cooperating teachers, and education students cooperate and work as a team is described. (JD)

Based upon the assumption that the way teachers perceive others depends upon how they view themselves, some items are proposed for self-study. (JD)

Organized development of community agencies facilitates the use of available human resources in the improvement of community education. (JD)

Children who are chronic discipline problems are rebelling because the school is not meeting their needs and interests. (JD)

The fundamental purpose of an introductory course in education is to help students form a personal basis for decisions about entering the profession and preparing to teach. (JD)

Student teachers must be taught new ways to cope with bureaucracy, while effecting purposeful changes in the status quo. (Editor)

Sixth grade students with reading ability beyond their age group are offered the opportunity for an extended reading opportunity program directed by teachers, consultants, and specialists. (JD)

A survey indicates that deans of schools of education perceive their responsibilities and powers differently than the colleagues with whom they work. (JD)

Low income classrooms demand that teachers supervise and monitor students' seatwork actively and control private interactions with students. Praise and a relaxed climate are more important in low than high income settings. (JD)

Information on the early childhood experiences of teachers, at home and school, which influenced them to choose teaching as a career, is needed to fill a gap in the ERIC data base. (JD)

The questions are raised about whether university professors in the field of education are close enough to the problems and needs of teachers to effectively conduct in-service workshops. (JD)

The use of specialized language in the field of education is defended. (JD)

There is general professional consensus that accreditation should function to control quality, but the mechanisms for such control need considerable study. (JD)