This study guide contains the objectives, design, and evaluation in plan for Center of Discovery I, and lists topics, directives, and basic readings and in-depth references and the self-tests for an 11-week program of independent study within the first of four education courses in a 2-year program. The major part of the guide is devoted to a selection of articles from the basic reading list. The lead article, "Florida Atlantic University's Centers of Discovery: A New Dimension in Teacher Education" by Harry A. Kersey, Jr., discusses the program itself (see also SP 003 752). Other articles cover such topics as classroom observation techniques, the history of education, the role of teachers, teacher strikes, non-graded schools, multimedia instruction, the influence of government organizations on education, the role of professional education associations, and local school administration. (RT)