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Educational Leadership. DOCUMENT RESUME ED 059 130 SO 002 345 Leeoer, Robert R., Ed. AUTHOR Era. Readings TITLE Curricular Concerns in a Revolutionary from "Educational Leadership." INSTITUTION Association for Supervision andCurriculum Development, Washington, D.C. PUB DATE Oct 71 NOTE 301p. AVAILABLE FROMAssociation for Supervision andCurriculum Development, 1201 Sixteenth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 (#611-17852,$6.00) EDRS PRICE MF-$0.65 HC Not Available fromEDRS. DESCRIPTORS Activism; Affective Objectives;Behavioral Objectives; *Cu..:riculim Development;Curriculum Problems; Educational Accountability;*Educational Change; *Educational Objectives;*Educational Philosophy; Educational Quality;Ethnic Studies; Individualized Instruction;Politics; Racial Integration; Relevance (Education) ;Social Action; *Social Change; Student Rights;Values ABSTRACT Sixty-six articles and two poems,selected from "Educational Leadership", comprisethis book. Major emphasisis on curricular concerns and instructionin the schools of today and the future. Authors provide insightful,comprehensive understanding about educational issues and concerns ratherthan attempt final answersto complex problems. Re-examinationof educational goals is necessary before future curriculum isreshaped. The materials, dividedinto 11 sections, are arranged partly inchronological order by date of publication and partly in accordancewith logical treatment of the instructional concern represented. Thedivisions are:1) Values; 2) Individualization; 3) Social Involvement;4) The Search for Theory; 5) Integration; 6)Ethnic Studies; 7) StudentRights and Responsibilities; 8) Whorls in aRevolutionary Society; 9)Politics; 10) Adapting to the Needs of ourTime;ands11) In a World Setting. The various authors uphold thepotential of each individualand express the importance ofincreasing interrelationship and interdependence of human affairs in theworld scene. New meaning and quality in education can be agents ofchange towa.,1 solvingworld problems. Included is a list of Autumn1971 ASCD publicationsand an author-subject-title index that isalphabetically arranged. (Editor/SJM) fr Readings from EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP THIS COPY PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE MICROFICHE ONLY RIGHTED MATERIAL BY BY HAS BEEN GRANTED For SuAxir ssoc. D_viAtorut _.Cu.rrILV6.111.1.A ORGANIZA TIONS OPERATIN FO ERIC AND WITH THE U S OFFICE UNDER AGREEMENTS FURTHER REPRODUCTION OF EDUCATION PER OUTSIDE THE ERICSYSTEM REOUIRCS MISSION OF THECOPYRIGHT OWNER RevolutiorN Readings from EDUCATIONALLEADERSHIP U.S. DEPARTMENT OFHEALTH, EDUCATION & WELFARE OFFICE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HASBEEN REPRO- DUCED EXACTLY ASRECEIVED FROM THE PERSON ORORGANIZATION ORIG- INATING IT POINTS OFVIEW OR OPIN IONS STATED DO NOTNECESSARILY OFFICE OF EDU- REPRESENT OFF:CIAL CATION POSITION ORPOLICY %7188t1 In a RowWWII Readings from EDUCATIONALLEADERSHIP Edited by ROBERTR. LEEPER Introduction by NEIL P. ATKINS Association for Supervision and CurriculumDevelopment 1201 Sixteenth Street,N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 Copyright © 1971 by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any informe:ion storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Stock Number: 611-17852 The materials printed herein are the expressions of the writers and not a state. ment of policy of the Association unless set by resolution. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 70-182201 CONTENTS Foreword A Rich Yield Robert R. Leeper vii Introduction The Texaires of Tomorrow Neil P. Atkins ix 1 VALUES: THE CHALLENGE, THEDILEMMA Who Am I? Theron H. Jacobson 2 Will America Survive? Alvin D. Loving, Sr. 4 Vaiues and Our Destiny Kimball Wiles 6 A Strategy for Developing Values James D. Raths 11 A Curriculum of Value Chris Buethe 17 Teaching Without Specific Objectives James D. Raths 20 2 INDIVIDUALIZATION: THE PUPIL ASPERSON Individualized Instruction Alexander 1, /vizier 28 Please Stop and See Joan L. Dailey 35 Individual Differences: A Precious Asset Willard C. Olson 35 "Hey, You!" Robert W. Edgar 37 The DropoutOur Greatest Challenge Earl C. .7elley 41 Creativity and Its Psychological Impli.mtions Marie I. Rasey 44 Uniqueness and Creativeness: TheSchool's Role E. Paul Torrance 48 Learning Our Differences Rodney A. Clark 52 Significant Learning: In Therapy and inEducation Carl R. Rogers 56 HI iv Curricular Concerns in a Revolutionary Era 3 SOCIAL INVOLVEMENT: THE ISSUES, THE IDEALS Schools and the Social Revolution Robe, Q Leeper 68 A Cultural Enrichment Projcct Pays Off I. 1:Bryant 70 Poverty and Reeducation P. F. Ayer 73 Materials the PLadvantaged NeedAnd Don't Net:. liartin Haberman 76 When Students Teach Others John W. Landru.n, Mary D. Martin 81 4 THE SEARCH FOR THEORY Myths About Instruction James B. Macdonald 86 Needed: A Theory of Instruction Jerome S. Bruner 97 The Nature of Instruction: Needed Theory and Research James B. Macdonald 105 5 INTEGRATION: THE UPREACH, THE OUTREACH From Debate to Action Dan W. Dodson 110 Integration...A Curricular Concern Conrad F. Toepfer, Jr. 112 Whose Children Shall We Teach? Romeo Eldridge 116 Instructional Materials Can Assist Integration M. Lucia James 120 6 ETHNIC STUDIES: THE RICHNESS OF PLURALISM Teaching Afro-American History with a Focus on Values Sidney Simon, Alice Carnes 126 The Case for Black Studies Charles E. Wilson 129 Needed: Ethnic Studies in Schools Geneva Gay 133 Materials for Multi-Ethnic Learners LuMar P. Miller 137 7 STUDENT RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES What Do They Want? Neil P. Atkins 142 Rights and Responsibilities of Students Morrel J. Clute 144 Why Students Rebel Jack R. Frymnier 146 Contents The Student Voice: A New Force Edward W. Najam, Jr. 152 Student and Administration Crises Mark A. Chest Jr 155 Can the Student Participate in His OwnDestiny? James E. House 159 8 WHORLS IN A REVOLUTIONARYSOCIETY Educating Youth in a Revolutionary Society Robert Smith 164 The Insufferable Lot of the American Middle Class Child Samuel Tenenbaum 169 Reach Out or Die Out F. T. Cloak, Jr. 173 Irrat;onalism and the New Reformism Mary Anne Raywid 178 Religion in the School: What Are thc Alternatives? Charles C. Chandler 184 National Practices in Teaching About Religion Alan Gorr 187 The Impact of Court Decisions onEducational Strategies Edgar Fuller 189 Some Observations on Adolescent DrugUse Simon L. A uster, M.D. 194 9 POLITICS: EDUCATION IN THEARENA The School in a Political Setting Gordon N. ackenzie 202 The Federal Colossus in Education Threat or Promise? J. Galen Saylor 205 Political Power, the School, and the Culture Alvin D. Loving, Sr. 211 Political Power and the High SchoolCurriculum John S. Mann 213 10 ADAPTING TO THE NEEDS OFOUR TIME The Greening of Curriculum Paul R. Klohr 218 The Rediscovery of Purpose inEducation Harold G. Shane 220 The Nature of Curricular Relevance Harvey Goldman 223 The Nurture of Nature Fred T. Wilhelms 228 230 Sensitivity Education Stephen M. Corey, Elinor K. Corey Founding a Peoples College Raymond W . Houghton 234 Free Schools: Pandora's Box? Joshua L. Smith 237 Alternative Schools: 241 Is the Old Order ReallyChanging? DonaldW. Robinson Developing Flexible All-Year Schools John McLain 245 Universities Without Campuses Henry A. Bern 248 7 vi Curricular Concerns in a Revolutionary Era 11 IN A WORLD SETTING There Is Much We Can Lcarn Vincent R. Rogers 254 Thc Worldwide Struggle for Education George A. Male 255 The Larger Question: A New Sense of Common Identity Alexander Frazier 257 Maintaining a Supportive PhysicalEnvironment for Man Pauline Gratz 261 Thc Arts in a Global Village Maxine Greene 264 Political Socialization in International Perspective Byron G. Massialas 272 What Is Valued in Different Cultures? Ina Corinne Brown 276 Soviet Education Faces thc '70's Alexander M. Chabe 278 Aspirations for Education in thc"New" and Free Nations of Africa Enoka H. Rukare 283 Index 287 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS SPECIALackncwledgment is made to the authorsfor permission to reprint the articles appearing in this bookof readings. Advice and counselhave been available from Neil P. Atkins, ExecutiveSecretary, ASCD, and from James Raths, Chairman, ASCD PublicationsCommittee. Robert R. Leeper, Associate Secretaryand Editor, ASCD publications, and editing the materials includedin wasresponsible for selecting, arranging, Nash, this volume. Technical production washandled by Nancy Olson, Barbara and indexer. and Lana Pipes, with Mary AlbertO'Neill as production manager FOREWORD A Rich Yield Curricular Concerns in a Revolu- citizen. In their writing, these school people tionary Era represents a rich yield of special have reached beyond themselves, beyond the materials from Educational Leadership, the confines of their classroom or school or state journal of the Association for Supervision or region. Frequently they have helped us to and Curriculum Development.Here is a identify, analyze, probe, the urgent problems panorama of curricular concerns etched in and needs of our time.Often they have the fires of an insurgent period. The focus is pointcd to the light on the far horizon, the upon instruction and the setting is that of flame of insight that can guide us to a higher, the school in today's world. happier, and better tomorrowteday. That the past decade has been one of The writings included here represent, kaleidoscopic changc is evident beyond dis- not a set of conclusions or final answers in cussion. The ebb and flow of
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