DOCUMENT RESUME SD 044 390 SP 004 43. AUTHOR Miel, Alice, Ed.; Berman, Louise, Ed. TITLE In the Minds of Men: Educating the Young People of the World. INSTITUTION Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Washington, D.C. PUB DATE 70 NOTE 144p. AVAILABLE FROM Publication-Sales Section, NEA, 1201 16th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 (Stock No. 611-17506; $2.50) EDRS PRICE EDRS Price MF-$0.75 HC Not Available from EDRS. DESCRIPTORS *Curriculum Development, *Education, Elementary School Teachers, Instructional Technology, Moral Values, *Physical Environment, Relevance (Education), *School Role, Secondary School leachers, Social Environment, Social Studies, *Teacher Education ABSTRACT This publication consists of papers presented at the World Conference on Education held March 5-14, 1970, at Asilomar, California. It is divided into two sections: 1) Plenary Session Addresses and 2) Working Party Reports. The nine plenary session addresses concern man's physical and social environment an its effect on Education, the function of the schools, and the role of education in the future. The titles of the ten working party reports are: 1) Designing Curriculum and Instruction for the Schools of the Future, 2)Preparation of Teachers for Primary Education, 3) Preparation of Teachers for Secondary Education, 4)Improving Curriculum and Instruction--Social Studies, 5) In-Servico Education, 6) Cross-national Research in Teacher Training and Teaching, 7) Designing New Programs for Early Education, A) Instruc,ional Technology in Education, 9)Education's Role in Eliminating Barriers Among People 10)Helping Youth Develop Constructive Commitments and Cross-National Research on Moral Education. An appendi, contains a list of titles of papers presented at the conference which were not included in the report. (R7) U.S. DEPASTMENT 0: HEALTH. 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Leeper, Asso- ciate Secretary and Editor, ASCD Publications. Technical production was handled by Mary Albert O'Neill, Lana G. Pipes, Nancy Olson, and Barbara L. Nash. Contents ForewordNorman V. Overly iv IntroductionLouise M. Berman vi PART ONE: PLENARY SESSION ADDRESSES Men for Tomorrow: A Challenge for Education--Alvin r). Loving, Sr 2 Is the School an Obsolete Institution?--W. Senteza Kajubi 8 Useful Functions for the Schools of the Futur.)--Toruten Hutt& 19 Maintaining a Supportive Physical Environment for Man--Pauline Gratz 30 Mainta'rting a Supportive Physical Environment for Man: How the Schools May Help- -Denis Lawton 38 Maintaining a Supportive Social Environment for Man--D. K. Wheeler. 47 Building a Socially Supportive EnvironmentEdmund W. Gordon 59 How To Accomplish School Reform - -K. G. Saiyidain 71 Toward a World Community of Educators: Unity with Diversity- - Alice Niel 83 PART TWO: WORKING PARTY REPORTS Designing Curriculum and Instruction for the Schools of the Future.. 90 Section A, reported by Vernon E. Anderson, 90. Section B, reported by Enoka H. Rukare, 92. Section C, reported by Dorothy Dreisbach, 96. Section D, reported by Galen Saylor, 99. Preparation of Teachers for Primary Education, reported by Maxine Dunfee 102 Preparation of Teachers for Secondary Education, reported by Donald M. Sharpe and David Manly 104 Improving Curriculum and Instruction -- Social Studies, reported by Benjamin Ebersole and Vincent Rogers 107 In-Service Education Section A, reported by Arthur 3. Lewis, Section 13, reported by Mildred A. Carlson, 113. Cross-National Research in Teacher Training and Teaching, reported by Margaret Lindsey 116 DesigninT New Programs for Early Education, reported by Margaret Yonemura 119 Instructional Technology in Education, reported by Harry Johnson 122 Education's Role In Eliminating Barriers Among People 124 Section A, reported by Derek L. Burleson, 124. Section 8, reported by Theodore Rice, 127. Heping Youth Develop Constructive Commitments and Cross-National Research on Moral Education, reported by Chandos Reid Rice .., 129 ipperxiix 132 Contributors 134 Members of the Commission on International Cooperation in Education 136 Foreword The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development has had a long involvement in support of international cooperation in education. However, until the two background papers for the 1970 World Conference on Education, Cooperative International Education and The International Dimension of Education, werepublished earl-FF.11M our output in this area had been limited to special feature articles in Educational Leadership. Therefore, It is a pleasure to cap the Association's participation in the United Nations international Education Year with the publication of this report of the conference. ks the Conference Director, I am tempted to review the "making of the conference" and its potential for future cooperation. However, this is done most ably by Louise Berman in the "Introduction." Instead, let me speak of the feelings and hopes generated at the conference by adding specific testimony to that hinted at throughout the reports of the working parties which form the second part of this book. From both formal and informal evaluations, the greatest common value of the conference was reported to be an indefinable something variously described as a "warm feeling," "human understanding," or "moodful experience." Such special, personal insights into people and their relationships are difficult to communicate succinctly in print, even though the discerning reader will catch glimpses of them in the working party reports. As "father surrogate" for over 300 independently minded individuals repre- senting over 50 cultures, I found it a challenging and rewarding experience to work with the participants. They were truly representative of the family of man in microcosm.It was a family of which one could Justifiably be proud. Undoubtedly the ability of the participants to work together was greatly aided by their desire to work together. Some questioned the value of bring- ing together physical scientists, social scientists, humanists, linguists, artists, and pedagogues whose only common concern was the fostering of better education for the children of the world through improved curriculum and Instruction.This report can stand only as a partial testimony. The fullest proof was in the experience, as is true of the most %Pahl able education. Diversity of viewpoint was sought through the commissioned papers by scholars from various nations. These papers, which form Part One of this publication, will prove of interest to all who are looking for informed state- ments on issues of centralconcern to worldeducators today. Space limita- tions do not permit the inclusion of the many additional viewpoints ex- pressed as reactions to them.Nevertheless the reports of the working parties provide a valuable indication of the diversity o! opinion, working style, concerns, and drives which mobilized the participants. However, more important than the diversity is the ample evidence of the commonali- ties which enhanced communication and provided a basis for positive co- operative action. iv Forev:ord v Some fertile ideas were conceived and nourished during the meetings, Still others are now inthegerminatingor cultivating stages. It is a critical period in which individuals currently spread over the face of the globe and involved in immediate parochial concerns must struggle to maintain the momentum established several months ago. Let me encourage readers of this report to add their names to the list of Asilomar participants who have concern for continuing and greater cooperation in international education. Let me also encourage rea-iers to take the initiative and contact persons in their