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Newsletter, January 10, 1972, Department Of Sociology

The Socializer

Volume 1, Number 4 of the WMU Sociology departmental newsletter, published January 10, 1972.

University Magazine Vol. 30 No. 3, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Magazine (1963-1980)

• Our University
• Susan of Sesame Street
• Play
• University Ombudsman
• Sports
• Alumni News
• Class Notes
• In Memoriam
• Alumni Association, New Life Members

Wmu Board Of Trustee Minutes 1972, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF THE BOARD
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• MINUTES
  • January 21
  • February 18
  • March 17
  • April 21
  • May 19
  • June 30
  • July 21
  • September 15
  • October 20
  • November 17
  • December 15
• APPENDIX A - HONORARY DEGREES AND AWARDS
• APPENDIX B - WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY GRADUATES
  • April, 1972
  • August, 1972
  • December, 1972
• INDEX

General Education: What Type Of Structure?, Woodburn O. Ross, Lawrence E. Taliana, Harold Schroeder

Perspectives (1969-1979)

Panel 1 presented at the Association for General and Liberal Studies' Annual Meeting, which was held at Southern Illinois University, October 21^st through 23^rd, 1971.

General Education And Specialization: Are They Meeting The Needs Of Society?, Midge Smith, Midori Y. Banks

Perspectives (1969-1979)

Panel 2 presented at the Association for General and Liberal Studies' Annual Meeting, which was held at Southern Illinois University, October 21^st through 23^rd, 1971.

The needs of society will best be met when the needs of all its members are being met.

Do general education and specialized education meet the needs of contemporary society? It is easier to evaluate specialized education. As to general education, we must first ask ourselves pertinent questions, such as "What are we actually expecting general and liberal education to do?"

General Education And The Quality Of Human Living, Thomas J. Musial

Perspectives (1969-1979)

Because Willis Nutting is now also my good friend and neighbor, I have had the continuing good fortune of watching him implement the precepts of his book. He has never allowed me to forget that a man is a person before he is a civic leader or an expert, and that it is therefore more sensible for educators to give priority of concern to the man himself, so that if possible he may become wise and understanding. He has convinced me that it is by no means certain that the kind of training necessary to make a man a specialist …

Violence And General Education, Alan Downes, Wolf D. Fuhrig, J. Warrren Brinkman, John Noonan

Perspectives (1969-1979)

In this era when technology transforms the world at an accelerating pace, offering us ever-larger magnitudes of potential disaster, it is questionable whether my students can survive the next fifty years if they remain in the grip of the traditional orthodoxies, the folk knowledge, the myths which allow the same elites to retain control. Only if my students are trained to order their priorities and test their predictions free of the covert command and metaphysical traps of ideological language-only then can they see the alternative options open to them. The ambient status quo is, after all, merely one violent option. …

Echoes From The Field, Joe R. Chapel

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

The Michigan College Reading Council held its annual fall meeting on Friday, October 22, at Ferris State College, Big Rapids, Michigan. The main speaker was Dr. John F. Toueey, Coordinator of the Learning Center at the Community College of Delaware County, Media, Pennsylvania. In addition, Donald Ferguson and Richard Shanahan discussed the reading program at Ferris State College.

Reading In The Secondary Schools, Kenneth Vandermeulen

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

One of the shortcomings in a consideration of the idea of study is the fact that it is defined in various ways in the minds of various teachers. The weakest notion of the word would be demonstrated in a teacher's assignment that said "study the next ten pages for tomorrow" and said nothing else. In all likelihood, students would under stand it to mean read the pages mentioned. An assignment which means "a process involving the acquisition of knowledge" from these pages would have to be accompanied by a guide sheet to point out the expected learnings and the supporting …

Should Tutoring Be Encouraged?, Dorothy J. Mcginnis

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

A letter from the editor.

Lend An Ear To Poetry, Charles Smith

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

It seems to me as I read much of contemporary poetry that there is in it less and less of any appeal to a sophisticated ear for the nuances of sound. To all intents and purposes the poet apparently assumes that his reader is tone deaf. In fact, to all intents and purposes the poet seems to be tone deaf too. The rhetorical effects involve only the sense of sight; they are imagery in the most restricted sense of the word. (Both in poetry and in life man, of course, has always neglected any development of or appeal to the …

Meeting Individual Differences In Reading, Ronald G. Noland

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Perhaps the most complex as well as the most important task con fronting the teacher is adjusting instruction to meet the individual differences of students in activities related to reading. It is an ever present problem at all grade levels. For effective progress in learning to read, the teacher must organize the class and instructional procedures so that each child has the opportunity to achieve up to his capacity, albeit it is not his grade level.

The Comprehension Dilemma, Tom Rakes

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

The term "comprehension" has become a "catch all" item. If a student is failing in school, his teacher will probably tell you that he does not comprehend what he reads. In addition, the teacher may mention that the student gets more from just listening than he does from reading. Another teacher will tell you that a student reads well in his social studies book but cannot quite figure out his math problems. Yet another teacher will tell you that one of her students comprehends when there are pictures on the page but take the pictures away and the student is …

Did You See?, Betty L. Hagberg

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Did You See "Sesame Street: Educational Mirage? . . . Pre-School Oasis?" by Dr. S. M. Brown and Dr. F. Garfunkel? The article reviews the pros and cons of the popular television program for children. It appears in the April, 1971, issue of the Reading News report.

Round Robin, Dorothy E. Smith

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Letters to the editor.

We Suggest, Eleanor Buelke

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Marsh, Leonard. 1970. "Alongside the Child."

Message From The President Of The Homer L.J. Carter Reading Council, Lois Vandenberg

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

No abstract available.

Ten-Second Reviews, Blanche O. Bush

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

No abstract available.

One Method Of Teaching A Secondary School Reading Course, Wilma H. Miller

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

While teaching secondary school reading courses, many instructors are faced with a problem because of the various majors held by the students in each class. Students with many different majors are found in each class, and there are few common reading needs in these areas. This writer tried a method of organizing a secondary school reading class which seemed quite effective in meeting the needs of the students.

Reading Horizons Vol. 12, No. 2

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Complete issue of Reading Horizons volume 12, issue 2.

Perspectives Vol. 4 No. 2

Perspectives (1969-1979)

No abstract provided.

General Education And The Environment, Barry Commoner

Perspectives (1969-1979)

Featured Address presented at the Association for General and Liberal Studies' Annual Meeting, which was held at Southern Illinois University, October 21^st through 23^rd, 1971.

Enriching General Education: Seeds And Plowshares, J. W. Brinkman

Perspectives (1969-1979)

In the years during which debate over the purpose and content of general education has raged, every conceivable bit of curricular gimmickry has been proposed and often tried. With few exceptions most of these efforts were possessed of at least one common feature- they were conventional or quasi-conventional academic, classroom or laboratory experiences. Until recently little attention was paid to the possibility of employing a broad range of non-academic experiences in the total general education component of the college program of study. What follows is a suggestion of experiences or activities of a non-academic type which could be adapted to …

Law , Justice And Education, James Ahern

Perspectives (1969-1979)

James Ahern is the former Chief of Police of New Haven, Connecticut, and a member of the President's Commission on Campus Unrest. He was a featured speaker at the Annual Meeting of AGLS at Rochester Institute of Technology, October 26-28, 1972.

Strange Bedfellows: Academic Freedom And Violence, Glenda Lawhorn

Perspectives (1969-1979)

Although we are at the present time experiencing some relief from the violence of student unrest, the American society, especially the most formally educated part of it, seems to be even more confused than usual. On practically every campus in America, learned professors who vociferously decried the student's use of strikes as a means of gaining power are arguing in the same breath for the use of collective bargaining and the threat of strikes as a means of gaining power for themselves. More than ever, professors, college administrators and trustees are paying lip service to the idea of academic freedom, …

A Paradigm Of Virtue, Stanley L. Becker, Saundra R. Becker

Perspectives (1969-1979)

This letter was brought forcibly to mind at the December, 1972, meetings of the History of Science Society. Does it describe the present status of the History of Science? To put it succinctly ... What good is History of Science? During the session dealing with the goals and future of our profession, I heard plaudits for the good old days and sighs over the bad old days ... I heard suggestions made with respect to possible jobs for majors in history of science. I heard graduate students suggest time sharing, money sharing, and perhaps even a relief expedition. After all …

General Education In The Two Year College- Is It Meeting The Needs Of The Student And Society?, Joseph P. Cosand

Perspectives (1969-1979)

Featured Address presented at the Association for General and Liberal Studies' Annual Meeting, which was held at Southern Illinois University, October 21^st through 23^rd, 1971.

It is essential that we understand the philosophy and objectives of the various types of colleges and universities- both two- and four-year and that each type has equal status with the others. There can be no status continuum--each has its own responsibilities to the youth and adults to be served and each must then be held so accountable. The Community College can no more be cast in the image of the university …

Perspectives Vol. 4 No. 1

Perspectives (1969-1979)

This issue of Perspectives is devoted entirely to the proceedings of the Association for General and Liberal Studies' Annual Meeting which was held at Southern Illinois University, October 21 through 23, 1971.

The University, The Student And The Wizard Of Oz, Lynwood H. Bartley

Perspectives (1969-1979)

The teacher who demonstrates that choice is inevitable in the human situation and helps each student realize his responsibility to choose what he becomes, is doing an inestimable service for his students. Having become aware of this choice, the student learns that he has more control over what he sees, what he does, and how he interprets.

I do not assume that making someone aware presumes the absence of facts; I do assume the interrelation between facts. I do not want to see teaching or learning as a process move any further in the direction described by Marshall McLuhan, who …

General Education And Violence, Louis J. Andolino, John H. Humphries

Perspectives (1969-1979)

Since the issue of violence is of such paramount concern to the American public, it constitutes a pertinent topic for academic discussion and analysis. Because the topic of violence is an interesting and important issue of the day, germane to many fields, including general education, it was decided that the theme of this year's Association of General and Liberal Studies Conference would be General Education and Violence. This conference will be held on the campus of the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York on October 26-28, 1972.