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The purpose of this paper is to identify and describe background information and possible indicators for future planning of elementary education, as a prerequisite to planning realistic education programs for early childhood and elementary school teachers. Developments considered include population growth, changing cultural characteristics, continued urbanization, changes in governmental relationships, multiple-vocations and increased leisure, and the increasing accumulation of scientific and technical knowledge. An attempt is made to define broad, guideline trends in education, but with the realization that current and past innovations have not been readily accepted by educators. The major trends appear to be 1) educational population growth, including the increasing need for preschool and adult education; 2) educational goals and objectives, with a potential conflict between the technological and humanistic approach; 3) change in educational administration and organization, with pressures for greater centralization, and changes in the role of state departments of education; 4) changes in school organization, methodology, and curricular patterns; and 5) the effects on education of developments in educational technology, media, and materials. Much greater emphasis is predicted on preschool and childhood education, as an extension of the regular curriculum and organization. Related documents are SP 004 156 to SP 004 166. (MBM)

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert