European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 28, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                28, 1968 the stars and stripes Page 17 teachers talk too much methodology is garbage Leach is tend to talk too much i think a lot of classes Quant to be missed. 1 think a lot of goes on in school s Boring. S Only 1" i " is really pro of full it talking no not at All. The statement was made by  Frank Brown superintendent of schools Brevard county fla., on of the developers of the non graded is room. And a f Rmer consultant to the White House committee on Edt cation under the late president  Europe to act As an educational consultant part of i so ska s pro Tram to keep up with c u r rent trends. Or. Crown was More than outspoken about his views of the h tools of today and  in sees it there is too much Over teaching teachers being very conscientious people want to be sure they Are earning their Money. So they talk a lot too  b r o w n feels  education which is just around the i right can offer a  Omi Lakil civics kids More Opportunity for Independent study he says. A student can miss a class and still keep up with his work. When the computer gains voice and that s not far off it s go i to he looked us n As a  a machine and is going to be very important in All the  he predicts that within five years every High school in the . Will be hooked up to a computer service or services. Or. Brown also predicts that there Are going to be a lot of changes made in history my social studies  overdue be ii we be done a lot of Studie recently about How people and have come to a co there Are different St Les youngsters learn and batches when the not sequential. Mos doing. This is Why sch x i Cicore is i far ahead of history and Cui studies. Science has lab equipment there s student in of Enid it of a m i d to Stop teaching state history for example. A kid is born in Florida Nio is to Euy Ork for a year then out to Cali fornia and maybe graduates in Arizona. Those r c to u i r e d stat history courses Are meaningless. All told history and science instruction is in a and state of intellectual  what does or. Siroun feel should be taught in social s t u d i e s i d like to see kids work on things like constructing models for world peace he thinks history As it stands is \ or bad so far. No one has teaser out the bit pulsating theme thai runs through it. Teachers jul t teach the facts nothing  he says. Or. Or oven Ako poo a nuked methodology teacher training in itself i think you should be Able to lash out at what you belong  he said and i m a card carrying Edu Cator. I Behee teachers should concentrate on the subjects they Are going to teach and not waste their time learning How to teach. All those methods could in wrapped up in two courses if they together Well. In fact. I m not at All teachers Aren t just were put sure Ilia born. Stars and stripes overseas youngsters have the same Chance to climb the stairs of learning that . I c 7 o s do. Class May begin next year studies show need for sex education in schools Young couple should make a mad dash to the altar without giving the responsibilities Sofii Winiona serious thought. Ltd sea officials feel much the same Way about aiming classes in sex education to their curriculum.  in Snow Ltd n"1 be a rash move. Before ii v thu selves to a program they want to be the a Good one one that will fill the needs of kids and meet the approval of their parents. A inn ? Alloy Nave no plan for introducing such,.i. This l4ar, or even next year. They want to ail aspects of such instruction before giving a the go ahead. Workshop has been looking Over everything in stateside sex educational material from or  Falls. To established  i i Iii Iii Eliadi Snen curries Ksn a Teum headed by Donald p. Devona rum coordinator health and physical Educa should is Ron by hat a sex education program Uia i to Nitin Tzvi hut an. �i,.,. I , Ivan Itzale Don Central High school a Patrick social studies teacher Hota High i i Ain represent a pretty Good balance of viewpoints both conservative and  says in wis. And we re All Here Bei Ause we believe in the need for such a  Why a so Ruhy try american youngsters of the Junior High school age came up with some of the following questions about the subject. From girls can a girl o 13 have a baby How far should you to with a boy you really like where can you get the pills from boys does everyone in High school do it what s the safest kind of birth control what special problems do girls have both boys and girls asked the meaning of sex Slang words wondered about differences in the  to this the fact that one High school principal was told by a knowledgeable student that about one out of 10 kids in the 8th Grade were fooling around and you can see Why the workshop group feels sex education needs  often parents Are too shy to instruct then kids. Sometimes they re not too Well informed them selves says Devona. The result is that the kids pick up a lot of misinformation smut. They learn from things scribbled on Walls from whispered confidences with older  today s society we Are bombarded with sex just about every Maga Ine has some kind of article relating to it. The movies and to dwell upon  Are changing too. The old authoritarian edicts Are being  instituting a sex education course in a Public school system is not something debt no Behe is should be done in a haphazard  of All we want to teach nut just ten it reproduction but about the whole person about the individuals relationship to All of  Suth instruction should begin in the Pri Mary grades where Small children might watch a baby Bird Hatch from an egg and talk about the wonder of , before we establish a real program ave want to take it to the parents Tell them about it Pipta meetings get their feelings on it. Also we have to answer such questions As who is going to teach such a course and what Type of training such a teacher should have. We have to figure out How to fit it into the program adapt it to our schools which Range from huge ones to others with almost a Rural  the goal of the present workshop therefore is to Settle on a Choice of material present this material to the school principals during the tar then hopefully help establish a Pilot program for next  have definitely decided on one  says Devona. We All agree we want a program the kids can believe in. One that gives the facts helps the to make responsible decisions but does not preach or