IntroductionAuthor(s): Manley E. IrwinSource: Review of Educational Research, Vol. 15, No. 3, General Aspects of Instruction:Learning, Teaching, and the Curriculum (Jun., 1945), p. 195Published by: American Educational Research AssociationStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1168210 .

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INTRODUCTION

IHIS is the fifth issue of the REVIEW OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH dealing with "General Aspects of Instruction: Learning, Teaching, and the Cur- riculum." It reviews the studies published in these areas for the three-year period ending December 1944. Several changes have been made in organiza- tion of the content since the first issue was published in 1933. The first three cycles of the REVIEW included a chapter on supervision, a subject which is now treated under "Organization and Administration of Educa- tion." In this issue, as in the previous one, are studies in the fields of philosophy, radio and visual education, and school libraries.

Altho there is no dearth in the number of articles published, there were fewer studies in some areas during the last three years than in the preceding three-year period. This is to be expected, since many young men and women who normally carry on research are with the armed forces in other than educational activities. Furthermore, the effects of the war on education are reflected in the studies reviewed. Studies carried on in military camps reveal the effects of controlled environment and the value of large numbers of cases. In spite of the influence of the war, the authors of the various chapters have tried to review all those studies that make a contribution to education whether they were made in a military camp, in a scientific laboratory, in a classroom, or in a library.

From the published articles in these areas two generalizations may be made. First, many of the studies have been conducted under the auspices of educational foundations and cooperating agencies and, second, the re- search technics used in evaluation have become less statistical, but no less valid, than those formerly used.

MANLEY E. IRWIN, Chairman Committee on General Aspects of Education

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