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                  <text>^EDUCATION
ON
TRIAL:

CRISIS OF
THE 80s

CASPER COLLEGE SOCIAL SCIENCE SEMINAR
MARCH 19-20, 1987

�EDUCATION ON TRIAL:
THE CRISIS OF THE 80s

Casper College
Social Science Seminar

Seminar Director:

Dr. Bruce Tollefson

All seminar events will be held in the Krampert Theatre.

�Thursday, March 19
8:45 a.m.

Seminar Welcome.
Dr. Loftin, President, Casper College

9:00 a.m.

Dr. James Hook
“Teacher Education Reform: The Continued
Talkathon”

10:15-10:30 a.m.

Refreshments

10:30-11:45 a.m.

Panel: “The Education of Educators”

Moderator: Arlene Larson
Members: Lois Distad
Reginald Damerell
James Hook
Ann Tollefson
1:30 p.m.

Mr. Reginald Damerell
“Too Important to be Left to Educationists”

2:45-3:00 p.m.

Refreshments

3:00-4:15 p.m.

Panel: “Challenges to Public Education”

Moderator: James O’Neill
Members: Lynnette Anderson
Jacob Dailey
Reginald Damerell
James Hook
Marcene Miller
8:00 p.m.

Dr. Wilson Riles
“The Realities of Educational Reform in the
80s”

�Friday, March 20
9:00 a.m.

Dr. John Goodlad
“Reform: The Second Wave”

10:15-10:30 a.m.

Refreshments

10:30-11:45 a.m.

Panel: “What Should We Be Teaching?”

Moderator: Ann Tollefson
Members: Lois Distad
John Goodlad
Charlotte Levendosky
Wilson Riles
Lynn Simons
1:30 p.m.

Dr. Terrel Bell
“The Quality of Education”

2:45-3:00 p.m.

Refreshments

3:00-4:15 p.m.

Panel: “Answers to the Crises”

Moderator: Carolyn Logan
Members: Terrel Bell
Reginald Damerell
James Hook
Wilson Riles

�Terrel H. Beil
Terrel H. Bell is Professor of Educational Administration at the
University of Utah. Dr. Bell received his B.A. degree from Southern
Idaho College of Education. He holds an M.Sc. in Educational
Administration from the University of Idaho and a Doctorate from the
University of Utah. He also has been awarded 21 honorary doctorates.
Dr. Bell served as U.S. Secretary of Education in the Reagan Cabinet
from 1981 through 1984 and as U.S. Commissioner of Education from
1974 to 1976. He began his professional career as a science teacher
and athletic coach.
Dr. Bell is best known for his leadership at the National Commission
on Excellence in Education. Twelve million copies of the Commission’s
report, “A Nation at Risk,” have been printed, reprinted, and widely
disseminated since it was released.

�Reginald Damerell
Reginald G. Damerell spent twenty years in New York City
advertising agencies before authoring Triumph In A White Suburb,
which dealt with the politics of school integration in Teaneck, New
Jersey. Publication of the work in 1968 led to his joining the School
of Education, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where he was
Associate Professor for twelve years. Subsequently, he wrote
Education’s Smoking Gun: How Teachers’ Colleges Have Destroyed
Education In America, which was published in 1985.
Damerell has a A.B. from Columbia College, Columbia University
in the City of New York. Among his professors were Lionel Trilling and
Jacques Barzun. He is currently writing a historical novel about a West
African prince who was sent to Portugal in 1600 to study for the
priesthood and married the niece of a count.

�John I. Goodlad
John I. Goodlad is professor in the College of Education at the
University of Washington. He received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from
the University of British Columbia. He holds a Ph.D. from the University
of Chicago and has been awarded eight honorary doctorates.
Though Dr. Goodlad has spent the last 25 years as a teacher and
administrator in the California university system, he has also acted
as educational consultant to educational foundations, schools and
colleges, including the University of Wyoming, throughout the nation.
Dr. Goodlad has published extensively and his most recent and most
significant work is A Place Called School: Some Prospects For The
Future. For this publication he received the First Distinguished Bookof-the-Year Award from Kappa Delta Pi, and also the American
Educational Research Association 1985 Outstanding Book Award.

�James G. Hook
James G. Hook is the Dean of the College of Education at the
University of Wyoming. He received a B.S. degree (1953) at Eastern
Montana College, an M.A. degree (1958) at the University of Iowa, and
an Ed.D. degree (1966) from the University of Wyoming. Dr. Hook did
post-doctoral work with Jean Piaget at the University of Geneva,
Switzerland, in 1976.
During his 21-year career at UW, Dr. Hook has been active as a
teacher, researcher, author, administrator, and public speaker. A former
Head of the Department of Educational Foundations and Instructional
Technology, he was presented a Standard Oil (Indiana) Foundation
Award in 1969 in recognition of his excellence as a classroom
instructor. Dean Hook is an educational psychology and human
development specialist who believes the University and the
communities must share a common vision of what is required for
teacher preparation.

�Wilson Riles
Wilson Riles is President of Wilson Riles and Associates, Inc., an
educational consultant firm with headquarters in Sacramento,
California. Dr. Riles received both his B.A. and M.A. degrees from
Northern Arizona University and is a holder of nine honorary
doctorates. He is also the recipient of numerous awards for public
service and educational leadership.
As Superintendent of Public Instruction for the State of California
for twelve years he provided leadership in the development of early
childhood education programs, special education programs, programs
for limited and non-English speaking youngsters, and general
programs designed to improve education for all students. Dr. Riles has
been an advisor to four Presidents on national educational issues.

�Seminar Participants
Lynnette Anderson, Director, Goodstein Foundation Library. President
of the Wyoming Library Association. B.A., University of Wyoming;
M.L.S., Rutgers University.

Jon Brady, Instructor of Political Science, Casper College. B.A., M.A.,
University of Denver; J.D., University of Wyoming.

Lynn Bryan, Instructor of Psychology, Casper College. A.A., Cornell
University; B.A. Ohio State University; M.S., Ed.D., Idaho State
University.

Jacob E. Dailey, Superintendent, Natrona County School District,
Casper, Wyoming. Selected in 1984 as one of the Top 100 School
Executives in North America. B.S. in Education, Bloomsburg State
College; M.S. in Educational Administration and Ed.D., Temple
University.
Anna Charlene Davis, Instructor of Education, Casper College. A.A.,
Casper College; B.A., Stephens College; M.A., University of Denver.

Lois Distad, Special Reading Teacher, Bar Nunn Elementary School,
Casper, Wyoming. 1987 Wyoming Teacher of the Year and one of four
national finalists in the Teacher of the Year Program. B.A., M.A.,
University of Wyoming.
F.E. “Skip” Gillum, Chair, Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences;
Instructor of Criminal Justice, Casper College. A.S., Casper College;
B.S., Chadron State University; M.P.A., University of Wyoming.
Arlene Larson, Instructor of Composition and Literature, Casper
College. Member of the North Central Association consultant evaluator
corps. Co-authored with Carolyn Logan, How Does Language Work?
B.A., University of Northern Iowa; M.A.T., Colorado College.
Charlotte Levendosky, teacher for the sixth grade enrichment program
at Cresthill Elementary School, Casper, Wyoming. 1984 Wyoming
Teacher of the Year. Recently nominated to the Wyoming State Board
of Education. B.A., Mount Holyoke College; M.A., New York University.

Carolyn Logan, Instructor of English, Casper College. Co-authored with
Arlene Larson, How Does Language Work? B.A., M.A., University of
Wyoming.

�Seminar Participants, Continued
Marcene Miller, Chapter One Reading Instructor at Willard Elementary
School, Casper, Wyoming. 1986 Wyoming Teacher of the Year. A.A.,
Casper College; B.A., M.A., University of Wyoming.
Robert Moenkhaus, Instructor of Sociology, Casper College. B.A.,
Elmhurst College; M.A., University of Wyoming; M.Div., Eden
Theological Seminary.

Barbara Mueller, Assistant to the Dean of Continuing Education;
Instructor of Anthropology, Casper College. B.A., Drew University; M.A.,
Ph.D, University of Arizona.

Lester Obert, Instructor of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Casper
College. A.S., Casper College; B.S., M.S., Brigham Young University.
James O’Neill, Instructor of History, Casper College. Authored Popular
Culture And Peasant Rebellion In Pre-famine Ireland. B.A., Reed
College; M.A., Ph.D, University of Minnesota.
Jackie Read, Secretary, Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences,
Casper College. A.S., Casper College; B.S., University of Wyoming.

Lynn Simons, Wyoming State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Former teacher in Casper schools. Commissioner of the Education
Commission of the States. Served a 3-year term with National
Assessment of Educational Progress. B.A., University of Colorado.

Ann Tollefson, Coordinator of Foreign Languages for Natrona County
School District. Instructor of French, NCHS, Casper, Wyoming. 1983
Wyoming Teacher of the Year. National Endowment for the Humanities
Panelist, 1985-86. Wyoming Council for the Humanities Member. B.A.,
M.A., University of Wyoming.
Bruce Tollefson, Instructor of Psychology, Casper College. B.S., St.
Cloud College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wyoming.

Robert Wilkes, Instructor of Psychology, Casper College. B.S., M.S.,
Iowa State University.
Raymond Wrabley, Jr., Instructor of Political Science, Casper College.
B.A., M.A., Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

�Appreciations
The Division of Sociai and Behaviorai Sciences extends appreciation
to the administration, faculty, and staff of Casper College whose
support continues to make the seminar possible.

The following are deserving of a special thanks.
David C. Dundas and the Krampert Theatre Department for technical
assistance.
Nancy Madura and her art students who worked on the seminar art
projects. Patty Bratton for designing the cover. Greg Scott for designing
the poster.

Victoria Dyrek for typesetting skills.

Ralph Masterson and the Audio Visual Department.

Maintenance and Custodial staff.
Goodstein Foundation Library staff and faculty for researching and
providing resource materials.
Dr. Tom Walsh and Natrona County District #1 for cooperation in
allowing public teachers the time to participate in our seminar.
Dr. Jacob E. Dailey and the Wyoming State Department of Education
for approval of this seminar for teacher recertification credit.

D. M. Premier Food Management staff for catering service.

Evelyn Miller of All Travel for assisting with airline reservations.
Bill Landen and the Public Relations Department for publicity
arrangements.

Seminar participants for their words and thoughts.
Most of all we thank the public for coming to listen.

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