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Discusses how best to approach teacher-student confrontations. Importance of `context effects'; Problems of student disinterest; Mediating class discussions.

Applies the dynamical systems theory to suggest a methodology for examining the educational process as a holistic, connected and interdependent system. States of stability in dynamical systems; Attractors for learning; Instructional constraints; Coupling and cascading of dynamic attractors; Dynamics of stability and change.

Clarifies the ecological-integration approach to curricular decision making by identifying highlights of the historical development of the ecological perspective. Historical background; Characteristics of the ecological-integration orientation; Differentiation of ecological integration from traditional value orientations.