Explains the colonial school's role in terms of the distribution of education by vertical (social strata) and horizontal (regional) integration, the type of education offered, and the political and social context of interwar Vietnam. Indicates the schools played a divisive role, an effect not due solely to foreign domination. (LC)

Mary Bidwell Breed predicted that midwestern universities would probably "pass through a stage of educational development in which the liberal arts are entirely feminized, the men are entirely commercialized." We can appreciate how close she came to pinpointing trends which did not begin to be reversed until sixty years later.…

The complexities of institutional change and stability in terms of gender policies are analyzed. The following three questions are central to the discussion: (1) why did some policy changes take place with only minor controversy? (2) why did vehement policy talk affect practice so little? and (3) how did gender reforms alter educational…

Analyzes historical changes in the odds of persons progressing within the Hungarian educational system. Changes appear to demonstrate the effectiveness of (1) elimination of a class-based, dual structure of primary education, and (2) administrative control over the process of social inequalities in access to schooling. (Author/GC)

Because discussions of educational problems seem to be retracing the same paths and problems, there is need to identify and define the enduring controversies in education and explore reasons for their currency. These issues are discussed in a historical context. The questions of what sort of education is of most worth and what subjects should be…

Explains the cultural evolution and the impossible interchangeability among United States and Japanese schools. Advocates the need for incremental changes, improving employment conditions, and effective curriculum change to meet youths' developmental needs. First published in 1991. (YDS)

Jewish schools, before statehood in 1948, were run by political parties. The "General Stream" (1913), formed by the General Zionist and Revisionist parties, agreed to have secular subjects taught in European-like schools, and to forego formal religious instruction. The "Religious Stream" (1920), formed by Zionist religious…

Discusses the sociocultural context of education in the Comoro Islands, where effects of French colonization combine with Islamic influences. Examines education and cultural changes under French colonialism prior to independence in 1975. Since then, political changes resulted in establishment of French and South African hegemony. One table, 5…

In 1923 John D. Rockefeller's General Education Board (GED) undertook a project to reform the public schools in two rural Indiana counties. The GED demonstration project developed from more than two decades of concern about America's rural problems. The attempt by cosmopolitan outside experts to change the rural schools is described. (RM)

The reorganization of home economics recommended in this report involves important and far reaching changes in both teaching and administration. The committee in home economics distinguishes two types of courses which it designates as general and intensive. To achieve the necessary results in the general courses, teachers must be broadly trained,…

Describes multicultural education and lists its basic premises. Explains the importance of science teachers' attitudes in learning. First published in 1993. (YDS)

In 1968 the Third World Liberation Front at San Francisco State College went on strike with demands for education more relevant and accessible to non-White communities. Five months of conflict helped establish the first school of ethnic studies in the nation. Political consciousness among Asian American students during the strike is analyzed. (VM)

Discusses the criticisms of multicultural education. Reviews the history of multicultural education and discusses changes in its social context over the past 25 years. Explores how multicultural education can be a form of resistance to oppressive social relationships. Suggests ways of developing political resistance through education. (JS)

This manuscript on instruction in English shows the changes that have come over this subject during the past 40 years particularly, describes the condition in which it now is, and makes suggestions for further study. It finds a good deal of uncertainty in the matter of formal study of grammar. Emphasis varies. Some courses of study enumerate 45…

This historical review of the civil rights movement from the 1950s to the present suggests that a strong tie exists between the civil rights movement and multicultural education. Multicultural education is teaching and learning about the equal human worth of distinctive groups of people in ordinary social life. (SLD)