Article compared theory and practice in the area of education in Russia and China as well as how both nations have inculcated education with productive labour. (RK)

As an introduction to the problems of the Indonesian education system this study first examines the present system, then considers the Sekolah Pembangunan' reform, and finally reviews the new model in relation to a possibly necessary conversion of the whole Indonesian education system. (Author/RK)

Article considered what can be done to relate education to social and economic needs. (Author/RK)

This paper has attempted to identify some of the obstacles and deterrents on the one hand and incentives and positive pressures on the other which determine the ability and willingness of the universities in East Africa to confront the issue of development. (Author)

Article examined the history of the relationship between Samoa and the United States including the confusion in establishing an adequate educational policy for Samoans. (RK)

After a brief outline of the educational situation and the social framework in Italy which developed after the second world war, this article explores the future of the Italian school system. (Author/RK)

This article was designed to assess the view that Soviet education differs little in essentials from that of the Tsarist era, in that the theoretical and practical foundations of the present system stemmed from pre-Revolutionary Russia. (Author)

Reviews two reports, the Russell Report that investigated the provision on non-vocational adult education in England and Wales and the Alexander Report that considered the aims appropriate to voluntary leisure time courses for adults in Scotland. Considers how far they reflect the differences of the educational systems within which each operates.…

Argues that recent theories of development are flawed because (1) they assert that social justice and economic development are compatible educational aims and (2) they give insufficient attention to the political contexts of policy-making. Part of a theme issue on the World Bank Paper and Third World educational development. (SJL)

In both Sweden and Ontario the attempt to create a comprehensive school system, during the 1960s especially at the secondary level, was the occasion for disputes between the governments and their respective opponents. Asks some relevant questions in studying the movement toward comprehensivization. (Author/RK)

The Commonwealth Caribbean consists of fifteen English-speaking territories at various stages of development. The intention here is to provide some kind of overview of those developmental issues which impinge on relationships between education and employment. (Author)

Discusses how quantitative expansion of education in developing countries has not been accompanied by sufficient emphasis on educational quality. Considers relationships between education and national development, impact of growth on quality, importance of historical experience, influence of selection and allocation systems, and experience with…

Analyzes political aspects of postapartheid educational transition in South Africa, 1990-93. Focuses on educational politics as a process of negotiating incremental reform, changes in educational objectives and strategies of key progressive organizations, the role of the state in civil society, and the relative importance of equality versus…