This article describes a variety of activities conducted during a school-wide art week in a large suburban junior school (ages 7 to 11). As a result of the art week, the students gained an increased appreciation for the important role of arts, crafts, and design in the adult world and the school established new partnerships with many local…

Presents an account of cooperation between the British Broadcasting Corporation and the National Extension College in relation to current developments in educational broadcasting. The college produced a kit of self-teaching materials related to an instructional television series which could also serve as the basis of a series of evening classes.…

Describes the training and practical techniques taught to students involved in a sandwich course at the Tissue Culture and Cytogenetics Unit of the Marie Curie Memorial Foundation, Surrey, England. Students spend a minimum of six months involved in the sandwich course before returning to university for a final academic year. (JR)

This description of the financing of higher education in the public sector raises critical questions of democratic control and financial accountability. Focus is on the Advanced Further Education Pool set up in England and Wales in 1958. (Editor/LBH)

For the last year and a half the R.T.P.I. North Branch (regional town planners) has been promoting the idea of cooperation between planners and environmental education teachers. The approach used (including initial assumptions), progress, and some lessons learned along the way are discussed. (Author/JN)

Discusses the purposes and benefits of sandwich courses, which are now an established feature of the British system of higher education. These courses provide students with a period of industrial experience sandwiched between academic periods in college. (JR)

Differing views of a curriculum project led to ineffective implementation of the program, and subsequent failure to promote desired educational changes. (JB)

Discusses the merging of two polytechnical schools in Great Britain. (SB)

Provides an overview of home health visiting programs in Europe, with special emphasis on Denmark and Great Britain, where home health visiting has been in place for decades. Concludes that European home health visiting programs have been successful because they are an integral part of comprehensive, universal maternal and child health systems.…

Describes the nature, implementation, evaluation, and future plans of an international cooperative work experience program (called the ABC model) in which undergraduate students combine travel with employment in industrial research-oriented projects. The program involves universities in Australia, Great Britain, and Canada (the letters ABC…

A survey of special schools for students with disabilities in England and Wales resulted in 898 responses (out of 1,520 schools). The survey examined link arrangements with ordinary schools as a base for full-time or part-time integration of pupils. Of respondents, 740 reported a variety of link arrangements. Issues arising from the data are…

Describes programs which alternate a study period in college and a training period in industry. Called "sandwich courses" in Britain and "cooperative courses" in America, these programs are considered by many educators to be among the most significant educational developments of our time. (MLH)

This paper reviews some of the acts, reports, and study council actions which have impacted on further (post-compulsory) education since 1944, especially the trend to integrate academic and vocational studies, coordinate core courses, and design innovative instructional packages. (SJL)

Describing case studies of good practice concerning training on a range of new industrial equipment, this document reports on the effectiveness of the British plan for the Department of Trade and Industry to pay for one-third of the cost of equipment and local education authorities (LEAs) and the companies whose employees require training to share…

Since its founding in 1862, Vaughan College of the University of Leicester has moved from a working men's institute offering elementary education to adults through a period of domination by the Workers' Education Association (WEA) to become a lively institution offering to adults university level courses in several locations. During 1946-1966, the…