This book contains the formal papers that were presented at the 1968 convention of the International Reading Association. The papers discuss aspects of the following reading areas: reading instruction and materials, the curriculum in reading, reading organization, teacher education, research evaluation and reports, and issues in reading on the…

Author, who is Professor of Education at Goldsmiths' College, London, was conference chairman of the York International Conference in July, 1971. He gives his impressions of the purposes and achievements of the conference. (Editor/DR)

The seventeen papers presented in this publication review various programs and issues in elementary school science. At least one paper is devoted to each of these programs: The United Kingdom program Science 5/13; The African Primary Science Program; The Tel Aviv Elementary Science Project; UNESCO Program in Junior Science Teaching; The Philippine…

The deliberations of the Co-ordinating Meeting for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) Program in Integrated Science Teaching held in May, 1971 are contained in this report. The report first reviews the recent developments and trends in integrated science teaching at the national, regional and…

The problems relating to education and training of meteorological personnel in Africa are considered in the papers contained in this conference report. The papers are presented in seven sessions and pertain to the following: introductory lectures; various categories of meteorological personnel to be trained, including applications of meteorology…

THE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON NEW DIRECTIONS IN ART EDUCATION, HELD IN BELGRADE, YUGOSLAVIA, JULY 27-29, 1966, AND SPONSORED COOPERATIVELY BY UNESCO, THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR EDUCATION THROUGH ART, THE INSEA COMMITTEE OF YUGOSLAVIA, AND THE NATIONAL ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES, PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS SOME…

This is a report of the 1967 conference at St. Catherine's College, Oxford, of Canadian, English, Welsh, and American members of the educational profession. Setting and context of the meeting are described in Chapter 1, noting inter-processional and international tensions. John I. Goodlad's address, which charted the past two decades of curriculum…

Discusses features of the meeting which was convened at the University of Bielefeld in West Germany in September 1978 on the cooperation between science teachers and mathematics teachers. (HM)

Thirty-three participants with experience in 15 countries concerned themselves with the following issues: (1) the role of education in achieving economic-social-political development, (2) types of skills, knowledge, and personality traits needed in different occupational roles, (3) the allocation of functions of occupational education among…

Presents resolution adopted by the Conference on Society and the Study of Science, Mathematics and Technology (SMT) which was held in Strasburg in November 1978. A list of measures recommended to the European Ministers of Education and some explanatory notes are also presented. (HM)