Hypothesizes that the evident injustice which characterizes the present international structure of communication (developing nations exploited by developed nations) has created a need for a new international order of communications. Emphasizes that communication should be based on free and balanced international exchange and circulation of…

Explores reasons why educational planning has become of paramount importance to developing and developed nations within the last several decades. Presents an overview of academic v practical approaches to educational planning, relates educational planning to economic growth, compares rationales, and identifies future challenges. (DB)

Evaluates the rhetoric and reality of educational opportunity in Western Europe. Information is presented on educational research findings regarding educational opportunity, social mobility, social status, schools and the social structure, and the growing pressure for democratization of education. (Author/DB)

Examines the need for developing a content of education which will meet the needs of students who will reach early adulthood by the end of the 1900s and live the greater part of their lives in the twenty-first century. Presents suggestions on developing a curriculum which will meet this need in European nations. (Author/DB)

The main concepts of dependency theory are outlined and its essential elements considered. Leading contributions to comparative education that have proceeded from the standpoint of dependency theory are discussed and the value of dependency theory for comparative analysis of education is assessed. (RM)

Identifies seven innovations in educational technology which will continue to be used by teachers and students in developed and developing countries. Current and future educational applications of printing and reprography, broadcasting, magnetic recording, video or recorded television, and computers are discussed. (AM)

Explores how international institutions such as the World Bank influence educational policy in developing nations. Concludes that the major, if sometimes unintentional, influence of international agencies in educational change is to finance those educational programs that favor dominant upper classes at the expense of the poor. (DB)

Responding to concerns expressed frequently by educators and parents that the mass media is having a negative effect on children's minds, the article reviews various existing and potential forms of media management. (DB)

The latest data on public expenditures show that since 1973 world expenditures on education have exceeded military expenditures in developed nations, but that the opposite situation prevails in developing nations. Beginning with 1965, this article summarizes these expenditures for the world as a whole, including developed and developing nations.…

In Canadian society there are people who are totally illiterate, and they are all the more conscious of their illiteracy as a personal weakness because most of the population is literate. Literacy teaching and practices in Canada are discussed. Illiteracy in Canada and in the third world is also compared. (RM)

Describes a new type of education system based on scientific humanism. Ways in which this type of education system would better serve technological man in the modern mechanical world are described. (Author/DB)

The author describes (1) how public education transmits the cultural values that make up the technological world view, (2) how the school socialization process transmits social reality in a way that obscures underlying assumptions of the cultural belief system, and (3) how to alter the socialization process to transmit culture at a more explicit…

Examines socio-economic factors which have influenced educational trends in developed nations since 1960. Recent reductions in worldwide economic growth, demographic shifts, and changing attitudes about the purpose of education will alter the future of education. (AM)

Describes a cultural awareness project designed to help children in primary schools in Denmark learn about daily life and problems in other nations. Topics discussed include project objectives, activities, and evaluation. (DB)

Environmental education must be concerned with the impoverished people of the Third World. The problem resides in the self-serving interests of economic, industrial, military, and technological structures, and a need exists for a radical re-thinking of the relationship of man to nature. Comments on negative and positive aspects of the United…