This article charts the development of education in the lower Arabian Gulf from its traditional beginnings in the nineteenth century to the provision of more formal schooling and eventually a ministry of education following Britain's withdrawal from the region in 1971. In order to provide a better understanding of the complexities and relative…

Examined in this essay is the impact Cardozo had on the education of Blacks in South Carolina. Considered are his roles as a teacher, a principal, and a politician. (EB)

Traces the career of Carmen Fischer Ramirez, focusing on her work in improving early childhood education in Chile. Reviews her university career, work with the World Organization for Early Childhood Education, and major publications. (AC)

Charles W. Eliot, president of Harvard University from 1869 to 1909, has been credited by educational historians with either the conception of the junior high school or the inspiration behind the junior high school movement. This study largely used only primary sources and secondary sources from the period before or during the emergence of the…

Examines how the First World War prompted British museums to change their educational functions. Discusses museums in pre-war Britain, wartime exhibitions and educational activities, the outcome of the war experience, and First World War's implications for education in museums. (GEA)

Presents a four-stage model of the development of the community college, focusing on broad social, economic, and political changes. Calls these stages the Mutation (circa 1800-1920), the Empty Niche (1920-1950), Niche Expansion (1950-1975), and the Saturated Niche (1975-today). (DMM)

Reviews three books on education in China: "Educational and Social Change in China: The Beginnings of the Modern Era" (Borthwick, 1983), "Education and Popular Literacy in Ch'ing China" (Rawski, 1979), and "Education under Mao: Class and Competition in Canton Schools, 1960-1980" (Unger, 1982). (JDH)

Considering the history of science's importance to scientists, nonscientists, and science teachers, its role in education is shown to be necessary to provide an adequate understanding of science as a major human achievement and its relationship to society. Developments in the history of science discipline are discussed. (CM)

Examines the Newcastle Commission (England), recognizing it as "the best snapshot we have of the state of elementary education before 1870." Traces the appointment of the Commission, the in-fighting during its deliberations, the origins of its recommendations, its political links and Peelite debts, and its effective generation of payment…

United States educational history is full of uncertain reform attempts beginning with colonial New England's school reform goal of salvation in this world as a preparation for eternal life in the next. A more practical type of education characterized the Early National Period. Monitorial schools and communal schools, as in New Harmony, Indiana,…

Basic methods of learning, most of which have been used through centuries of recorded thought, are discussed, along with learning as a lifelong process, and ways to enhance and diversify modern education. Numerous learning processes are studied by examining the lives of great individuals who have exemplified innovative and multifaceted approaches…

Identifies three challenges faced by the field of technical communications: (1) to define the kind of education required for technical writing; (2) to establish technical writing as a profession; and (3) to determine what technical writers do that is unique and worth remuneration. Includes a brief history of technical communication. (JAD)

Past and recent developments and future directions in kinesiology and biomechanics are reviewed. Similarities and differences between these two areas are clarified. The areas of kinesiology and biomechanics have distinct unique qualities and should be treated as separate disciplines. (CJ)

Summarizes the history of racism in Cuba from the nineteenth century through the Revolution of 1959. Analyzes the ways in which the condition of socialism in Cuba has eliminated institutional racism through laws and public positions, education, and internationalist involvements. (EF)

Offers a brief history of Louisiana, highlighting the establishment of Catholic schools by missionaries before the development of public schools. Covers the French and Spanish, and Black Catholics in Louisiana, the Code Noir and the missionary church, the beginning of public schooling, north Louisianan schools, and the civil war. (DMM)