Author's purpose was to describe the way one group of American-Samoan educators in 1972-73 solved the problem of selecting and organizing course content. The general model, designed to inculcate courses on cultural origins, can be adapted to the needs of other peoples facing the same curriculum issue. (Author/RK)

Author tried to suggest some of the ways long-standing values appear to be thwarting desired educational objectives in Kenya. The curriculum design model being followed was evaluated. (Author/RK)

Discussed the position of literature in the Soviet school and its importance in Russian life. (Author/RK)

From a British perspective, the author describes and comments on Norway's recent curricular and educational reforms: the development of the grunnskole for students ages 7-16, with emphasis on the lower secondary (ungdomsskole) 14-16 phase, and reforms in the upper secondary (videregaende skole) for ages 17-19. (Author/SJL)

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…

Examines general education and vocational education as the main foci of post-compulsory education in the light of curriculum planning. Perspectives (academic, pragmatic, and polytechnical) on general education are shown to be rooted in more elaborately formulated theories than are perspectives (employment-based and school-based) on vocational…