This report is designed to describe the current status of population education on the world education sceme and to relate this development to American education. (Author)

American Samoa provides our country's educators with the opportunity of observing an educational system that effectively employs many of the principles of comprehensive reassessment and change that are only being talked about in the United States. Of particular interest to the group of educators whose visit is described in this article were the…

"Learning experience" is defined as the interaction between the learner and external conditions in the environment to which he can react. Types and sources of learning experiences are identified, and their importance in teaching and curriculum development are discussed. (LBH)

Reviews attempts to achieve curricular relevance in schools in Third World countries and reasons for their limited success. Also explores role of environmental education in placing the school in its own local community and the real socio-economic environment that surrounds it, focusing on the role issue-based environmental studies. (JN)

Author considered the problem of education for the handicapped living in developing countries and made suggestions based on the projects under development in some African countries. (Editor/RK)

Agricultural education is a recent addition to secondary curriculum in Sierra Leone. The author lists (1) justification for teaching it, (2) the Government's educational goals, (3) program planning steps needed, (4) tentative curriculum objectives, (5) central concepts to be transmitted to students, (6) guidelines on content organization, (7)…

Four major educational problems in Papua New Guinea are identified and examined in some depth: the quantity and quality of the teaching force, the curriculum, the clients, and school leavers and employment. (Editor)

The role of education in promoting national integration or in assessing ethnocentric feelings among educated people is discussed. Previous studies are cited to illustrate the problems among ethnic groups and the educational history of Nigeria. Proposals for curricula reform to enhance cultural unity are discussed. (LBH)

Discusses core competencies in library and information science and in information systems to use as a background for an examination of core competencies in information management. Suggests a set of core competencies and educational outcomes that might be applied to curricula in both developed and developing countries. (Author/LRW)

The purpose of the conference was to clarify fundamental problems of education in African countries and to evaluate new science curricula for primary and secondary schools. The report is divided into six parts covering a general introduction to the problem, psychological and sociological considerations in respect to pupils, the curriculum,…

This UNESCO source book on teaching physics in schools provides a synthesis of views and policies prevalent throughout the world with respect to physics education. The book's contents are contributed by educators from several nations who have been able to give an international outlook in the discussion of various aspects of physics education. The…

Calls for a greater curricular awareness of systematized international studies on the part of Black educational institutions and programs. Bases argument on increasing globalization, American students' weak preparation for understanding other systems and cultures, and the tendency of Black Studies (which focuses on the Pan-African world) to…

Discusses the contribution of education to national development and science education's role in creating a climate of public opinion for the better use of science and technology in industrial development. Also explores science education's contribution to the better understanding of the relationship between science (and technology) and…

Traces the history of the educational system in Malawi up to the present. Reviews the educational plans of the Malawi government focusing on the Second Education Plan (1985-95). Discusses goals of the current plan that are aimed at all levels of the educational process. Stresses the goal of education for national development. (RW)