In recent years, there has been a renewed interest in the dichotomy of vocational education versus general education. This is more so as political pronouncements in many countries across the globe have taken on knowledge and skills as the key aim of the desire to improve access to education at all levels. Nowhere is this debate more tested,…

This article summarizes a conference that addressed one of the most difficult paradoxes posed by the microcomputer. While educators have a mandate to use bold, new technology, traditional school arrangements and relationships are not to be radically altered. The school of the future may be an issue about the culture of school and of society. (MT)

Identifies and interprets several problems that beset environmental education (EE) and the Office of Environmental Education (OEE). Areas addressed include Public Law 91-516 (Environmental Education Act) and the OEE, problems related to implementing the act, funding, misinterpretation of the act's intent, the act's identity, and the status of EE…

This article by the Council of Europe shows that guidelines adopted by the 1980 Strasbourg Adult Education Conference support the idea of permanent education for the whole person and reorganized, decentralized, and autonomous adult education systems. (AM)

Reviews advances made through research and application of behavior analytic technology for persons with severe disabilities over the past 10 years. The application of technology is discussed in light of ethical and political movements in the field of education. Advances are discussed categorically according to the components of the operant…

Discusses four areas of reading instruction that the author (a retired distinguished educator) believes have been neglected or misunderstood: Sylvia Ashton-Warner's Key Vocabulary, the Alphabetic Principle, transmogrification of spoken to written language, and individualized reading. (SR)

Elementary enrollment is expected to remain at near-record levels this fall, when about 33.7 million children will be enrolled in grades pre-kindergarten through 8 in public schools. This reflects a slight decline of less than 1 percent since 2001 after rising by 14 percent between 1990 and 2001. After a pause in enrollment growth between 2001 and…

Noting that theatre for young people in Europe is much more aggressive in seeking to influence the attitudes and ideas of audiences than that of the United States, this paper examines the political and social trends occurring in children's theatre in four European countries. Following an introduction to this trend toward "educational…

Traces the main trends in the evolution of resources spent worldwide on education from 1975 to 1983. Discusses expenditure in terms of relation to gross national product, school enrollment level, secondary education development, and priorities from a regional viewpoint. (TRS)

Explores how virtual reality may effect drama in education. Calls for drama educators to become involved in the research and the development phases of the technology. (SR)

Offers an overview of trends in business curricula as seen by Charles Hickman of the International Association for Management Education. Notes skill development, assessment tools, exit exam, integrated curriculum, curricular design/complex learning models, high tech models/distance delivery, and partnerships. (SR)

Suggests the need for a sense of direction for the use of computers in education. Discusses the use of word processing and computers as communications media. Emphasizes the importance of needs assessment to effectively plan for use of computers in schools and describes specific areas of computer impact. (BH)

States that the number of bachelor's, master's, and doctorate degrees awarded increased in 1985-86; first professional degrees declined during that year. Highlights significant changes in the number of degrees granted by sex, academic field, and racial and ethnic group between 1969-70 and 1985-86. (CH)

The author discusses emerging trends in popular education, including various grassroots experiments and projects. He describes popular education not as a component of modernization programs but as a movement that begins with the people. (CH)

The adoption of the business efficiency model by school administrators during the early decades of this century and its ramifications for teachers' work has been well chronicled. In this article, teachers themselves recall their responses to "efficiency" in Pittsburgh schools. (LHW)