This article, which is related to a longer piece to be published in 2023, starts from the point of view that, despite some issues, there may be borrowable ideas in how South Korea and Japan developed their education systems, especially at the outset of their modern periods of educational development. However, in the popular press, and even among…

The African continent represents the part of the world where early childhood care and education (ECCE) preceding primary schooling is the least developed. It is therefore essential to propose an analysis of the prospects for the development of early childhood education in the coming years. This article deals in the first instance with the…

The UNESCO International Commission on the Futures of Education imagines a positive future in which skills development can be harnessed for the benefits of people and planet, in line with the loftiest vision of the Sustainable Development Goals. However, skills systems often remain marginalized within educational debates and plans, with vocational…

This article emphasizes that the report of the Commission states that the demand for education today is so great that present institutionalized systems are and will be in the future incapable of absorbing it. (JB)

A critical analysis of the Commission's report reminding readers that there is a great gulf between the ease with which progressive reforms can be proposed and the difficulty with which these reforms are sold in the market place of politics to conservative and cost-conscious governments and people. (Author/JB)

The impossibility of providing one standard, uniform syllabus and curriculum throughout the region and the difficulties of communication by curriculum planners are outlined. (JB)

Describes and critically analyzes adult literacy training efforts in Zambia from 1945 to 1986. Offers the integrated small-scale approach as a more beneficial and cost effective means of training. Suggests that a grass roots method which attacks illiteracy both across and within the community will lead to the most effective program. (KO)

Comments on a recent "Prospects" article on education in developing countries are presented. The author, an Indian newspaper editor, maintains that, in spite of the claims of the author in the original article, there are no technical solutions to education in developing nations because it is, essentially, a political problem. (Author/DB)

Described is the "world educational crisis" which has resulted from the contradiction between traditional educational systems and modern social and economic needs. The author identifies mass illiteracy, absence of a capable national intelligentsia, lack of teacher, limited development of educational systems, and inadequate finances as…

Discusses the decreased importance of educational planning to educational development, and the reasons for this trend. Analyzes basic assumptions in the relationship between planning and research. Uses examples from Latin America to illustrate available alternatives for re-establishing an effective relationship between research and educational…

Argues history and philosophy of education, comparative education, and pedagogy are of enormous importance to basic teacher training and preparation programs. Describes the state of educational research in Spain that is undergoing rapid expansion. Claims comparative education is an effective means of improving world education systems. (NL)

Analyzes education and comparative education as intellectual disciplines, stressing learning over teaching. Traces changes in comparative education research policies, citing the influence of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA). Suggests African comparative education research should use alternative…