This article focuses on how citizenship education was built into the organisational practices as well as the formal instructional programmes of women's organisations in Britain in the pre- and post-Second World War period. It compares the efforts of two such organisations, the National Federation of Women's Institutes (NFWI) and the British…

The Association for Programmed Learning and Educational Technology offers some criticisms and proposals which it feels should be incorporated into a report prepared for Great Britain's Secretary of State for Education and Science dealing with the creation of a national organization to promote educational technology. (AK)

A review of a report, commissioned by Great Britain's Secretary of State for Education and Science, which deals with the creation of a national organization to promote educational technology. (AK)

A brief look at the work that Great Britain's National Council for Educational Technology has accomplished during the past five years. (AK)

The Education Officer of the National and Local Government Officers Association (NALGO) records the growth of NALGO educational services since 1910; and predicts that correspondence study will be recognized as a valid method which can be used effectively in conjunction with other approaches. (LY)

This article on the role of the Workers' Educational Association calls for more emphasis on broadening the culture of the working classes, cooperating with university extension, enlisting industry cooperation, and using educational television. Twelve references. (LY)

In the opening address at the Golden Jubilee Conference of the British Association for Commercial and Industrial Education (BACIE), BACIE's chairman reviews the slow, belated growth of interest in manpower development in Britain, and discusses the Association's present function and future role. (LY)

The scope of Training Abstracts Service (TAS) coverage is explained, along with the abstracts and their production, use of the TAS classification scheme, access to source materials, and information on ordering from the TAS. Appendix 1 contains the TAS classification schedules: general; national considerations; the educational system; training…

This report summarizes the activities of Great Britain's National Council for Educational Technology (NCET) for the term of its existence--April 1967 to September 1973. The council's aim was to promote, develop, and assist innovation in educational methodology. NCET's activities are summarized under the workings of its seven problem-centered…

In accordance with a 1966 recommendation that it "should thoroughly and radically re-examine its policies," the Workers' Educational Association (WEA) of Great Britain has prepared a policy statement covering the following: the WEA as an educational movement; the social relevance of adult education; the special responsibility of the WEA…

This discussion of the history of women in engineering in Great Britain covers (1) the founding and activities of the Women's Engineering Society, (2) women engineers in the 1930's, in wartime, in the postwar period, in the present, and in the future, and (3) attitudes about sex roles in the face of changing social values. (SH)

The author traces interest in science teaching within the British Association for the Advancement of Science, which leads to the founding of its Section L (the education section) in 1900. Emphasis is given to the debate within the Association on the place of science education within the field of science. (SJL)

The present and historical role of the University Grants Committee (UGC) in Britain are analyzed with the conclusion that the organization, which was originally thought of as a buffer to protect universities from interference by Government, is by its scale and mode of operation now indistinguishable from a department of state. (JT)