Describes the training of French technicians. Choice and specialization after secondary school are discussed, as well as the various examinations which can open up additional opportunities after their completion. (SA)

Briefly describes and compares the state-of-the-art of undergraduate and graduate programs and research related to the history of science in the United States, USSR, West Germany, and Great Britain. (DS)

Described is the elementary science curriculum "Children and Their Natural Environment" developed by the working group for Educational Research at the University of Gottingen. Objectives are listed as attempting to integrate a particular teaching concept with the scientific way of looking at problems and an attempt to understand teaching…

Described is a program in applied chemistry within a classical chemistry department of a university located in a Third World country. The course was designed to provide student with knowledge and skills used by chemists in Jamaican industry. Summer employment is required as part of the program. (DS)

Reports on the activities of the Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) within the last 10 years and in the future. Topics include mathematics instruction, lifelong learning, environmental education at the university level, inservice and preservice education and education for the handicapped adolescent. (SA)

Describes the activities of The Institute for Science Education (IPN) at the University of Kiel, Germany. The emphasis is on the interdisciplinary approach of the individual fields and the projects during 1977-1979. (SA)

Describes a cooperative effort made to create a representative international network of centers for integrated science education and an instrument (given in the appendix) to describe integrated science education programs so they can become available to more users and adaptors. Some problems encountered in the instrument's development are…

The African Primary Science Programme (APSP) was one of the three major projects in Africa sponsored by Educational Services Incorporated (ESI), later the Educational Development Center (EDC), Newton, Massachusetts. The problems of introducing this programme in the anglophone African States and its implications for science education are discussed.…

Described is part of the O.P.E. laboratory computer-based biology program designed for undergraduate medical and biology students. Described is an embryology dialogue in which the student proceeds through three stages in the knowledge and understanding of the concept of competence. (Author/DS)

Described is the development and implementation of the Israel Elementary Science Project (MATAL) established in 1968 which used British and American programs as its foundation, but modified them for application to the needs of less developed countries. Structure, content, teacher training, and enrichment programs of MATAL are discussed. (Author/DS)