The history of CAEL under its various names (Cooperative Assessment of Experiential Learning (1974-77), Council for the Advancement of Experiential Learning (1977-84), and Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (1985-present) is documented. Chapter One analyzes the context in which CAEL was founded, looking at nontraditional education in the…

Soviet children enter elementary school at age 6 or 7. After 4 years of elementary school with the same teacher, they enter secondary school, and after 4 years there, Soviet children earn what might be called a partial secondary certificate. They may then leave school at age 14 or 15. If a student chooses to attend a vocational school or…

This report summarizes literature that is pertinent to multicultural education, primarily in Canada, and to a lesser extent in the United States, Great Britain, and Australia. The purpose of the report is to: (1) clarify terms related to multiculturalism; (2) identify the ideological premises of multiculturalism and their implications for…

The United States Information Agency (USIA) invited four Dutch educators to make a five-week tour through the United States during the 1985-1986 school year. The goal was "to award and administer United States Educational Development grants to qualified foreign educators...to enable them to observe educational methods and practices, to see school…

The purpose of education should not be to fill students with objective knowledge but to develop in students the ability to process information in ways that enhance understanding, according to the process model of curriculum development proposed by Lawrence Stenhouse. Defining education thus does not allow for the establishment of fixed educational…

Efforts in higher education to use students as teachers (peer teaching), thus providing them with the benefits traditionally enjoyed by professors are described. Four sections focus on the following: (1) peer teaching and the psychological basis for its benefits (cognitive level, affective level, and peer learning); (2) types of peer teaching used…

This paper attempts to distill and develop the findings of the UNESCO European Workshop on "The Impact on Curriculum Development and Educational Methods of the Information Conveyed by the Mass Communication Media," held in November 1986. The paper is organized around the five main areas of discussion at the conference: (1) the nature of…

A study, in three parts, focuses on the disabled adolescent in terms of difficulties experienced during the last years of basic schooling and at the time of transition into the adult world. Part I examines trends and major issues affecting policy in OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) Member countries. Sections address the…

This document reports on the Radio Mathematics Project (RMP) over a five-year period. In 1973, the United States Agency for International Development (AID) asked the Institute for Mathematical Studies in the Social Sciences (IMSSS) at Stanford University to develop an instructional program with radio as the medium of delivery. IMSSS was to devise…

Presented are examples of student differences in thought forms derived from interviews of students entering the natural science line and technology line of the integrated upper secondary schools in Sweden. Methods are outlined for the symbolic description, analysis and interpretation of "thought forms," and ways are described in which dialogue…

A comparison of regular preschools and their teachers with Montessori preschools and their teachers is made in order to assess the advisability of introducing Montessori teacher education in an Australian teacher education institution. The comparison involves a discussion of general educational objectives, curriculum, teacher education, the role…

In contrast to a graduate degree in English that stresses analysis, synthesis, and criticism, and limits practical experience in teaching methods for reading and writing, graduate study in library science can provide exposure to learning resources for prospective teachers. Such programs provide experience in the use of book and nonbook resources,…

This dissemination and diffusion handbook for the Florida State Department Division of Vocational Education is divided into ten chapters. Chapter 1 describes the functions of the dissemination and diffusion (D&D) section of the division of vocational education. Identifying the procedures and processes to be followed, chapter 2 focuses on the…

A TWO-PHASE EXPERIMENT TESTED THE FEASIBILITY OF MOTIVATING RECENT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES TO DEVOTE SUMMER STUDY IN INTRODUCTORY COLLEGE STUDENTS FOR CREDIT BY MEANS OF OPEN CIRCUIT TELEVISION. A PILOT AND A EXPERIMENTAL COURSE WERE SCHEDULED IN SUCCESSIVE SUMMERS. THE PILOT PROGRAM SHOWED FAVORABLE RESULTS, BUT AN EXPANDED EXPERIMENTAL COURSE WAS…

This study is designed to provide adult educators with information relevant to adult education training. In the first of six chapters an overview of adult education in Canada is presented. The definition of adult education, its history in Canada, and models expressing adult education goals are reviewed. Chapter 2 examines descriptive and analytic…