This paper draws on studies from around the world to examine the impact of school reform over the last 30 years. It claims that there is little or no evidence that recent education reforms necessarily lead to improved student outcomes for all students. In fact, findings indicate that some reforms promote a rapid increase in the variation in…

This paper presents a science/science education bibliography, to assist science educationalists interested in Papua New Guinea. 392 articles were reviewed. The bibliography was then categorised in a number of ways to indicate patterns of research productivity in various areas of science education, and at different levels of education. A…

This report reviews a proposal by the Riverside Community College District and the California Community College Chancellor's Office to convert the Norco Education Center to college status. The center is situated in the western section of Riverside County on 144 acres of land that had been occupied by the U.S. Navy until it was donated by the…

This bulletin is a compilation of a few recent addresses and papers presented by the United States Commissioner of Education. The Commissioner material pertains particularly to the public affairs forum movement. The publication is issued in order to further meet the many requests for information in this field. Included in this bulletin are the…

Between 1881 and 1889, a series of seven volumes was published by the French Government as a result of an investigation made by Marius Vachon. He visited the principal schools, museums, societies, and factories of the artistic industries throughout Europe, and his reports contain much basic information. It was felt that the translation of this…

The Institution of Training Officers sees the training of trainers in the format of a technology of training that displays five groups of management skills. The role of the education system is to develop initial vocational aptitudes and provide subsequent reorientation especially for the vocation of teaching and training. (Author/DS)

Educational technology is not new. Between the years 1809 and 1936 the United States Patent Office issued over six hundred patents for machines which could teach. It would appear that many people felt that machines could do much of the routine job of instruction and it was this feeling which contributed much to the development of a systematic…

A general aim of this paper is to clarify the heritage of instructional technology and to put it in its proper context vis-à-vis the audiovisual movement. A specific aim is to show the relationship between diverse theories and the kinds of technologies of instruction which have evolved out of these conceptions. Finally, a redefinition of the…

Summarizes chemical education in Japan, involving the educational system, foreign language training, curriculum materials, professors' research-teaching roles, and graduate and undergraduate programs. Indicates that the Japanese system is undergoing considerable changes and differs in many ways from the U.S. system. (CC)

A report on nonformal education for rural development is extracted. The portions of the study presented discuss nonformal education in regard to providing information and guidelines to assess needs, planning effective and economic programs, developing means to strengthen the programs, and defining methods of participation by external agencies. (KM)

Educational reform was undertaken in Mali as part of a general policy of decolonization. The development of the High Teacher-Training College was able to help meet the need for teachers, to set a standard for teacher education colleges, and to acquire national confidence and prestige. (KM)

This report provides ethnographic descriptions of schools in the People's Republic of China derived from a visit to the PRC in December, 1972; the paper begins with a brief background, describes the schools visited, and concludes with interpretative comments. (Author/JM)

Article discussed the development of a new educational calendar that will entail attendance at school all year-round and which will allow for greater student enrollment, educational efficiency, and flexible scheduling. (RK)

Author attempted to define those who are disadvantaged and presented brief annotations of each group to whom the word applied according to a number of contemporary educators. (RK)

Article considered the issue of private interests versus social concerns and examined doctrine that springs in children at an early age in their educational experience and which has caused considerable concern. (RK)