Elements which, when put in harmony, might generate powerful tools for social change and educational development are (1) the ever present need of the educational systems to evaluate their performance; (2) the universal acceptance of the life-long education concept as a major guideline to design educational programs; (3) the trend toward a…

This publication contains a listing of educational research and development projects currently in progress in Australia, which is the first of a planned twice-yearly listing of projects in progress. Projects are listed by territories and are indexed by author and by subject. Information supplied for each project includes a reference number,…

Ralph Tyler is the Director Emeritus of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences and has been an educator since 1921. In this interview, he discusses important emerging education and educational evaluation issues and significant issues in his early career. He describes the progress he sees, the existing problems to be addressed,…

Emphasizes the point of view that the teaching of science should not be postponed until children are mature enough to deal with abstract scientific concepts but that a wide variety of concrete experience facilitates the development of a scientific way of thinking. (PEB)

An elaboration of the adoption phase of the Clark and Guba R and D model. A brief discussion of the normative structures of the organizations and organizational boundary permeability provides the rationale for a set of suggested procedures for adoption of innovations at the school building level. (Author)

Great Britain's Institute of Marketing, in response to the educational needs of the business community, has revised its Diploma in Marketing. New training requirements, a higher standard of qualification, and a two-year course of study replace the old three-year Diploma course. (MW)

The needs assessment process must begin first with the determination of "what should be." The next process in needs assessment is the determination of "what is." The gaps or discrepancies between "what is" and "what should be" are the needs of the school or district. The results of this needs assessment must then be viewed in terms of the resource…

Discussed the Office of Education's new initiatives being added to its Right to Read Program in its continuing effort to eliminate illiteracy, assist those with severe reading problems, and prevent new cases of reading deficiencies from developing. (Author/RK)

In every Asian country, the majority of the adult population has less than primary education. With the high rate of population increase and national development goals of industrialization and modernization of agriculture, the problem of illiteracy should be expected to become increasingly severe unless adult literacy plans are systematically…

Learning to Be, the report of the International Commission on the Development of Education, is discussed in the light of various misreadings of the book. The author, the executive secretary of the Commission, discusses the functional contribution of education to society, education and economic development, and the school as an institution. (JH)

This issue, consisting of a study of the expanding base of higher education in Norway, Denmark, and Sweden, discusses 1) recent educational developments; 2) the current expansion of higher education; 3) the transformation of certain post-secondary institutions; and 4) the establishment of district colleges and university branches. (Author/RM)

Article reported on the future of education and how education is playing a role in integrating minorities into the mainstream of national development. (RK)

The purpose of this council was to plan, administer and keep under review the development of a unified national pattern of courses of technical education for technicians in industry. The council, in pursuance of this goal, is also to establish and assess standards for these courses. (Author/DS)

Specific programs to meet the increasing demands for engineering technicians during the 1970s can be particularly well implemented by community colleges. (Editor)