Traces the history of 20th-century educational reform in Hawaii focusing on, among others, how forces of industrialism (particularly corporate development) and Americanization influenced educational reform during the Island's territorial period (1900-1959), impact of US Bureau of Education Survey, and aspects of the American Progressive Education…

The authors examine national trends, 1975-1978, in state certification requirements and teacher preparation programs which recognize middle school teaching as a specialty. They list states which issue middle school certificates and note the percentage growth at universities of middle school teacher education program offerings. (SJL)

The last in a series of three articles reviews past efforts to provide university programs in developing countries, and discusses the need for international agencies to coordinate their efforts in offering assistance to university development efforts around the globe. Eleven references are cited. (MER)

Adult students, it is suggested, are not adequately prepared to plan their education and relate it to the assessment of prior learning. Educational goal clarification enhances a student's ability to participate actively in educational planning and to integrate prior learning into the total plan. (Author/MLW)

Describes various types of vocational-technical schools in the Soviet Union, identifies major objectives of each type of school, discusses on-the-job training programs, and elaborates major problems, including lack of pedagogical training among instructors and the difficulty of reconciling theory and practical training. (DB)

Details a three-dimensional model developed by Control Data Education Services which provides for analysis of project needs, staffing project personnel, and tracking project tasks. Document support for implementing the model and staffing considerations are defined. (RAO)

Examines the value of a university education for youth. University education is not desirable for every student graduating from high school. However, students who would benefit from an expanded life of the mind in terms of quality of their lives should not be discouraged from undertaking a liberal arts education. (Author/BEF)

This article discusses general aims of the UNESCO Associated Schools Project and offers a case study of a primary school in Mexico City. (Author/DB)

Calls for increased and systematic efforts in educational research to provide for meeting the new tasks of education. Enumerates five types of changing conditions that affect schools and colleges today. Emphasizes that educational development, evaluative research, and wide utilization of new knowledge are essential to the attainment of new…

Investigates the founding of the social studies curriculum and suggests that researchers have tended to offer overly simplistic interpretations. Urges that researchers pay more attention to reassessing the role of historians in secondary social studies from 1890 to 1911, evaluating the broad institutional relationships of high schools and…

Presents views of the opponents and supporters of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematics Institute. (HM)

With the concept of lifelong education as the leading principle in planning and developing educational systems, the author outlines the four areas of adult education in Finland (supplementing general basic education, adult vocational education, developing citizenship, and individual self-development) and the demands placed on the educational…

Notes the dearth of journalism education in South Asia, offering reasons and possible solutions. (RL)

Presents a brief description of 10 current videodisc projects being conducted in the United States as examples of educational applications of this technology. Issues and problems associated with the videodisc are discussed as they relate to various projects. (JEG)

Case studies concerning the impact of the "traditional sector" of higher education and "nonformal" education upon regional development are presented. The interplay between education and regional developments, effects of education on aspects of cultural and social mobilization, and problems of control that result from…