This paper describes problems likely to arise as special education students in Great Britain follow the National Curriculum's programs of study in geography. The establishment of National Curriculum attainment targets which are based on prescribed content requires that teachers organize their classes into several groups working on different…

Compared two group career decision-making courses with a comparison group on such factors as occupational certainty and satisfaction, appropriateness, and information-seeking behavior. Results were mixed, but generally the 20-session course was favored by study participants over the 10-session course. (Author/TE)

Discusses changes in chemistry education from 1983 to 1988. Describes the past and present situation of chemistry education. Reports on current teacher education programs. (MVL)

Describes the current state of instructional technology in Chinese universities. Topics discussed include organizational patterns in audiovisual centers; the use of various media, including film, videotapes, overhead projectors, and television; the use of technology in language instruction; audiovisual equipment and appropriate technology; and…

Reports how the prolonged 1978 Levittown (New York) teachers strike initially depleted resources and created problems but proved to be the impetus for development of an effective school system. Reviews sources of conflict that led to the strike, reactions of community and teachers, and reforms focused on teacher empowerment. (FMW)

The implications of Australia's 1988 policy paper on higher education, which proposes far-reaching organizational, funding, and policy changes, are examined. The discussion focuses on the reasons for change, their scope and costs, accountability, research, and management issues. (MSE)

Describes historical development of peasant studies. Contends that the impact of these studies has been uneven to this point. Suggests studies in developed countries have been too academically oriented, while in developing countries they have been relegated to the political realm. Calls for world-wide information exchange networks. (KO)

If education were to profit from existing information about the dynamic nature and structure of the brain, a variety of improvements could be made in schooling for the gifted, including elimination of its lockstep structure, multisensory processing of information, grouping by need, multidisciplinary and thematic instruction, and improved classroom…

A series of four consultative meetings between the Local Education Authority of Derbyshire, England and voluntary organizations representing various disabilities is described. Major issues which emerged during discussions included resources, the role of special schools in integration, the 1981 Education Act and Multi-professional Assessment, and…

A discussion of second-language curricula in South Australian universities looks at sources of influence on course offerings and content, including institutional administrative structures, institutional approach to organization of the curriculum, the recent reorganization of Australian postsecondary institutions, and government policy. (MSE)

The progress of postapartheid curriculum in South Africa's universities is examined, beginning with examination of the apartheid legacy in higher education and proceeding to the politics of changes in national educational policy. It is concluded that, despite efforts to change policy at the national level, universities have done little to…

Successes and failures in Polish higher education reform since the fall of communism are outlined. Successes include legal support for reform, access to higher education, new schools, international collaboration, enhancement of academic careers. Problems include inadequate structure for science, little structural change in higher education,…

The Citizens' Campaign Against Hunger and Poverty and For Life is a nongovernmental organization in Brazil that recruited and organized more than three million volunteers to distribute food baskets, support gardening and water projects, provide basic health care, create jobs, assist homeless children, and encourage local and state governments to…

Discusses radically transformed library organizations and the characteristics of the library leaders who will create them. The development of posthierarchical libraries, reasons for reeingineering traditional libraries, characteristics and roles of posthierarchical library leaders, critical leadership strategies, and impediments to transforming…

A University of British Columbia course in health care ethics, open to students from all health-care fields, encourages students to participate in interdisciplinary health-care decisionmaking in their future practice by providing an opportunity to study ethics together during professional training. The course objectives, organization, content, and…