Vocational and technical educators must examine the ways in which the forces affecting the development of the field might interact with choices made by professionals if they wish the preferred future to be the one which actually evolves. (JOW)

Reports on a trip to the People's Republic of China. Focuses on the development of community-college-like institutions for short-cycle vocational education; education as a national priority; current educational issues in the country; and personal impressions. (DMM)

Sketches the early struggles and later changes that took place in the profession of English teaching. (JL)

Reviews the principal theories and practices in creative dramatics. Identifies three dominant approaches which have emerged in the U.S. and the United Kingdom and discusses their relationships and practical applications. (PD)

Government funding and the authority for applied research, development, and dissemination should be decentralized across program operations, not consolidated into the educational research and improvement unit. (CP)

This paper examines in detail how the Western type of education was introduced and developed among the Igbo at the primary or elementary stage during the colonial period in Africa. (Author)

The author reviews and critiques C. E. Beeby's four-stage model of change in the primary schooling of developing nations. Beeby's reply follows on pp439-44 and the author's response on pp445-49. A related article by Beeby appears on pp451-74. (Editor/SJL)

The author indicates the changes he would make to his book "The Quality of Education in Developing Countries" (1966) if he were rewriting it in 1980. For further discussions of his stage theory of change in the primary schooling in developing nations, see pp411-49 of this issue. (SJL)

Several definitions of education are reviewed and the intentions of the educators who proposed them are viewed in historical perspective. Various educational objectives and philosophies are explored. (JN)

Compares the outcomes of connected developmental mathematics and writing to those of nonconnected sections at a regional commuter campus at a Midwestern public university, proving that students enrolled in the two connected developmental classes had the highest retention rates. Recommends a holistic approach for institutions that teaches basic…

UNESCO's Assistant Director-General for education urges adult educators to advance beyond advocacy by embracing promising trends (such as private sector involvement), establishing priorities for action, and seizing opportunities to develop human and social capital. (SK)

This paper is an attempt to review the state of environmental education from the perspective of one involved in international and national strategies for its development. The author sees environmental education not as a separable package but as a movement for fundamental education reform. (LZ/Author)

Discusses recent commission reports that call tenure into question and call for reformation and clarification of the concept of shared governance. Asserts that what is required is a general reenvisioning of educators' professional selves, not just as scholars and teachers, but as citizens of the larger academic world. (CR)

Conducts a study to help improve scholastic press associations. Presents responses from directors or presidents of 44 scholastic press associations. Concludes that understanding the relationship between press associations and sponsoring organizations and understanding job demands and rewards for association directors can help provide direction for…

Offers ways in which a principal can support student and teacher transformation. Lists 12 characteristics of a transformational principal. (SC)