Three issues raised in this speech on the prospects of converting education from a labor intensive to a technology intensive enterprise are the following: how technology might affect the quality of education; the relationship of technology to equality in education; and the transitory nature of technological innovations. It is observed that quality…

Making general vocational education available in Western Europe is the result of the rapid expansion of jobs available in commerce and administration, higher standards in general education producing people capable of performing the tasks, and educational motivation. Areas of commercial and administrative activity needing employers are distributive…

In 1973 the United Nations Trusteeship Council dispatched a visiting mission to the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands which consists of three archipelagos: the Marshalls, the Carolines, and the Marianas. This publication contains a report of the mission which was comprised of representatives from the governments of Australia, France, the…

The assistance program to American Indians enrolled in public schools, known as the Johnson-O'Malley (JOM) Program, has drawn increasing attention in recent years for Indian people, the general public, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). This has resulted in the need for changes in the BIA Manual and the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)…

The Educational Simulation Model (ESM), developed by UNESCO, is designed for use at the national level for long range simulation of educational system fluctuations. The model is a set of equations which describe an educational program and the changes and flows in student enrollment in all the courses of an educational system. Thus the model is…

Wherever a community school exists, it is devoted to the improvement of the people's quality of living. Its curriculum reflects the problems of the surrounding area Educational activities of both children and adults are often organized around the school. The school program becomes the community program as teachers, administrators, and parents work…

In 1962, following the discovery of valuable natural resources in Northern Quebec, the Government of Quebec decided to commit itself to Eskimo and Indian affairs in the area, preparing these people who were already physiologically and psychologically adapted to the territory so that they could play a personal role in its development. An…

This publication consists of selected articles, essays and texts from the works of economists on the relationships between economics and education. These selections, representing the range of orientations, methods and findings believed to be most significant, are organized into the following topics: 1) Perspectives on Education and Development in…

The material contained in this publication abstracts the major reports prepared by the Department of Research and Evaluation during the 1972-73 school year. The major purposes of the Research and Evaluation Department of the Dallas Independent School District are to provide useful information to decision-makers and to serve as an accountability…

This text is one of a series of three handbooks, each intended to provide busy educational executives with a brief, practical overview of one major issue or movement. This book aims at helping administrators become acquainted with the broad dimensions of the accountability problem, showing them some of the ongoing alternatives as well as those…

In this monograph the author considers the basic concepts of the social dimensions of scholastic ability and reviews some of the more salient findings of research that can be brought to bear on the problem of equality of educational oppoutunity. Emphasis is placed on how access to school and school attainments are related to social background.…

The material included in this document, drawn from the debates and the working papers presented at the Third Regional Conference of Ministers of Education and Those Responsible for Economic Planning in Asia, focuses on the concerns of education policy-makers in Asia and the programs and priorities they envisage for the growth and development of…

Developing nations face considerable difficulty in generating new and specialized skills economically and quickly and in making the best possible, most efficient use of those skills already existing in country. This paper examines the difficulties faced in estimating industrial skill requirements, explores the narrow aspects of the efficient use…

This book presents an account of the bilingual educational program near Montreal, Canada, referred to as the St. Lambert Experiment. It contains the following chapters: (1) Introduction, (2) The Research Plan and Procedures, (3) The Standings of the Pilot Classes at the End of Grade I, (4) The Follow-Up Classes at the End of Grade I, (5) The Pilot…

Educational television has not yet reached its full potential for supporting the social studies in American public schools. The most effective roles for television have not yet been defined, nor have social studies educators developed the production thrust that can enable television to fill a major role in social studies education. This document…