Examines recent experiments and historical processes in Latin American education since the beginning of the 19th century. Topics discussed include Spanish colonial educational policies, political influences on education after independence, moves for popular education, ascent of the middle classes, and the relationship between the educational…

Discusses the new plans for the American Chemical Society for high school chemistry teachers. Among the plans are the establishment of an office of High School Chemical Education, creation of a High School Chemistry Teachers Committee, and increasing journal articles and teaching materials in the journal. (HM)

Presents an overview of the status of pre-college science education in East Germany. The structure, content and practice of elementary-secondary education in East Germany are also presented. (HM)

Discusses the role of science educators and the goals of science education based on enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools. Data for public school retention (1958-1966) and college degrees in the science (1970-1971) are also presented. (HM)

Presents a television project that aims to produce a number of 30-minute programs, under the series title of "Syntheses," to improve public understanding of the interaction between science and public policy. Two programs: The President's Scientist and Alaska Oil are also discussed. (HM)

Examines the role of teachers' centers in a rationalized plan for in-service teacher education and the basis for the view that the teachers' center movement has revolutionized the philosophy and mode of operation of in-service teacher education in the last decade. (Author/RK)

Author opposes separatism and wants the fullest possible integration of women into history. Several teaching approaches to women's history are discussed. Compensatory, contributory, corrective, and feminist history are suggested as temporary substitutes for a future history which will be well integrated and written from a non-sexist point of view.…

Tests that require high school students to demonstrate minimum skills for graduation are challenged, tough campaigns are being started to check student violence, profit-making schools are growing in popularity, and new efforts are made to halt the continuing decline in the study of foreign languages. (Editor/RK)

This research examines the role of Islam in the process of nation-building in Nigeria in terms of its reaction to the implementation of Universal Primary Education, a scheme which forms an integral part of the Nigerian Government's strategy for development, national integration and nation-building. U.P.E. with its appearance of "western"…

Stresses the importance of annual planning, five-year planning, and long-term planning in Soviet higher education. Recommends cooperation between government planning agencies, economic institutes, and scientific research organizations. (Author/DB)

Examines changes in the educational system of Japan from 1868-1912 as a result of changes in attitudes toward science, technology, and professional and vocational training. Widespread fervor for utilitarian education during this period played a large part in Japan's commercial and industrial modernization. (Author/DB)

The concern here is with issues and questions which have emerged through the research and experience of scholars examining the phenomena of development. Specific attention is given to 1) assumed major linkages between education and other sectors in the development process, 2) an appraisal of the evidence leading to conclusions regarding…

Includes the announcement of the first World Congress on Future Special Education, a multi-channel tape playback system designed to enhance career guidance and counseling services in Southern California, and a report from the National Association of Independent Schools on student enrollment and some important characteristics of independent…

Describes different systems of art education for different student populations, professional art training, historical changes in art education, art education research, aesthetic education, and art education as it is currently practiced in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (RK)

Comments on a recent "Prospects" article on education in developing countries are presented. The author, an Indian newspaper editor, maintains that, in spite of the claims of the author in the original article, there are no technical solutions to education in developing nations because it is, essentially, a political problem. (Author/DB)