Article considered six developments in the Thai educational system that represented the directions which the educational system is taking and helped to form a distinct image of Thai education. (Author/RK)

Mary Emil Penet, I.H.M., (1916-2001) used her talents and charisma to shape the first national organization of American women religious, the Sister Formation Conference (SFC; 1954-1964), facilitating the integrated intellectual, spiritual, psychological, and professional development of vowed women religious. In the decade preceding Vatican II, her…

Catholic education surfaces as a focus and concern in every age of the U.S. Catholic experience. This article examines the struggles in one, small Midwestern diocese surrounding the establishment and advancement of Catholic education. Personal rivalries, relationship with Rome, local politics, finances, responding to broader social challenges, and…

Article investigated educational needs in Hawaii and how their fulfillment will affect various individual demands for greater social roles. (RK)

This document presents papers delivered at a symposium held to discuss the problems associated with excessive specialization in contemporary education and of ways of counterbalancing this trend. Papers were presented in the areas of mathematics, fine arts, science, literature, philosophy, psychology, social sciences, and integrative education. (SL)

Begun on an experimental basis in March 1975, the ongoing PLATO project at the University of Delaware has become an established part of the University's academic program. This descriptive report is divided into three sections: (1) project history and development, including organization, utilization, instructor and author training, and projections…

The basic assumption underlying this study is that teacher involvement in professional growth activities would lead to improvement in knowledge and result in a change in practices. The objectives comprising the major focus of the inquiry were to measure and analyze professional involvement; to assess the degree of professional commitment of the…

The number and diversity of the parameters involved in the organization of modern education make it necessary to employ modern management methods and techniques to optimize decisions about the organization and improve the use of available material and financial resources. To accomplish these goals, a systems approach is advisable. A model of any…

Relationship between the establishment and development of USSR's Academy of Sciences to the historic changes occurring for the past 250 years. (ND)

The five year nationwide plan for restructuring the educational system in Nepal is described. Emphasis is placed on an egalitarian harmonization of multilingual traditions into a single nationhood. (DE)

Asserts that the argument that black "education" was a mistake and continues to be so is not viable and cannot exist in lieu of the need for black education, citing such needs as the following: (1) for security and shelter from white rejection; (2) for black role models in positions of authority; and, (3) for the enhancement of racial solidarity.…

Comprising 387 citations, this annotated bibliography is concerned with both the implications of technological change for educational policy and the effects of education on technology. The editors' introduction gives a brief discussion of education and technology in developing and developed nations and notes that the bibliography covers only…

Described in this paper is one state's approach to the development and operation of a Research Coordinating Unit (RCU), which is designed to orchestrate research and development activities in vocational education within a state. This approach, based on Illinois's model, depicts program improvement as a continuous process involving such activities…

This brochure by the Coordinating Committee on Research in Vocational Education (CCRVE) for prospective grantees and contractors provides information on the various kinds of federal funding for research, development, and demonstration projects available in vocational education, career education, and education and work. It discusses these federal…

The paradigm upon which this report rests is the cause and effect relationships resulting from the explosion of knowledge and technology in the twentieth century. The first section of the report explores change and technology and their impact on present and future roles for classroom teachers. The second section provides descriptions of current…