The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) functions within the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (Unesco) to promote scientific investigation into the nature and resources of the world's oceans. Summarized in this report are discussions that took place in both preparatory meetings and plenary sessions of…

Studies of the role of education in human development, especially in relation to approaches to national education in developing countries, are cited in this 45-item annotated bibliography. Other topics covered include educational development in rural areas, and development through non-formal and adult education programs. Case studies of individual…

The purposes of the study were to design a Future World Perspective Values Scale, test the validity and reliability of the scale, and collect data on teachers' and students' values. The scale was designed to measure the four value constructs of selective economic growth, adaptive technology, international cooperation, and world economic justice.…

The development of solutions to national and international communications problems is a matter of the highest priority because of the speed and impact of current communications changes. Canada, which has developed many sophisticated communications technologies and applications, has found that in working out a communications relationship with the…

Described is the history of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) since its formation in 1972. Also included is an examination of UNEP's major programs and projects, and an assessment of the organization's problems and future prospects. The function of UNEP is to coordinate the management and assessment of the world's environment by…

The United States Commissioner of Education discusses a broad view of educational needs and ways in which society must begin to respond to them. The need for quality educators and the renewal of our present corps of teachers through teacher controlled and developed inservice education is stressed. Life-long education with equal opportunity for all…

This booklet presents evidence which links the effects of unplanned pregnancies on the health of the mother and child. The first section identifies the causes of high mortality and morbidity rates among children. Teenage child-bearing, child-bearing past the age of 35, family size and birth intervals are discussed. The second section presents…

To assist both practitioner and reader to find answers to questions on the theory and practice of recurrent education, this resource guide compiles 715 abstracts of relevant articles, books, and monographs, from many countries. Descriptors and identifiers, used in computer searches to identify the materials, are arranged alphabetically in the…

The conference report of the Global Studies Workshop held in Amherst, Massachusetts, May 16-17, 1975 is presented. The workshop provided a meeting place for educators from both the secondary and college levels to share concerns, ideas, and techniques in the teaching of global studies. Two key questions were addressed throughout the workshop…

Suggested innovations in the Unesco Associated School Program are described in this report. Fourteen member states participated in the conference in order to improve international understanding and school-community relationships by suggesting innovations in the organizational structure, curriculum content, and teaching methods of the schools. Two…

This bibliography is designed to help teachers find resources and suitable K-12 classroom materials that introduce and incorporate global perspectives into curricula. This collection emphasizes the interrelatedness of world problems and issues, as well as of areas of the world. The bibliography contains the following three sections: resources for…

The purposes of this paper are to identify the current trends in social studies curriculum and teaching strategies and to make some projections about the future. Three conflicting movements, or paradoxes, are identified. The first paradox is the back-to-the-basics movement vs. an expanded curriculum. This is due to conservative reactions to…

The current status, problems, and future trends of education for global awareness are outlined. Currently, global realities and interdependencies are such that traditional assumptions about international affairs and education are no longer operative. Nor is international education as a discipline conceptually or structurally responding to…

If the path to a better rural life is to be a change preferred by the rural people involved, recent world experience would suggest that it must be a change born from within the given rural social system, be controlled by its beneficiaries, and be integrated into the larger system of which it is a part. Such a perspective and such a process might…

Ten lessons provide techniques for teaching about conflict in grades kindergarten through six. These lessons, developed to accompany the teaching guidelines outlined in SO 009 795, illustrate how the guidelines might be used in any elementary social studies classroom. Five sample lessons are described for each of two levels: grades K-3 and grades…