Traces the development of fine arts teaching in Australian universities from the establishment of the first Department of Fine Arts at Melbourne in 1947 to 1975 when departments were functioning in six universities with four others considering such programs. Focus is on teaching art theory and history. (JT)

This article analyzes the overall purposes and content of Soviet military and patriotic education. The emphasis is on duty and defense of the fatherland. (DE)

The beginnings of vocational education are more readily seen during the period 1876-1926. They are characterized by the rise of manual training, trade schools, home economics movements, and agricultural education. The Smith-Hughes Act was passed in response to the demands of the National Society for the Promotion of Industrial Education. (EC)

Current trends in vocational education indicate continued growth for vocational education in the future. Vocational education seeks to meet the training and education needs of people of all ages. Vocational educators must combat the trend to separate vocational training from public education. (EC)

In examining the current national debate in Australia concerning open tertiary education (involving ease of access to part-time and external studies, new curricula, and innovative teaching practices), the author compares Australia and aspects of distance teaching in Germany and advocates an international open tertiary education network to which…

The article discusses physical education programs in the Panama Canal Zone. (CD)

Adult educators, in non-formal, open university educational systems, must develop strategies for meeting the communication needs of a multilingual, educationally disadvantaged population, thus enabling language to be the vehicle for educational development. (LH)

A general examination of the assumptions of educational technology as a body of knowledge. (HB)

The article discusses the stress felt by those involved in bilingual programs. (NQ)

Some of the difficulties encountered when attempting the formative evaluation of Open University television and radio programs are discussed, and a few tentative conclusions about how the developmental testing of these programs might develop are considered. (Author/JEG)

Provides an excellent assessment of the "state of the art" of multicultural education. Views it as evolving and maturing in three identifiable stages and argues for Stage 111 that requires conceiving it as "process" rather than "product". (Editor/RK)

To help develop the resources of Nigeria by increasing efficiency and production in agriculture, agricultural education is being promoted in the secondary school system. Some agricultural education projects are listed. (MF)

Describes the effort to educate all handicapped children under Public Law 94-142, discusses Supreme Court action on the Bakke case and on corporal punishment in the classroom, the struggle by schools to cope with the energy crisis, and some other significant educational issues that occurred in 1977. (RK)

The central theme here is that the educational arguments relating to middle schools have been used as a front for economic and sometimes political expediency. Suggests that it is time to begin a more rigorous appraisal of the achievements and shortcomings of the various organizational patterns used to educate children during the middle years of…

Some recent information on Florida's use of the Fundamental Literacy Test, the enrollment changes in elementary and secondary education, Alaska's huge financial settlement involving the development of high schools for Alaskan Eskimo, Indian and Aleut children, a new Consumer Information Center in Colorado, and the Educational Materials Review…