An analysis of new directions for secondary education, vocational education, curricula, educational methodologies, evaluation techniques, and teacher training proposed at recent conferences of the Council of Europe is provided. (DE)

This paper considered the usefulness of the preponderantly 'manpower requirements' premises relied upon by the Committee, judgments made about present and prospective distribution of education among different age groups and status levels in Sweden and some implications of proposals for spatial and administrative reorganization of higher education.…

This article describes the development of higher education after World War II and predicts its development over the next twenty-five years. Emphasis is placed upon expansion of services without physical growth, financial problems, and better performance in the areas of occupation and career training. (DE)

This article examines the role of the school in France, West Germany, Hungary, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom in making children sensitive to the Third World and the problems of development. Proposals designed to strengthen the schools' role are included. (DE)

In this paper the author examined two views of art and attempted to show how, because they are in conflict, they might be the source of much of the confusion currently surrounding art education. (Author/RK)

A conversation with Mary Ellis, president of the American Vocational Association, reveals three major concerns of vocational educators: professional development, legislation, and outreach and public relations. The role of women and the problem of tokenism in the profession are also issues of major importance to the association. (MW)

Deals with an approach to educational reform, attempting to expand on the objectives of education and present some examples which show why innovations in the field of education fail to produce results when introduced within existing structures. (Author/PG)

As the recipient of 1 of 40 National Academy for School Executives-Danforth Foundation Fellowships, this author lists observations on American education derived from the fellowship's 2 month study leave program. (JC)

This article examines and assesses the aims, establishment, and teaching methods of the 41 institutes of technology in Algeria. (DE)

Seventeen Asian member states have joined this program to stimulate educational innovation linked to problems of development. (DE)

This document presents the perspectives of a British educational leader on the school improvement councils of Massachusetts. Comparisons are made between the Massachusetts Teachers' Association and the National Union of Teachers in London, including the bureaucratic apparati of each nation. The "school improvement council is a product of its…

Course offerings with an international focus have expanded rapidly in secondary schools in the United States in the last decade, and research is needed to explore how global and international education goals may be achieved. Four models for organizing the research agenda are presented: (1) organization around a study of influences upon global and…

Olomana School, operated by the Hawaiian Department of Education, serves youths who have been placed in the Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility (HYCF), the Hawaii State Hospital (HSH), and the Detention Home (DH). During the 1988 summer semester, Olomana School implemented the Extended School Year Program; the school day was expanded to six periods…

More state activity aimed at improving public education took place in the 1980s than ever before. Many of their efforts concentrated on three themes: increasing academic content, upgrading the teaching force, and enhancing state and local financial support for schools. In addition to examining reform activities in Arizona, California, Florida,…

The school development office, the part of the school that interacts with the outside community, is necessary to facilitate community involvement and support. Financial limitations that restrict the development staff to one person necessitate the creation and implementation of an organized, effective development plan. Chapters in this guidebook…