Based on data gatered from interviews, observations, and document reviews during a 3-year qualitative examination of curriculum change projects in 14 elementary, junior, and senior high schools, this paper argues that the spread of new classroom practices within a school beyond a core committee of planners is determined by the orgaanizational…

The great changes in the educational level and opportunities for Soviet women since the revolution are described. (DE)

Evidence from an investigation of Australian adolescents in school is used to clarify the concept of alienation which has been used to describe students' attitude to school. Article further considered the role of the student and the role of the worker, the world of school and the world of work. (Editor/RK)

Cracking school statistics records has come to be "old hat" for education, but signs are out that record-breaking years are numbered. (Editor)

The author discusses the status of women in tropical Africa and the possible contributions of adult education towards strengthening it. (Author)

Discusses the problem (facing institutions of higher technical education) of maintaining continuing programs of institutional growth and providing for future development while meeting maintenance and operational costs. (MLH)

The article presents extracts and summaries from the UNESCO preliminary draft recommendation to Member States concerning the development of adult education, and, in anticipation of confirmation by the 1976 General Conference (with profound consequences for adult education predicted), it outlines steps to be taken by adult educationists before the…

Five major institutional patterns that have characterized the development of an institution are identified and discussed: (1) democratization, (2) centralization of decisionmaking over research and development funds, (3) legitimation of development and implementation activities, (4) growth, and (5) entrenchment. (Editor/PG)

This laboratory training model developed out of the observed difficulties students were having in bridging the gap between classroom and the field. Describes methods, techniques, structure and evaluation of two laboratories, set up as a neutral setting for students to practice their communication skills. (Editor/PG)

This paper describes the results of a study of community college learning resource centers as they exist today and examines some emerging functions which point toward the role of the center in the future. (DC)

Offering an overview of the Chinese experience in the field of literacy, standards, basic policies of mass education, political incentive, and language complexity are topics considered. Literacy programs, particularly the project in Tachai, are examined and evaluated. (MW)

Each year, a million new illiterates are being added to the pool of 50 million illiterates in Pakistan. An adult and continuing education program is reviewed. Objectives and needs, program implementation, curriculum requirements, and the role of international cooperation are topics considered. (MW)

The article discusses trends developing in Canada's university continuing education programs for social services and reviews current literature and studies related to the field. Available from: Extension Division, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon S7N OWO. (MW)

Broad political and policy outlines of ten years of educational reform in West Germany are provided. (DE)