Six trends are given that point to changing roles and responsibilities for vocational education professional personnel in the years ahead. A rationale is built up to support this thesis and a description of how these six trends are being implemented. (Editor/HD)

How free are developing countries to develop systems of education tailored to their own individual needs? Considers the need for relevance in educational policy, the effect of colonial educational practice upon developing nations trying to create policies appropriate for their educational and political development, and the influence of the…

Reviews self-directed lifelong learning among adults in London from 1558-1640 as nurtured by individuals, organizations, self-improvement publications, and colleges. (EM)

The nation's proprietary schools, the privately owned post-secondary institutions that teach marketable career skills, are rapidly gaining a new degree of acceptance and respectability. Discusses several recent developments responsible for creating the climate in which many proprietary schools are prospering. (Author/RK)

Surveys literature related to the study and teaching of anthropology and its component subfields. Concludes that anthropology began to emerge as a distinct discipline in the last half of the nineteenth century. The debate on the nature of anthropology continued well into the early decades of this century, while the formal teaching of anthropology…

Authors bring an historical perspective to the present debate over reading achievement. From an historical examination of selected European and American models of literacy, they conclude that reading instruction has been aimed at attaining either a low level of literacy for a large number of people or a high level for an elite. (Editor/RK)

The author presents his opinions about career development, choices, decision making, and opportunities with implications for career development education by the individual, as he states that governmental institutions do not respond comprehensively to individual career development education needs. (MF)

This paper investigates the expansion of enrollments in national systems of education during the 1950-1970 period from the point of view of the population ecology of organizations. A simplified dynamic model of the growth of a population of educational organizations is estimated using various techniques for pooling time series of data. (Author/JM)

Will the current preoccupation with "standards" and control of the curriculum bring our schools more into line with those on the continent? And if so, do teachers and parents know what may follow? At the end of a year spent looking at British primary schools, the author offers some sobering comparisons between the two systems. (Editor/RK)

Provides a survey of the framework of studies and curricula of selected new universities in England suggesting that they have been, in general, successful in uprooting problems deeply embedded in the system of British higher education. (Author/RK)

Discusses the latest educational developments in Europe, specifically in England, West Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, and Italy. (RK)

Describes the National Education Association's Mastery in Learning Project. The project was designed and piloted in six elementary and secondary schools in different regions of the United States in 1985-86. Plans have been made for a three-year demonstration project in 24 schools in 1986-87. Includes references. (MD)

Discusses the nature of technology, its relationship to science, and how it is affected by social values. The association of technology, design, and problem solving is described, goal setting and human psychology are discussed, and examples of technology in educational development projects are presented. (LRW)

Examines the meaning of the term "alternative schools," attacking the idea that they are for those who don't "fit" into conventional schools. Characterizes today's schools as fundamentally flawed enterprises, advocating the creation of truly different "alternative" public schools which empower teachers and students and personalize both teaching…

Examines West Germany's Comprehensive Educational Development Plan which formulates the objectives for the further development of the educational sector in a budget plan for 1985 and 1990. Compares 1985 expenditure projections with actual educational budget development and demand, explaining the differences between the two and considering future…