This paper presents a discussion of kindergarten education for 4- and 5-year-old children. The first section provides an historical review of kindergarten education, focusing on Froebel and on the evolution of kindergartens in the United States. This section also includes a review of legislation which has affected the availability of kindergarten…

On the premise that the variety of problems plaguing education can be clustered around central themes conducive to attack in a systematic way by educational research and development (R & D) personnel, this paper deals with the scope of management problems, requirements of an R & D management model, and a proposed R & D management system, which…

The problems confronting educators attempting to develop and implement competency based education (CBE) programs at the secondary and post secondary levels are indeed challenging. There is no uniformity with regard to key elements in competency based programs, such as educational goals, curriculum, institutional environment, pedagogical…

Three counties in eastern Utah's Uintah Basin face the likelihood of rapid growth because of planned oil shale and tar sands development in the area. This seven-part report describes a federally-funded, community-based project to plan for expected impacts of the energy developments on Uintah Basin education. After an introductory overview, the…

This issue of the newsletter of the U.S. Agency for International Development (AID) Clearinghouse on Development Communication contains: a report from the Acapulco conference of the new International Program for the Development of Communication; an article on the roles of radio and print in national health campaigns in developing countries; a…

Current developments concerning criminology and criminal justice education are viewed historically and placed within a broader perspective of academic professionalization, and a few of the debates going on within and between the two fields are considered. Some early sociologists made considerable claim to studies of crime, and criminology and…

The development of national communications systems, particularly radio and television, and the impact of this technology on the largely traditional society of Indonesia was the focus of this two-year repeated survey sponsored by UNESCO. The sociocultural effects of radio and television communications on Indonesian national integrity, language use,…

Major trends and factors are discussed which are likely to influence the development of education in socialist countries over the next 20 years. There are three major sections to the paper: basic features of educational development; trends in educational development; and some aspects of educational forecasting and prospective planning. The…

This publication contains the proceedings of a conference held to discuss adult education and the National Adult Education Programme (NAEP) in India. Four major addresses are included in the booklet, along with references to other speeches, group discussion reports, resolutions, and recommendations. Inaugurating the conference, Shri J.J. Kidwai…

This report describes the basic organization, management and evolution of the department producing "Tele Pour Tous," the first attempt to use national television in the Ivory Coast to bring educational and informational programs to a non-school adult, rural public. The department's task was (1) to produce TV programs, (2) to train and…

Change is more advantageous if it incorporates an entire society rather than an element of that society, and the goals of educational development will be most fruitfully realized with a minimum of harmful effects if programs of instructional development are made to focus on the entire culture, rather than on a single social institution. A systems…

Services offered by the British Open University are examined to determine the feasibility of establishing similar programs and study centers for an external degree program at Kauai Community College, Kauai, Hawaii. This report covers the history and origin, organization, courses of study, delivery systems, staff, and students at the Open…

This monograph presents the fourth annual summary of "Refining the Concept of Career Education" attempts. The seven papers included are intended to provide readers with an historical record of career education in 1979. The first paper, "Lessons Learned from Participants in the 15 YETP/Career Education Mini-Conferences,"…

This collation of national reports pertains to the theme "Education and Development." Thirty-nine member organizations of the World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession (WCOTP) responded to an inquiry into participating countries' policies, practices, and ideas concerning education as a factor in development, education about…

The political economy model of educational expansion is discussed in this paper. The model holds that when education is of top priority to the political system in a country, the demand for resources by the educational system will usually be met until the high proportion of resources allocated to education threatens the capacity of the other…