Discusses the training programs in library and information science at the secondary and higher educational levels that have developed in China in response to the recognition of the importance of scientific and technical information. The newly established department of library and information science at Sichuan University is described, including…

Suggests that school-based review (SBR), which links evaluation to school improvement, could make accreditation a more developmental process. Identifies six characteristic aspects of SBR in Europe and North America. Outlines the GRIDS project in England and Wales, which engages schools in problem solving as part of internal school development. (SV)

Examines "The National Curriculum 5-16: A Consultation Document" that became law in 1988. Outlines the document's content and argues that the document offers solutions to various problems without demonstrating how the solutions address the problems. Raises some issues about the ownership and control of educational institutions. (GG)

Describes the planning of the Al-Quds Open University (Jordan) and the problems accompanying the plan's implementation. Discusses the rationale behind choosing of educational media and planning and designing courses. Addresses the need to collaborate with conventional educational institutions to provide higher education for the maximum number of…

Up-to-the-minute technology is making United States schools more productive. Technology is presenting new choices in equipment and methods for problem solving and expanding education. Eleven separate articles are included. (SI)

Discusses the background of Sweden's Primary Education Development Project and summarizes five lectures delivered at the 1987 Council for Cultural Cooperation Project No. 8 Symposium (Stockholm, Sweden). Highlighting recent developments in school-based innovation, concludes that locally initiated innovation is most valuable when actively supported…

Describes a plan for a professional development program in educational systems design to prepare facilitators in educational change and restructuring efforts. Highlights include roles in the change process; values and criteria for design; change strategies; emotional stages; attitudinal roadblocks; and needed competencies and skills, including…

Educational publishers must provide easy access to the global information infrastructure for schools and offices. High-speed, low-cost, universally available electronic distribution over telephone lines is enabling publishers to go beyond the traditional, linear model of multitrack publishing. Multimedia materials offer the ability for…

Five themes are addressed: the role of language planning/policy in marking world events; ethnic revitalization; continuing migration and mobility; differential perceptions of the role of the mother tongue in primary education; and the potential contributions of language planning to educational and national development. (Contains 16 references.)…

The remarkable growth of Clark Atlanta University (Georgia), a historically black institution, is attributed to aggressive pursuit of federal grants for science and engineering. After the 1988 merger of Clark College and Atlanta University, the new administration made a commitment to high-level science education through a broad research and…

To be part of instructional development, library media specialists (LMS) must work with teachers using a variety of resources which teach viewing, listening, reading, and critical thinking skills. The following models for teacher/LMS integration are discussed: Loertcsher's taxonomy; the TIE (talking, involving, evaluating) model; and the Toor and…

Theories of mass education that emphasize processes of differentiation or the reproduction of inequalities ignore the universal and institutional character of mass education. A theoretical framework emphasizing individualism and the rationalization of individual and collective authority better explains the relationship of mass education to…

This paper reviews national and cultural traditions that inform human rights consciousness in Slovakia and examines the role of constitutionalism in human rights protection and education on human rights. A prospering civil society is possible only in the context of a well-functioning civil state, making education in human rights and…

Examination of foundings of four-year women's colleges in three states, 1855-1968, reveals that institutional forces (presence of elite women's colleges, development of Catholic women's colleges, and enactment of the suffrage amendment) increased the founding rate, but rising organizational density later decreased the rate. Argues that…

Case study of expansion of South Korean education at three educational levels, 1945-88, examines influences of state and class structural characteristics by analyzing the state's role in shaping policies to expand or limit education to meet political and economic objectives rather than class interests. An analytical model compares results to those…