This compilation from a seminar to provide inservice education for large city directors of vocational education across the Nation contains the 21 position papers, working synthesis reports, and position statements presented in the following topic areas: (1) Vocational Education in the Large Cities: The Context; (2) The Role of the City Director in…

The first part of this document is the text of a speech which examines some of the critical events that American society will face during the next 10 years and analyzes these events in light of educational needs primarily at the elementary and secondary levels. The author first notes 15 social trends, identified through the efforts of Research for…

Relationships among student and college characteristics are studied in conjunction with colleges students chose and attended. Two data sets, one of students who were college bound in 1971-72, and the other of financial aid applicants who were college freshmen in 1972-73, are used. The relation between family income and college cost is examined.…

Educational development in Peru is discussed as part of a series surveying UNESCO's involvement in educational cooperation with developing nations. There are seven chapters to the report, which is written in Spanish. The first chapter describes Peru's national education policy, and discusses how it relates to the country's plan for national…

The 1978-79 annual report of the McGill University Centre for Teaching and Learning Services (CTLS), which replaces the Centre for Learning and Development (CLD) and incorporates the Instructional Development Service Project, is presented. The tenth and final year of the operation of the CLD and reasons for the transition are covered. Topics are…

The entries listed in this annotated bibliography were compiled to meet the needs of undergraduates and interested educators rather than those of the professional historian. Preference was given to items that had enduring value, had not appeared in other bibliographies, or that had been part of the periodical literature not ordinarily found in the…

Like that of other African nations, the educational system of Togo was created during the country's colonial period, and reflected the needs of the colonizers, not those of the native peoples. Education was elitist and served to further the government bureaucracy. After Togo became independent in 1960, it began to revise its inherited French…

This monograph deals with the philosophical and idealogical development of the Canadian Association for Adult Education (CAAE) during the years of Ned Corbett's leadership of the organization--from its founding in 1935 to his retirement in 1951. The first stage of transformation of the CAAE is discussed in terms of the association changing from a…

This paper examines educational development in East-European socialist countries in the 1970's. The main emphasis is on Russia. The paper is organized topically. Topics discussed include: educational policies and plans; general principles of educational development; indicators of the levels of educational attainments; population dynamics;…

Vocational Education can play a key role in revitalizing the American economy particularly through research and development in four areas: economic development and productivity, equity and access, youth employment, and energy. It can enhance productivity by identifying innovative vocational education programs successful in enhancing community and…

This catalogue describes the nature and purposes of the Research and Development Utilization (RDU) Program, which was designed to improve programs in the areas of basic skills, career education, and inservice education. The RDU resource materials consist of 60 documents that cluster around four broad topics: (1) resources to help school staff work…

This book is a summary of papers presented at the Third National Conference on Catholic School Finance held in March, 1977. The topics discussed include the board's repsonsibility for finance, current trends, long-range planning, school reorganization, expansion and building of new schools, marketing, foundations, educational development, funding,…

Presented is a paper developed by the Learning Research and Development Center at the University of Pittsburgh and which is intended for science education researchers. Two major recommendations for the orientation of research in science education are proposed. The first is that currently espoused goals of science education should be reexamined…

An overview of studies of national educational policy conducted by member nations of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) from 1965 to 1979 is presented. The major objective of the report is to identify lessons from past educational policies of the various countries to serve as guides for current and future policy…

Educational policy in France emphasizes international and global relationships as well as relevance of education to students' and society's needs. Educational priorities include increasing school attendance of two to four-year-olds, limiting class size to 35, and equalizing enrollments between urban and rural areas. There are three levels in the…