This paper examines the current academic and policy literatures surrounding teacher education. It provides a typology of existing national system of initial education and in-service education, in addition to presenting some of the advantages and disadvantages of these different systems. This report will provide an account of the current empirical…

Little or no impact on educational systems for the deaf have been realized as a result of the study of the deaf within a Piagetian framework. The reasons for this are examined, and it is concluded that some important educational implications do exist. These implications are explored with a particular emphasis placed on the issue of language and…

Career education models are based on the identification and analysis of major components needed to adapt present curricula into career-oriented curricula. There are four such models: school-based, employer-based, home/community based, and residential-based. The Comprehensive Career Education Model, a school-based model, provides the base to design…

Advocates the performance of live drama by teachers in the classroom as a method of promoting immediacy and involvement. Describes one such performance and student responses to the experience. (Author/DH)

The article examines three models of an educational relation, using comparisons between them to raise questions about likely developments in adult education. The models are: the Martin model, dialogue (a Socratic model), and negotiation. Each is discussed as triadic, asymmetrical, and transitive. (AG)

The author introduces Paulo Freire, the man, then discusses the historical background of his work, his method and results, and briefly describes the basic philosophical ideas behind his educational approach. (Author/AG)

Since 1954, there has appeared a relatively large volume of contributions to discussion of comparative education methods. This annotated bibliography is a selection of those contributions (in English) thought to be most significant with a chronological sequence which perhaps has some interesting pointers for comparative educators. (Author/CB)

Article stresses the need for educational reform along the lines of Open Education and includes a seven point plan for starting such reform. (GB)

We need an eclectic management development approach combining the best features of both classroom based systems (T groups, sensitivity training, games, university programs) and of such job based systems as coaching, counseling, and planned rotation. (LY)

In assessing the contributions of both media and machines in learning situations, the author suggests a need for combining many different approaches with a variety of stimuli, each related to one another for future learning systems. (Author/RR)

The author initiated a method called rural animation to change the big conservative agricultural population of Tanzania. This method is based on making the local people aware of the problems of development and giving them a feeling of desire for change. Then training programs and action techniques will be initiated successfully. (RR)