Jordan has been paying increased attention to early childhood education in recent years. In particular, the government allocated unprecedented resources to the sector through its Education Reform for the Knowledge Economy (ERfKE) 2003/08. Funded by the World Bank and other donor agencies, ERfKE is designed to revamp the education sector starting…

Troubled by the difficulties of training teachers in Liberia, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says she hopes to attract them from U.S. colleges and universities. Sirleaf envisions the Liberian Education Trust as a way to help repair a country devastated by two civil wars. The trust seeks to raise money so that the West African country can build 50…

Research evidence indicates that an unusually broad range of issues take on strategic significance in a merger and that organisational cultures are critical to the successful integration of staff, students and other stakeholders within a newly combined higher education institution (HEI). This study was based on two specialist higher education (HE)…

The 20th century has seen the rise and development of American colleges and universities to levels of performance admired by people the world over. Ironically, it has also witnessed the emergence of serious difficulties that threaten the survival of some of these institutions and create anxieties for almost all of them. The Carnegie Commission on…

A list of major historical events (3000 B.C. to 1970 A.D.) which have influenced the development of vocational-technical education in Canada, as well as the rest of the world, is presented. Each entry offers a brief description of the event or the activities of a particular personage. (EC)

A general discussion of the role of television in education with suggestions for maximizing its use. (HB)

Definitions are offered to distinguish natural play from educational play, which is linked to predictable and specific learning experiences for the players. (GW)

A report on Dutch efforts to meet their needs in teacher education on a national level. (GB)

Discusses the development of the concept of secondary education in France and Great Britain from the end of the eighteenth century. (AN)

A brief review of research papers presented at the 1971 AECT Convention, including information on how to obtain copies of the papers. (AK)

Discusses the production of an award winning educational television program. (MM)