From her forthcoming history of volunteers in the United States, the author outlines the development of our system of education and the concept of "learning by doing" from the Colonial period to 1900. She describes various organizations and their efforts in many causes, including child and student volunteerism. (MF)

Discusses efforts to develop an interdisciplinary cybernetic method, its transfer to different fields of group activities, and results achieved internationally. The 1978 program of activities designed for the promotion of the interdisciplinary cybernetic method by the International Association for Synthesis is also presented. (HM)

Presents the transformation in the models of science teaching from 1945 to the present; compares current science education in Japan with that in the United States. (Author/GA)

Presents a computer method for teaching chemical equilibrium concepts using material balance conditions and the minimization of the free energy. Method for the calculation of chemical equilibrium, the computer program used to solve equilibrium problems and applications of the method are also included. (HM)

Briefly describes what is meant by the English examination system, how it has come to take the forms that it does, and why such importance is attached to it. Thereafter, some problems and developments in examinations in art and design education are considered with six examination proposals summarizing the aims of art and design studies. (Author/RK)

Teacher centers, a growing movement in the United States, provide teachers with opportunities to exchange ideas, talk over problems, offer and take courses and workshops, shop for new materials or simply have a cup of coffee with colleagues. Discusses their development and the controversy surrounding it. (Author/RK)

A handful of educational reformers from each generation effectively muster and sustain public support in efforts to advance their visions for education. Here is an account of the efforts of Horace Mann and Henry Barnard acting as educational advocates and consensus builders who evoked public responsiveness and guided their constituencies toward…

Discusses the need for engineering education to keep pace with and participate directly in the development of technology and society. (SL)

Reviews Mali's experiments in training engineers and high-level technical personnel. (SL)

Summarizes the variety of provision made for disturbed children and the nature of the treatment offered them. (Editor/RK)

Special provisions are made for handicapped students in terms of curriculum and elimination of structural barriers in order to facilitate their preparation for a profession through a college education. Program has served as a successful precedent for other educational institutions. (TA)

Discusses the founding of the first schools for the education of blind students in the late eighteenth century and early nineteenth century and the long period of development for establishing institutions for training teachers of those blind students. (RK)

Discusses the advantages of correspondence education in England and the Netherlands, the development of correspondence education in both countries, and the more recent developments of the Open University in England and the Foundation Inspection of Education by Correspondence (ISO) in the Netherlands, the former enlarging educational opportunities…

Presents the eight statements in India's preliminary policy statement on adult education. Focus is on educational planning necessary to develop adult literacy skills. (SH)