IGE, a new form of elementary school organization, has been revolutionizing U. S. classrooms. Its success has been attributed to a format that trys different kinds of teaching methods, techniques, and strategies with a single end - to develop the individual on his terms. (Author/RK)

Presents the most recent developments in education in Korea. (RK)

It may be that teacher education offers a more valuable index of national development than the school system, for teachers' colleges normally mirror a society's ideological and structural features in detail, and their recruitment often reflects its avenues of opportunity and achievement. (Author)

Article describes educational problems inherent in the modern metropolis. (MM)

Speculations about possible changes and developments likely to occur between 1975 and 1985 as a result of the probable influence of ECE on subsequent educational practice. (Authors/MB)

The Project on Alternatives in Education (1981) on North American alternative schools shows the movement's steady growth, high staff morale and control, and attendance. Factors contributing to success: smallness, choice, extended roles, relative autonomy, continuing evaluation, and teacher participation. Teacher/student relationship and positive…

Seeking to strengthen secondary education to improve academic preparation for college, the EQuality Project identifies and explains basic academic competencies: reading, writing, speaking, listening, mathematics, reasoning, and studying. (PB)

The integration of planning and assessment procedures into educational administrative routines is viewed in relation to school surveys, a criteria-based means for measuring the operational efficiency of a school system. The school survey movement in the United States, characteristics of public school surveys, and the educational planning process…

The initiation of a national examination system in the People's Republic of China has had a marked impact upon educational policies. An historical overview of the Chinese educational system, the nature of the national examination, and implications of curricular change are used to support the assumption that curricular change can have profound…

Examines the role of the working class in the expansion of the American public school system from 1870 to 1900. In contrast to progressive and recent revisionist theory, the nature and limits of social conflict is identified as the key to explaining the growth of public education in the United States. (Author/RH)

Cautions that educational planners in developing nations, and in the Arab world in particular, should emphasize preparing the rising generations for the future and teaching generations of children yet unborn rather than simply focusing on modifying existing programs. Emphasizes the need for more educational research and stress on higher…

Describes and evaluates a project undertaken to reform teacher training in Sri Lanka so that it would be more focused toward community development. Major successes of the program were that it helped educators understand the potential resources available at the village level and encouraged them to stress multi-disciplinary approaches toward…

To point up some of the problems of higher education in developing nations, universities in Thailand and the Philippines are described and compared. Problems include trying to maintain or achieve educational quality in the face of constant pressures to expand. (SJL)

Reviews the adult illiteracy problem in the United States and explains a U.S. experimental adult literacy program titled the apperception interaction method (AIM). It is noted that AIM involves reading, writing, discussion, and the taking of practical action by participants. (LRA)

Four distinguished English educators discuss some of the issues that English teachers will confront in the 1980s, including creating teaching/learning models, developing inservice teacher education, putting research into practice, and promoting student appreciation for and interest in literature. (RL)