A look at Canadian private vocational schools in terms of what they are, how good they are, their fee structure and what controls are imposed on them, and their philosophy. (HD)

This paper concerns itself with the problem of how the survival of the world no longer requires brutal strength and military superiority, but education--education for a new world society through a new curriculum. Inherent is a value system in which man is master and above technology, materialism and machine. (Author)

This paper is an argument for self-governing schools that do not pressure children into learning to read by the time they are 6 or 7 years old, and gives them the ultimate responsibility for deciding what to read. (MS)

The development of IGE principles, practices, and ideas is detailed by notable educators. (MM)

The goals of the Children's Charter of 1930 remain to a large degree unfulfilled, yet still serve as a useful agenda for action on the problems of childhood care. (MB)

An adult education course on the early Roman Empire and the rise of Christianity, taught in the context of an open university, is described and criticized. (RM)

A response is made to criticism and evaluation of an adult education course on the early Roman Empire and the rise of Christianity taught in the context of an open university. (RM)

The construction of a course on the early Roman Empire and the rise of Christianity is described, and the open university in general is discussed. (RM)

An adult education course on the early Roman Empire and the rise of Christianity, taught in the context of an open university, is described and criticized. (RM)

An adult education course on the early Roman Empire and the rise of Christianity, taught in the context of an open university, is described and criticized. (RM)

Reviews research on equality in education and educational innovations. The author concludes that educational equality must be understood in social class terms and that the task of educational sociologists is to identify experiences which lead to cognitive and motivation skill development. Journal can be ordered from S.A. France, Chester College,…

Reviews the development of a successful experimental college. Areas discussed include: college goals, a systems approach to instruction, grading, student achievement and persistence, and community reaction. Reasons for institutional success are offered and suggestions for improvement presented. (Author/JDS)

Discussed is the role of personal convictions in the development of scientific attitudes in students. (SL)

Described is China's education system which follows the three basic guidelines laid down by the Chinese Communist Party in 1959; namely, that education must serve proletarian politics, must be combined with productive labor, and must be under the direction of the Communist Party. Available from: American-Asian Educational Exchange, Inc., 88…

This call for fundamental changes in the university makes the case that the modern university actively participates in the breakdown of human communities and the destruction of the natural world. The book suggests the way a new kind of university can strengthen human communities and repair the natural world. The chapters are: (1) "A Social History…