Two sections comprise this selected bibliography on education in Israel. The first, "Current Items Section (April 1969--July 1969)," contains abstracts of documents dealing with new educational publications, foundations of education, the educational ladder, the teaching-learning process, educational frameworks, the administration of…

The central activity of literary criticism, the understanding of literature, is related to the process of establishing a context for the works of literature being studied. Choosing not to discuss the factual elements of literary criticism, the author clarifies and concentrates on the "lower" and "upper" limits of criticism. While the "lower" limit…

This children's collective manual describes a training program for parents and teachers of preschool children which is designed to encourage cooperative, community-oriented styles of group interaction in black preschool children. Developed by the Children's Collective of the Coordinated Child Care Council of South Los Angeles, the program is based…

The comprehensive-versus-selective school issue is primarily a socio-politico-economic rather than pedagogic problem. The International Project for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) had as its primary objective to relate certain social, economic and pedagogic characteristics of the different systems to the outcomes of instruction in…

A history clearly unlike any other region in the U.S., an indigenous population with unique cultural patterns, and a physical environment that can only be described with positive and negative superlatives, have all combined to influence the making of a complex tripartite educational system for a large portion of Alaska's people. Two parts of the…

This essay is the first of a series of occasional papers written by members of the Humanistic Education Project. The purpose is to examine the possibility that philosophy might in fact provide a foundation for educational practice; that philosophy would provide practical knowledge concerning what ought to be done so students and teachers could…

Project BASICS attempts to determine which of the successfully demonstrated reading and mathematics strategies will produce mastery learning for different types of students in terms of their individual characteristics and needs. It focuses on the discovery and implementation of alternative strategies for mastery learning with an innovative school…

Materials received during the period April-July 1970 are included in this annotated bibliography of Hebrew and Arabic books and articles. All abstracts are in English, and author and publisher indices are provided for each item. The Current Items Section contains material on Educational Reform, Foundations of Education, The Teaching-Learning…

Negative influences on teaching practices and objectives in modern language programs, caused by certain final examination practices in Sweden, are pointed out and criticized in this paper. The needs of the Swedish student of languages are determined to be related to the use of language primarily as a means of everyday communication. The…

This paper suggests a new direction and scope for instruction in existing language programs. The author proposes that language courses become "acculturation" courses which would have as their central educational objective the acculturation of the student into the target culture through language, civilization, and culture study. Learning style is…

In this book, a prominent spokesman for the reconstructionist theory of education explains why he sees education not only as a transmitter of culture, but also as a potentially powerful initiator of social change. The author brings the insights of many disciplines to bear on student rebellion, teachers' strikes, administrative obsolesence,…

This survey includes programs that are designed for elementary and high school students and which (1) refrain from "institutionalized coercion," (2) de-emphasize traditional curriculum, (3) eliminate dependence on competition and encourage authentic self-motivation, (4) emphasize individual abilities and character rather than formal training in…

This volume of materials on Hebrew and Arabic books and articles selected during the period of April through July 1971 is part of a collection of volumes comprising annotated bibliographies written in English including author and publishers indices for each abstract. The volume is divided into several sections: 1) Statistics, 2) The Educational…

Society no longer can afford schools that are passive or neutral about the social exigencies of contemporary mankind nor teachers unaware of the problems and issues confronting modern man. We need a philosophy of education that overcomes the present dichotomy between schooling and life with a commitment to accept the reality of a society that…

This second study of Romanian education reports important reforms that have strengthened the educational system and, moreover, provides a picture of the system at all education levels as of the 1969-70 academic year. Since Communist acquisition of power late in 1947, three major educational reforms have reflected a progressive nationalistic…