More than 350 American cities have established people-to -people affiliations with over 400 cities in 54 other nations. (IR)

A curriculum proposed as a framework for the education of all generalists" practicing in primary health care. (IR)

The viewpoints and findings of the seven empirical studies of organizational conflict contained in this issue are compared and contrasted. A distinction is made between conflict within a stable organization structure and conflict aimed at changing the organization structure. (Author)

Defines priorities in the field of early childhood education in relation to children's experiences, leadership, nonprofessionals, parents, facilities, and coordination and integration of services. (DR)

The effects of errorless discrimination training (Sulzer and Mayer) on visual and auditory discrimination of digraphs of a learning disabled eight-year-old female resulted in a successful technique for digraph discrimination. (Author/PN)

In 1978 and 1979, the Texas Research and Development Center for Teacher Education initiated extended discussions, commissioned papers, and sponsored a conference on major topic areas that cut across the teacher education continuum. The planning processes, the conference and its formation, the final report, and national agenda are described. (JN)

Demonstrates how the incorporation of relatively low amounts of ionic material into nonionic polymers affects the structure and properties of these polymers. The extent to which properties are altered depends on dielectric constant of the backbone, position and type of ionic group, counterion type, ion concentration, and degree of neutralization.…

Traditional procedures for assessing and stimulating residual vision are often ineffective with deaf-blind and severely handicapped children. Common eye disorders, visual assessment procedures, and vision stimulation components are described. (JN)

From this study of kindergarten children, the author concludes that drawing should be recognized as an important educational activity that helps children to learn and remember the visual characteristics of the figures they draw, and that it does so more effectively than does mere observation or tracing of those figures. (Author/SJL)

The preparation of culturally sensitive multilingual Americans prepared to act interdependently with other nations should be a national priority. Bilingual education and foreign language instruction should be promoted as a coordinated effort to meet national language needs. (Author/CM)

The performance of first-year primary pupils from Social Priority Schools in a large urban area was compared on ten of the ITPA subtests. Analysis of variance showed significant and substantial differences in the Auditory Vocal Channel and Representational Level of the test, favoring those children with previous nursery experience. (Author)