Describes the newly emerging debate in England known as "bilingualism and mother-tongue teaching" by discussing: (1) the general scene, including historical background and educational and minority group attitudes; (2) the main component of the mother-tongue debate embodied in administrative questions; and (3) certain features of the wider context…

This study of male and female Malay and Chinese students indicated that groups which perceive postsecondary education to lead to a greater certainty of university attendance and/or better job prospects are more likely to continue their schooling than groups which perceive the benefits to them to be less attractive. (Author/SJL)

In its own fashion, philosophy encompasses everything and reflects the whole. Thus it has a special role in the liberal arts curriculum whose purpose is generality and breadth. Philosophy translates the generality of the liberal arts into reason and theory in an attempt to make the whole conceptually articulate. (JMD)

Discusses the introduction of "ecology" into an English for special purposes program in an attempt to draw nonscientific ESL students. While many science-minded students took the usual ESP courses, students not in the sciences still needed some technical English, and this course provided a favorable environment for starting it. (PJM)

The research examines social psychological variables which motivate college student plans and performance. Reviews theoretical research of the self and significant others and presents a model based on variables including family background, high school grades, sex, and perceived importance of significant others. Additional research on self…

More differences were found across sex than across ethnic groups when Mexican American and Anglo-American undergraduates completed the Educational Values Inventory. (Author/RL)

Much of the confusion and nihilism that characterizes today's debates over educational policy can be explained by the tendency to view education, and indeed life, from a narrow and short-term perspective. This "either/or" mentality fails to account for the complexities and paradoxes in schooling and society. (Author/SJL)

The quarrel as to what part the "humanities" should play in education is not a recent one. Discusses a three-part study on humanities from the Center for the Study of Community Colleges at UCLA, funded by the National Foundation for the Humanities. (Author/RK)

The recent drop in public faith in educational leaders does not mean that all segments of the public are disenchanted with America's schools. (Editor/RK)

There has been some disagreement and confusion as to the origins of the 1918 Education Act, one of three major measures of twentieth-century English educational legislation. This article attempts to clarify and resolve that confusion. A fuller understanding of the aims of this important educational legislation is also explored. (Author/RK)

To determine why they were not attending a free audit program at the university and to ascertain their attitudes toward education for the elderly, 99 subjects aged 62 and older were interviewed. Results indicated 68 percent of the subjects were not interested in attending university classes. (Author)

Quotes some conclusions from various sources regarding the wasting effects that addiction to inferential techniques have had, or could have, upon research into educational problems and assesses if these particular techniques are increasing or decreasing in popularity among British educational researchers. (Author/RK)

A gathering at the Executive Mansion in Washington, D.C. of approximately fifty leaders from a wide range of major policy-making groups involved in the nation's education programs examine basic aspects of quality arts education, identify factors that hinder such an education for all citizens, and recommend strategies for overcoming obstacles.…

Criticizes the New Zealand approach to outdoor leadership, which relies on teaching risk assessment and management from manuals and checklists and which asserts that risk-management skills are transferable between risky sports. Suggests that sound outdoor practice involves more than "legal duty of care," and recommends reliance on…

The traditional pastoralism of American higher education has interfered with efforts to develop an urban mission for the university. In addition, current open-door metaphors of access, political trends, and media coverage are promulgating closed-door, wall-building rhetoric and policies. Now is the time to counter antiurban attitudes by reviving…