This is a summary of the Swedish national report on the 1970 and 1971 international investigations on French as a foreign language as taught in eight countries: England (including Wales), Chile, Scotland, the U.S.A., New Zealand, the Netherlands, Rumania, and Sweden. In the full report, data from the international analysis are used to highlight…

This study examines the politics of program implementation in Michigan. It focuses on relations between the Michigan Department of Education and the state's local school districts in the administration of state aid for compensatory education. With its accountability emphasis and with the many administrative issues that have characterized its…

The DIPOV Index as an indicator of "the state of the child" in various ecological settings is examined in a study based on extensive interviews with mothers or mother-surrogates of children aged 1 to 10. Several hundred households were sampled in two upstate New York counties with strongly contrasting DIPOV Indices. Developed as an…

This paper presents an analysis of early factors influencing children's growth and development and makes recommendations for federal action to insure that all children are provided with the same basic opportunity to develop to their potential. The analysis of the situation includes discussions on: (1) the importance of circumstances during early…

Ways in which pluralistic communities can exist in peace and harmony through consent rather than force are discussed. Historical and sociological determinants, which should be considered when coexistence is sought, are politics, color, religion, nationalism, national aspirations, language, employment, and educational systems. Problems which arise…

There has been disagreement among linguists and psychologists concerning the age at which children develop social perceptions of others on the basis of difference in speech. The purpose of the present study was to determine in what ways eight- and nine-year-old children from different socioeconomic backgrounds might react to dialect differences.…

This second edition contains articles on (1) infant day care, (2) day care as a way to extend parental support systems, (3) meeting developmental needs of infants, (4) ecology of day care, (5) ecology of infant day care, (6) quality care for infants, (7) the daily schedule, (8) precautions in establishing infant day care, (9) teaching--learning…

Based upon empirical data derived from a "Mikrozensus-Zusatzbefragung 71" in the Federal Republic of Germany (456,310 people), general patterns and determinations were analyzed relative to the sectoral, occupational, and vertical social mobility of the agricultural population both inside and outside the rural sector. Employing…

Reports on a cross-country study of computers in education. Discusses software problems, program quality, pressures on schools to use computers in the classroom, the purpose of computer literacy, practical applications, and computers in higher education. Encourages schools to make more effective use of computers, despite various obstacles. (IW)

Case studies showed that inequality between women and men is a very general feature of the Australian secondary school system. New approaches to the reform of sex inequalities in education are proposed. (RM)

Analyzes teacher and student conceptions of the meaning of history, exploring factors which shape them, and the relationship among teacher conceptions, the curriculum, and student conceptions. Data collection included interviews and observations. Concludes that teachers should explicitly discuss historical purpose, patterns, generalizability, and…

Examines the issue of equality of opportunity and social mobility in terms of differences between urban and rural young people in South-Western Nigeria, focusing particularly on those handicaps associated with female disadvantage. Reports results of interviews with 359 rural and urban female secondary school students. (JHZ)

A curriculum for disorders of oculomotor control, binocular vision, and visual perception, adopted by the Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry, is outlined. The curriculum's 14 objectives in physiology, perceptual and cognitive development, epidemiology, public health, diagnosis and management, environmental influences, care delivery,…

A study comparing the speech used by English-as-a-second-language teachers (N=4) when instructing beginning- and advanced-level adult classes found that display questions and self-repetitions were used much less often with advanced students, suggesting that students are being prepared, as they advance in classes, for real communicative…

Discusses cultural differences between Indian and white people in their perceptions of money and the meanings of certain English words such as greed and jealousy. Identifies possible sticking points in Indian-white communication and political/economic relationships. Relates intratribal disputes and factionalism to impose financial situations and…