Presents a senior British academic's perspectives on geography's major concerns, priorities, and objectives. Topics include: geography as a discipline; structure and divisions of academic labor; teaching versus research; and future transformations. (TRS)

Part-time undergraduate student numbers have been increasing over the last 15 years. Some 615 separate part-time first degree courses in Great Britain are identified and examined in terms of the types of institutions offering them, their accreditation, timing, mode of provision, subject, entry and exit arrangements, and location. (Author/MLW)

Shortened version of Galpin's reminiscences published in 1936 recounts early days of rural sociology research and his subsequent service in the United States Department of Agriculture's Office of Farm Management. (LFL)

Recapitulates development of the journal, "Rural Sociology." Explores its rank among sociology and social science journals. Provides citation analysis and article subject analyses. Predicts future direction of the journal and the issues likely to be central in rural sociological research. (LFL)

Describes the reading problems specific to these high school content areas: learning a foreign language; English; history; science; and mathematics. Asserts that while it cannot be assumed that all can become equally literate in all areas, teachers must provide students with as much content area background as possible. (KH)

Proposes that the Black Studies curriculum move toward a greater emphasis on understanding how other countries and peoples have struggled for social justice. Suggests that a "general systems theory" would, among other advantages, produce greater cooperation between different minority groups and academic disciplines. (KH)

Looks at the debate over whether foreign language study is intellectually challenging. Examines four points in the debate: the contrast between content and skill; the nature of the learning and teaching material; the nature of classroom interaction; and the idea of osmosis. (SED)

Credits George H. Henry for having a penetrating insight into the theory of English education and agrees that the Conference on English Education of the National Council of Teachers of English should set the philosophical directions for theory and research in English education. (HOD)

Examines the relationship that might exist between knowledge structure and learning and teaching styles. Discussion includes the Psycho-Epistemic Profile, which measures the process of knowing, and a study of relationships between teachers' and students' psycho-epistemic styles and preferred subject matter, and differences between psycho-epistemic…

Study showed that undergraduate psychology students retain a humanistic orientation, but become more abstract in their thinking about psychology as they advance. Students are sensitive to the difference between psychology as a discipline and as a profession. Teaching styles affect student attitudes. Sex differences were found for values and…

International relations has become a subject of research for the various social sciences. An interdisciplinary approach is needed. Social scientists have been striving to adopt a scientific approach to the study of international phenomena, but there are limitations to finding an explanatory theory of international relations. (RM)

Considers three issues that George Henry addresses: (1) English is a discipline, (2) science is objective, and (3) English is the only field in trouble. (HOD)

Reviews Vietnamese Studies in American universities, and stresses the problems of Vietnamese scholars who are usually refugees and thus face research problems resulting from the language barrier. Presents an overview of literature from this field, and describes research areas into which it might expand. (KH)

Explores determinants of research grant getting, using a subsample drawn from a 1972-73 general national survey of faculty in higher education. Findings show that grant getting depends primarily on productivity, secondarily on favor shown to specific fields, and little on particular situational and personal factors. (Author/ND)

The technical tools now available are easily co-opted by those interested in social control. Work in the field of curriculum is in identifying educational content and finding ways to make it available to young people. (Author/MLF)