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Tucker, G. Richard; And Others – 1983
The papers focus on the desirability, feasibility, and importance of proposing and beginning to implement a language agenda for all residents of the United States. After an introductory synthesis by G. R. Tucker, the following papers are presented: (1) "Matching Appropriate Actions to Specific Linguistic Inadequacies," by R. E. Thompson;…
Descriptors: Activism, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Cultural Pluralism
Alatis, James E., Ed. – 1978
These proceedings of the Georgetown Round Table cover the international dimensions of bilingual education. The proceedings are divided as follows: (1) "Aspects of Bilingual Education," which includes discussions of models, bilingual communities, and positive bilingualism; (2) "Parameters of Bilingual Education Policy," which includes discussion of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Dialect Studies, Educational Policy
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). Centre for Educational Research and Innovation. – 1987
The volume provides papers presented in January 1985 at a symposium at the headquarters of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on the subject of the various ways, means, and problems associated with providing a mainstream education for children of ethnic minorities in member countries of the OECD. The main thrust of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). Centre for Educational Research and Innovation. – 1984
This compilation of conference materials consists of: programme, inaugural and closing addresses, working group reports, background papers, and a reference document. The principle substantitive items are the working group results and the background papers. Within the overall conference theme of "Education and New Information…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Developed Nations, Educational Policy
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Herbert, Robert K., Ed. – 1975
This volume contains the proceedings of the symposium on African language, culture and society held at Ohio State University. Six of the papers deal with the related issues of language reform and language planning, including such aspects as the choice of national and official languages. They include both general proposals for theoretical models as…
Descriptors: African Culture, African Languages, African Literature, Creoles
Genovesi, Giovanni, Ed. – 1986
Socioeconomic life is the theme of this third of four volumes on the history of compulsory education among the nations of Europe and the western hemisphere. Of the document's 18 articles, 15 are written in English and 3 are written in French. Most selections offer summaries; one of the three articles written in French provides a resume in English.…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Compulsory Education, Curriculum Development, Economic Factors
Cooke, Anthony, Ed.; MacSween, Ann, Ed. – 2000
This book, which focuses on the relationship between adult education institutions and social movements, contains 31 papers originally presented at a 1998 conference on the history of adult education. Following an Introduction (Cooke), the papers are: Mobilisation, Popular Participation and Sustainable Development: Themes in the Recent History of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Agents, Community Cooperation, Context Effect