This document reports on a workshop concerned with the inservice training of educational personnel. The workshop's main objectives included: (1) review of policies and plans for the development of primary education; (2) identification of alternative objectives, issues, and growth points; (3) development of training strategies for the…

This book is a compilation of scholarly papers presented at the second annual research workshop of the Institute for Urban Affairs and Research at Howard University. Three broad areas of interest are represented by the theme of the conference: Afro-American life style and educational development, policy and organizational development in education,…

This UNESCO report summarizes activities at the 1977 International Conference on Education. The Conference considered the following items: (1) "present educational policies with reference particularly to the interaction between education and development"; "Major trends in education"; and "The problem of information at the…

Resolutions of the Standing Conferences of the European Ministers of Education for the years 1959 through 1973 are presented. Each of the eight conferences passed between two and eight resolutions. Among the topics of the resolutions passed at the conferences were the following: primary, secondary, and technical education; educational problems…

This document reports on a workshop held in Arlington, Virginia, in 1998. The purpose of the forum was to share knowledge for strengthening graduate education in science and engineering, and learning from one another with the participation of faculty, administrators, staff, students, funding agents, leaders in business and industry, and…

This document presents a summary of the proceedings of a symposium in which participants gathered to discuss the education and training of foreign students in the United States and the relationship between this experience and the use of science and technology for development. A basic contention underlying the symposium was that the transfer of…

The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) held a meeting of experts on education indicators to discuss the role of these indicators in the 1991 World Education Report as well as future issues concerning education indicators. The meeting was opened by the chairperson with a review of the usefulness of indicators…

The member states in Asia and the Pacific region participating in the Asia and Pacific Programme of Educational Innovation for Development (APEID) initiated an effort to restructure secondary education. During its fifth programming cycle (1992-1996), the APEID continues its focus on restructuring secondary education. Consequently, the UNESCO…

This paper includes two documents: a working document and a report on the symposium on the democratization of higher education and its role in the promotion of economic and social progress. This symposium was part of UNESCO'S program entitled "Democratization of Education." The purposes of the program's activities were to stimulate and…

The objectives of this seminar held at the Universiti Pertanian Malaysia for teacher training in environmental education were as follows: (1) to familiarize teacher educators with the content of the series of teacher training modules in environmental education prepared by the UNESCO International Environmental Education Programme (IEEP); (2) to…

This round table discussion involved some 50 participants and seven panelists and focused on planning and management for excellence and efficiency in higher education. Basic issues or problems facing higher education were identified including coping with increasing student numbers, raising the quality of teaching, training and research programs,…

This document offers the proceedings of a seminar in which participants from Fiji, Kiribati, New Zealand, Western Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Australia, and the University of South Pactific met to discuss current and better practices for the production and distribution of textbooks and other teaching/learning materials. This seminar proceedings is…

Representatives of Canadian business, labor, government, and education met to share insights about the future of education and to formulate options for adopting the public school system to the challenge of the future. The keynote address delivered by Frank Feather, President of Globescope, Inc. and editor of "Canada Tomorrow," challenged…

Officials responsible for designing and introducing curriculum innovation in countries participating in the Asian Programme of Education Innovation for Development (APEID) met in Australia in September 1979 to exchange experiences and explore problems and issues of common interest. Conference participants, representing educational ministries or…

Problems exist in the use and application of information from scientific research in decision-making processes in education. On a macrosocial level, a theme is present in the use of information in decision making that is applicable to relationships between science and politics. This theme is strongly influenced by the prevailing national culture…