This series of one- to two-page abstracts highlights a variety of innovative approaches to teaching and learning in the community college. Topics covered in the abstracts include: (1) staff development; (2) integrating computers into the curriculum; (3) a strategy for selecting and hiring good teachers; (4) faculty involvement in support services…

This bulletin addresses the topic of out-of-school science education (OSSE) as it is occurring and developing in the countries of the Asia and Pacific region of Unesco. Out-of-school programs/activities are both complementary of and supplementary to science education in the schools, providing activities that the constraints of schooling usually…

In January 1990, the National Conference of State Legislatures surveyed the curriculum directors at each state department of education regarding efforts to improve science education. Those surveyed were asked to list and describe statewide science education programs in the public schools and the involvement of state legislatures in creating and…

The following papers dealing with education in Ireland are presented: "The Educational agenda: A View of the Future" (H. T. Sockett); "Curriculum and Policy in Irish Post-Primary Education" (B. O'Reilly); "A Response to Barney O'Reilly on Curriculum and Policy in Irish Post-Primary Education" (D. G. Mulcahy);…