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Brahm, Luis Alberto – Convergence, 1969
Text in Spanish. Abstracts in English, French, and Russian.
Descriptors: Culture, Culture Conflict, Developing Nations, Industrialization
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Kotasek, Jiri; and others – Convergence, 1969
Planned adult educational activities must regard the individual not only as a man of work but also as a man of leisure, freeing him to make choices in both spheres. (MF)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Age Differences, Industrialization, Leisure Time
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Enberg-Pederson, H. – Convergence, 1970
Denmark's folk high schools have remained strong institutions through the country's shift from agriculture to industrialization. They are, however, going through internal institutional change in response to the changing behavior patterns of the young, and the attempt to facilitate democratic decision-making in short-term programs. (MF)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Demography, Folk Schools, High Schools
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Samuel, Nicole – Convergence, 1969
Class and age differences in type of leisure activity are disappearing; but level of participation increases with such programs as workers' education to encourage cultural involvement. (MF)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Industrialization, Leisure Time
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Fuller, Buckminster – Convergence, 1969
The second half of a lengthy letter to Dr. Constantine Doxiadis (published in full in Main Currents in Modern Thought, XXV, March-April 1969) summarizes Buckminster Fuller's personal reflections on the impact of industrialization and on the effect of technological change in uniting mankind. (MF)
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Industrialization, Mobility, Scientific Concepts
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Swinton, Kurt R. – Convergence, 1973
An interview with Maurice Strong, of the United Nations, primarily about the world conference held in Stockholm in the summer of 1973 concerned with the effects of man's activities on the future of humanity. (MS)
Descriptors: Demography, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Ecology