An examination is made of the external relationships that develop between school, clientele, and host institution in the establishment of a new library school. Reference is made to key components within the school itself, staff and students, design of the school program, and provision of resources. Twenty-one references are cited. (EJS)

Describes organizational factors that influence most instructional development projects, relates them to the features of the project-oriented matrix, and lists and explains specific matrix management strategies that instructional developers can use to solve common management problems. (MBR)

Language teaching involves many paradoxes and the language teacher has more handicaps than teachers of other subjects. The language teacher's way of overcoming his own problems of personality and psychological balance has a lot to do with the success or failure of his students. (CFM)

Background: In this article, we are going to present some details about the educational reform at the level of higher education (i.e. University level) taking the case of the University of Abderrahmane Mira, Bejaia. After a year of its application, we aim at mapping out the problems we have met during the last academic year and trying to find out…

The use of technology in language arts instruction directly impacts students (now and in the future), the role of the teacher, and the role of the school in a changing society. The idea of utilizing motivating materials such as CD-ROM story books, closed caption television, interactive communications, and digital media may lead some to think that…

This paper begins with a discussion of information management as it pertains to the four operations of automated library systems (i.e., acquisitions, cataloging, circulation, and reference). Library staff reactions to library automation change are summarized, including uncertainty, cynicism, and resignation or hope. Common pitfalls that interfere…

This paper examines the need for changes in higher education staffing for World Wide Web-based distance education, identifies obstacles to those changes, and proposes strategies for overcoming the obstacles. The first section discusses faculty recruitment, including new possibilities created by Web-based distance technologies and alternative…

The purpose of this research project was to examine the current state of libraries in the Solomon Islands with particular attention to the resources available and the services provided. Data was collected through a survey questionnaire, site visits, and informal interviews carried out in the Solomon Islands between July and August 1998. The 20…

Attitudes of educational planners, politicians, and teachers will have to change radically if systems and institutions are to cope with the explosive problems of unemployment. That alteration must also be accompanied by changes in labour market conventions, traditional salary structures, recruitment and selection procedures, and in social and…

Questions the soundness of the creation of the British Library and whether it has met its originators' expectations. Reviews its historical development, facility and staffing problems, the Lending Division, the Bibliographical Services Division, and the Research and Development Department. Seven references are listed. (RBF)

Discusses research results indicating that teachers, students, parents, and employers in the United Kingdom agree that the primary goal of education is to develop student character and self-motivation. The author contends that secondary schools neglect this function because they have no objective way to measure their effectiveness. (AM)

Summarizes major challenges facing undergraduate psychology programs in the 1980s. Educators will teach more two-year college students, and cope with greater diversity in student knowledge, needs and interests. Problems arising from societal expectations, rapid social change, inadequate funding, and the need for innovative teaching are discussed.…

Identified and compared the seriousness of problems reported by beginning and experienced business education teachers in small and large schools. Both groups identified instructional problems concerning student characteristics as most serious. First-year teachers indicated greater concern about instructional media and methods problems. Also noted…

To point up some of the problems of higher education in developing nations, universities in Thailand and the Philippines are described and compared. Problems include trying to maintain or achieve educational quality in the face of constant pressures to expand. (SJL)

In 1974-76, student teachers in the College of Education, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, were asked to rate their academic preparation as satisfactory/unsatisfactory in helping them to meet ten specific problems encountered in student teaching. Results were analyzed by grade level and sex. No statistically significant trends were found.…