The aims of the International Education Association's Preprimary Project are to examine developmentally relevant characteristics of the socialization environments of 4-year-olds in participating countries, and to ascertain the relationships between those characteristics and selected developmental outcomes. Phase I of the project consists primarily…

A conceptualization of educational indicator systems is presented, and their guiding principles and criteria are outlined. Three developmental projects are described that represent the indicator systems that promise to provide an explanatory framework for education. An indicator system should be perceived as an integrated whole in which the…

Eleven participants from six countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, and the Republic of Korea) participated in the UNESCO regional workshop which is the subject of this report. The four objectives of the workshop were to: (1) review and exchange experiences on research and pilot studies to improve teaching/learning…

UNESCO's Regional Population Education Programme in Asia is periodically assessed in Regional Consultative Seminars. The seminar in which 27 participants and resource persons from 15 countries deliberated was convened to review developments and trends of country programs since 1982 and to assess and co-operatively develop forms of action to make…

The United States Information Agency (USIA) invited four Dutch educators to make a five-week tour through the United States during the 1985-1986 school year. The goal was "to award and administer United States Educational Development grants to qualified foreign educators...to enable them to observe educational methods and practices, to see school…

Opening remarks by Hans-Peter Geh, President of the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA), address the meeting theme, "New Horizons of Librarianship towards the 21st Century," with emphasis on the need for international cooperation as technology advances and libraries expand to become large information centers. Remarks…

This document contains guidelines for running team planning meetings for the Water and Sanitation for Health (WASH) project, a technical assistance activity of the Agency for International Development. The document is divided into two sections. Section 1 focuses on the team planning concept and the role of the facilitator. Section 2 contains the…

This report to the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) was prepared to provide the governments of member nations with information on what UNEP had done during 1985, and to serve as a communications mechanism to replace the usual meeting of the Governing Council in 1986. It contains chapters on: (1) the year in…

This paper looks at the position taken in available literature and evaluation reports of multinational and bilateral agencies in regard to vocational education in developing countries. Section 1 provides background on such topics as links between education and development, support of vocational education, diversified secondary education, foreign…

This document analyzes, compares, and evaluates foreign student policies of governments and higher education institutions throughout the Western world and it also provides an extensive bibliography of materials on this topic. After a brief introductory chapter providing definitions and delineating categories of policy issues, the following topics…

The inability of national governments to solve the world's major problems is examined, and various suggestions for solving the problems through an international government and transnational action are discussed. There are four chapters. Chapter 1 discusses changes in international relations which are resulting in a collapse of the "Old…

Compiled as part of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Records and Archives Management Programme (RAMP), this document lists 282 writings published by or with the assistance of UNESCO on the subject of archives administration and archival materials (interpreted broadly to include current and semi-current…

This reference manual presents a standardized communication format for the exchange between databases or other information services of machine-readable information on research in progress. The manual is produced in loose-leaf format to facilitate updating. Its first section defines in broad outline the format and content of applicable records. A…

This book is designed to serve as a reference base from which teachers can develop classroom concepts and activities related to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The book consists of a prologue, ten chapters, an epilogue, and two appendices. The prologue contains a brief survey of the National Advisory Committee for…

This packet contains three handouts on training theory and the use of audiovisual aids, as well as a section on materials and presentation techniques for use by community development workers concerned with exchanging information and working with the people in a community. The first handout, "Communication in Development," briefly…