Discusses the nursery tradition, which is being threatened currently by the increasing tendency to place four-year-olds in infant school settings. Stresses that theory can be the lifeline of good practice, if linked with day-to-day work. Briefly discusses the theories of Vygotsky, Piaget, and Bruner, and the implications for the nursery school…

Discussed are the administration, organization, and control of higher education in the USSR. Higher education and social progress, including trends and prospects, are also examined. (RM)

Discusses experiences in computer assisted instruction (CAI) at the Waterford School in Provo, Utah. Areas considered include long-term CAI projects, problems of conducting research in CAI, availability of computer expertise, availability of physical resources, and parental views of the programs at the school. (JN)

Elementary teachers participating in the study thought of music listening as a separate activity and not as one that permeated all music instruction. Assigned listening was utilized mostly in singing, in the playing of instruments, and in traditional music appreciation lessons where students were asked to listen to a recording. (Author/RM)

The late 19th and early 20th centuries child-study movement called for the widespread "scientific" observation and study of children. Movement leaders sought to reform the public schools and to make them more child-centered. Music educators adopted some child-study principles, incorporating them in textbooks. Psychological literature on…

Described is the development of the modern hegemonic curriculum--i.e., one in which knowledge is stratified, academic, and appropriated through individual competition--in a nineteenth century high school. This developmental process hinged on the relationship between the school's curriculum and its middle-class constituency, a relationship…

Describes activities of schools around the world participating in the Associated Schools Project, the goal of which is to improve international peace and understanding. (RM)

Applies the military concepts of triage and the "enfants perdus" (those beyond hope) to the educational setting, arguing that some students in a typical high school are beyond helping in any meaningful educational sense and that the only reasonable course of action is to cease attempts to educate them. (Author/SB)

Discusses American influences on Korean education, considering the influence of American Protestant missionaries (1886-1945), relationship between American military government and Korean education, and educational cooperation between Korea and America since 1948. (JN)

An important trend in Canadian education in recent years has been the switch from comprehensive to diploma examinations. The examination development process, from the time an examination is conceived to the time it is administered, is discussed. (RM)

This 1981 study replicated a 1970 investigation of the characteristics of clay figures made by children from ages 5 to 11 in order to determine whether children had become more adept during the 10-year period. Children's methods of construction and amount of detail used in the second study did not vary from the earlier one. (Author)

The autonomy of local education authorities and teachers in England and Wales is being carefully and inexorably restricted. There is a move toward centralization of education. A new system of assessment is also being introduced. (RM)

Informed by recent Marxist education theory, the author gives a new account of the changes brought about by the 1875 Education Act in South Australia. Many of these changes, although couched in terms of morality and efficiency, represented a direct assault on the lifestyles and culture of the laboring people. (RM)

Of all the Roman Catholic religious orders, none has proved more controversial than the Society of Jesus, founded in 1534. This article investigates how social changes in 19th century France affected enrollment figures and curricular choices during the critical period in the history of French Jesuit colleges. (RM)

Questions what is going on in the highest reaches of English composition research and the distance between theories of the composition process and actual classroom practice. (CRH)