Examined are how decisive financial cuts are in Swiss higher education, where they occur, and what their effects are. Whether in fact there is a crisis in Swiss education and, if there is, whether it is attributable to financial cutbacks or other causes as yet undefined is then discussed. (RM)

Under Scottish law, schoolteachers may administer corporal chastisement in moderation as a disciplinary measure. The United Kingdom government is committed to a policy aimed at abolishing corporal punishment in Scottish schools, but they take the view that the policy is best implemented by consensus rather than by legislation. (RM)

Youth unemployment in Sweden and its repercussions on upper secondary education are analyzed. To allow theoretical education in the upper secondary school to be available to everyone is to educate for unemployment and ignore the problems. (RM)

Described is a project that involved undergraduate geography students in developing a model of the accessibility of the pre-school population in Cardiff (England) to child care clinics. Programing skills were acquired through spatial modelling. Networks of mini- and micro-computers were used. (Author/RM)

Educational practices and problems in Yugoslavia with regard to bilingual education are described. The effect of mother-tongue education on the students' academic achievement and literacy attainment is also examined. (RM)

Sociologists in the United Kingdom have neglected the emergence of information technology and the way it has taken on many of the characteristics of a new fashion. Conceptualizing technology is increasingly necessary if they are to make critical contributions to issues of educational policy and practice. (RM)

Psychology departments should increase their efforts to develop separate courses on the psychology of women as a catalyst to mobilize resources for the more difficult task of mainstreaming research on this topic into the rest of the curriculum. Resources useful for developing a psychology of women course are described. (Author/RM)

Discusses how Andrew Bell's practical innovations in working-class children's education and Samuel Coleridge's concept of liberal education focusing on self-discovery of knowledge embroiled both men in the educational currents of nineteenth century England. (DMM)

The general structure and goals of the assessment programs in Manitoba, Canada, are described, and the social studies assessment project is specifically discussed. Social studies objectives, the process of developing instruments to test these objectives, and the impact of the social studies assessment are discussed. (RM)

Presents data on how schools have changed the way they obtain microcomputers and how they organize their use by students. Also shows that how schools obtain their microcomputers and who is responsible for implementing them is indicative of which students use them, for what purposes, and with what consequences. (JN)

A social question faced by Latin American countries when they gained their independence from Spain was that of education. An extreme example of the difficulties encountered can be found in Paraguay where education was affected by the events of independence and by a new phenomenon, the Spanish American dictator. (RM)

A K-12 visual arts program in Ontario, Canada, which used observational drawing to increase students' visual observation skills is described. Students had to observe and draw objects associated with intimate use, objects that were physically more distant and unfamiliar, and objects in the rural countryside. (RM)

Whatever their preference in schools--Fundamental, Alternative, or something between--residents of this California city have it at hand. (Editor)

Finds that Russian teachers are beginning to challenge the ideologists over the content and methods of educational research. (Editor)

Designed for professional educators as well as students of the field, this definitive reference provides comprehensive coverage of educational theory and practice from the primary grades through higher education. The set integrates numerous theoretical frameworks with field-based applications from many years in educational research, and features…