This paper presents some principles related to the process of curriculum development, evaluation, and implementation. It introduces the concepts of balance and relevance as criteria for judging the adequacy of an educational programme and presents a model for generating and selecting educational objectives. It then describes two functions of…

International development is broadly discussed in terms of various economic organizations, especially the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). It is suggested that developing nations need nonformal, adult education programs which are linked to the realities of production, employment, and social development. (LH)

A flexible, transferable computer assisted instruction (CAI) system has been developed at the Twente University of Technology, Holland, for use in association with a first course in digital engineering. Written in APL, it is designed to be modular in nature, and thus easily extendible. (Author/CMV)

Discusses five main components in teaching on-line bibliographic searching: (1) general introduction, (2) specific introduction, (3) demonstration search, (4) live search, and (5) assessing search results. Methods of demonstration involving videotaped searches, audio cassettes, and digital cassettes as well as live demonstrations are analyzed as…

Describes a project designed to equip Algeria with a training institute for engineers and technicians based on the American experience. Initial and implementation phases of this institute established with the cooperation of ten American universities and industrial firms are presented. (HM)

Discusses efforts to establish international agricultural information services. The activities and the future of these systems such as the FAO's International Information System for the Agricultural Sciences and Technology (AGRIS) are also presented. (HM)

Outlines developments in African library science with reference to a course given at ENSB in France. Summaries of papers prepared by 39 African associate students of ENSB from 1975 to 1977 present student points of view regarding books and reading in Africa and African libraries. (Author/JAB)

Discusses trends and issues in European career education programs observed during the author's visits to educational and industrial sites in six European countries where cooperation between school and industry is a prominent part of education programs. Describes some education and work arrangements and provides a list of references. (MF)

Compares the relationship between socioeconomic status and academic achievement in Uganda with that in more industrialized societies and investigates the influence of the school in the less industrialized society. The author concludes that the status/achievement relationship is weaker in less industrialized societies but that schools in these…

The author describes (1) how public education transmits the cultural values that make up the technological world view, (2) how the school socialization process transmits social reality in a way that obscures underlying assumptions of the cultural belief system, and (3) how to alter the socialization process to transmit culture at a more explicit…

Describes, compares, and evaluates available syllabi for biology instruction in England and Wales. Provides a checklist to be used in the analysis of syllabuses and summarizes main features of assessment schemes employed in the different options. (ML)

Presents a set of tables indicating the diversity of the economics of the 24 member countries of the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD). Includes data on the public expenditure on education as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). (ML)

This study estimates the proportion of academic and public library acquisitions in the United Kingdom for which a UK MARC record is available at the time of cataloging. A beta-binomial model is used to attribute standard errors to each estimate and to compare differences between the two types of libraries. (Author/LRW)

Presents a theoretical perspective on the impact of society on new technologies, and gives examples of the impact of cultural factors on the development of computer/video-mediated educational technology in the United States, Japan, and the United Kingdom. Highlights include the use of television, computer languages, and videotex. (14 references)…

Outlines the courses offered by the Department of Library and Information Studies at Manchester Polytechnic, and describes the use of a database management system to teach aspects of information science. Details of a number of specific applications are given and future developments are discussed. (CLB)