Reports prepared by various countries for presentation at the 1976 annual assembly of the World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession (WCOTP) are included in this document. The theme of the assembly was "Education for a Global Community." Countries reporting include Bangladesh, Canada, Ivory Coast, West Germany, England and…

Review of the history of education on the West Indian island of St. Croix from the 18th century to 1917 can contribute insights into the impact of schooling on social change. During this 200 year period, St. Croix changed from a Danish colony dependent upon plantation slavery to a poverty stricken American protectorate peopled by emancipated…

The student loan program run by the Instituto Colombiano de Credito Educativo y Estudios Tecnicos en el Exterior (ICETEX) has three main objectives: to increase the country's supply of highly skilled manpower, to achieve more equality of educational opportunity, and to provide a meaningful source of finance for higher education. An analysis of…

This book is the ninth volume of a bound periodical. The "American Journal of Education" was established to enter into a range of education-related discussion and investigation. This volume includes No. 22, September 1860 to No. 23, December 1860. Among the topics discussed in issue 22 are: moral education; the original significance of…

A total of 3,732 recipients of Assistance for Isolated Children (AIC) allowances during 1979 and 1980 received questionnaires and parents of 313 families were interviewed to determine who benefitted from the AIC Scheme, what use was made of the AIC allowance, what effect did the AIC Scheme appear to have had, and what anomalies existed in relation…

A guide to help determine the minimum academic records that should accompany the documentation of participants proposed for study in U.S. universities and colleges is presented to assist the Overseas Mission staff of the Agency for International Development. The information should also be valuable for foreign student admissions officers in U.S.…

Eight general areas were addressed in this conference on Japanese/United States chemical education, including: introductory courses; adequacy of texts, manuals, laboratory workbooks for non-majors; laboratory role in non-major courses; adaptation of such techniques as computers, programmed instruction and videotapes; evaluation and testing…

This paper has attempted to highlight some economic aspects of government cash benefits (particularly those in Queensland) to isolated rural families which enable children to live away from home (LAFH) to receive their schooling. It has considered allowances as welfare payments and has examined some of their equity and efficiency implications.…

Educational development in Burma is discussed as part of a series surveying UNESCO's involvement in educational cooperation with developing nations. Several themes recur throughout the monograph--Burma's insistence on retaining independence in matters of educational policy, stress on developing an educational system cognizant with cultural values…

Data are given on fall enrollments in Canadian universities for the 1978-79 academic year and on degrees, diplomas, and certificates awarded during the 1978 calendar year. Enrollment figures include summary, full-time, part-time, bachelor, first-professional, master, doctoral, and summer enrollments, presented by such variables as province,…

Canadian journals in psychology, education, and higher education were reviewed to assess the contribution of psychology to Canadian higher education. Over 100 articles were selected, plus books and monographs published between 1970 and 1980. The articles were grouped according to whether they dealt with cognition and learning; instruction; student…

Designed essentially for native paraprofessionals in order to meet a shortage of native teachers, a three-week on and five-week off-campus cycle program for Canadian Indian teacher education at the University of New Brunswick allows students to obtain degrees for teaching certification in four academic years and three summers. The participants…

Student skills and employment opportunities for diplomates of Nedlands College of Advanced Education, Western Australia, are surveyed. For diplomates in the fields of teaching, library media, and recreation, an oversupply exists in the labor market. It is suggested that this oversupply will continue for at least two years in the case of library…

Twelve papers from the Inter-American Development Bank's second seminar on educational finance in Latin America and the Caribbean analyze and present statistical data in two broad areas. First, they examine the relationships among Latin America's expanding educational programs, their costs and financing, and each country's socioeconomic…

The role of a department chairperson is considered, based on personal experience in six years of department building at the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Windsor in Ontario, Canada. The leadership position was assumed when the department was small, consisting of five faculty members. In six years, it grew to 12 faculty…