Presented is an overview of the science education system in Australian schools at the start of the seventies. There are seven chapters, each dealing with a different aspect of science education. Chapter I, "A Swing from Science?," examines the enrollment trends as related to science subjects in each state of Australia. The author…

This bulletin of the Scottish Schools Science Equipment Research Centre provides information to teachers regarding the use of newly produced equipment such as an economical soldering iron, nickel cadmium cell, and a desk calculator. Useful information is also included for teachers on the use of electric coils and bicarbonate indicators. A detailed…

The supply of materials in a technological society depends not so much on the resource base as on the interrelationship of human institutions. Material usage requires agencies of exploration, development, supply, and financing regulated and assisted by government, educational, and scientific institutions. A balance among institutions insures…

Discusses the importance of developing skills for the management of technology transfer from developed to less-developed countries. Improving the capacity to manage technology transfer between European and Asian countries is also discussed. (HM)

Discusses the "two cultures debate," initiated in 1959, which emphasized the moral obligation of rich countries to help poor ones, and the need to reform education in order to provide people with a common culture that included scientific literacy. Article examines reactions to the theory in 1959, directions the debate took, and status of the…

In an interview situation, the former chairman of the Board of Agricultural and Renewable Resources of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences presents some views about the challenge to what he called the next generation of agricultural research. (HM)

Discusses the role of international cooperative scientific research as a component in technical assistance programs to developing countries. The article also presents basic standards that could be applied by industrialized and developing countries in the establishment of cooperative programs. (HM)

The latest data on public expenditures show that since 1973 world expenditures on education have exceeded military expenditures in developed nations, but that the opposite situation prevails in developing nations. Beginning with 1965, this article summarizes these expenditures for the world as a whole, including developed and developing nations.…

Reports data obtained from a sample of British adults on their knowledge of simple biological topics. Analyzes responses according to gender and educational background. Findings indicate that people with a non-science background responded similarly to those with a higher educational level. (ML)

A questionnaire sent to 295 destinations in 84 countries to obtain information on popular religious libraries of churches, synagogues, and mosques outside the United States received responses from 63 countries. Findings are reported by number of libraries by denomination and by country or region. Reports from individual countries are included.…

Discussion of library networking issues that may be relevant to Japanese and U.S. libraries as they increase their use of central databases and local systems includes the role of the traditional library, distributed systems, linked systems, and the emergence of commercial systems. (Author/CLB)

This study identified differences in elementary school students' performance of arithmetic tasks using paper and pencil and computer-assisted instruction. Many were found to perform more poorly using the computer, while others showed the opposite tendency. These findings challenge the validity of decisions made by the computer-based management…

Describes a project that simulated the impact of three scenarios on health care patterns and the health situation of elderly people in the Netherlands. The discussion covers the utilization of outcomes by policymakers and future applications of simulations by scenario projects. (41 notes with references) (CLB)

Current attitudes and practices in business information courses are described, and the need for an approach that incorporates the organizational environment and the needs of the business community is discussed. A shift in curriculum from the library perspective to the user perspective is proposed. (10 notes with references) (CLB)

This description of the characteristics of scientific and technical information databases in France highlights database production and distribution across scientific fields regional distribution of producers, types of data included, recency of creation of databases, and users of databases. (4 references) (CLB)