This book gives a unique insight into the thoughts and concerns of South Africans under the age of 30. Young people from across the country participated in a letter-writing contest to give their experiences and opinions, and to reveal their lives, hopes, and ambitions. The book uses their own words as they try to make sense of post-Apartheid South…

Preliminary findings were generated from a formative evaluation that examined the implementation of a new secondary curriculum in Mexico. The study provides a deeper understanding about what is gained and what is lost when a decentralized curriculum is designed at the national level and implemented in local settings. Some insight is provided into…

An educational trend in Tanzania, Africa, is the changing of secondary schools to vocational schools to accelerate social and economic development. About 30 percent of secondary schools will become agricultural boarding schools which emphasize practical work on school farms and a community approach. (EA)

Focuses on the problem of malnutrition in developing countries through a description of its interrelationships with human development, national economies, economic growth and income, agricultural advances, the crisis in infant feeding practices, new foods, and the population dilemma. Outlines possible future policy directions to significantly…

It is proposed that the study of dynamics of development in all countries should take a major place in the elementary and secondary curriculum. (Author/KM)

Paper recognizes that investment in education is a key factor in a nation's economic and social development, particularly in developing countries. (Author/RK)

Continued population growth can only lead to world problems if decisions regarding balance, production of food, handling of natural resources, and educational aims are not made immediately. (JB)

Educational programs must be designed to fit the economic and social needs of an area in order to effectively utilize natural and human resources, thereby encouraging progress and development. (JB)

The changes hoped for and expected in the coming years, though they are not likely to be heralded as the direct issue of radical Third World" philosophies, will be focused on individual human development and dialogical participation. (Author)

Reviews the general structure of the educational system in Ghana, insufficient numbers of trained teachers, the movement to renovate the 0 level physics syllabus, advanced level physics and the selection of students, and the lack of opportunities for physics graduates. (PR)

This article stresses the need for the university's commitment both to continuing education for alumni and education for the general populace in health, agriculture, industry, community development, and even basic literacy education. (JB)

An article advocating the use of televised instruction in adult education programs, in literacy education, and in teaching family planning and health to the Indian masses. (JB)

Scientists and technologists must be educationally prepared to represent their countries at the international level in order to make decisions on questions relating to science policy and the transfer of technology to other countries. (CK)