This brief description of school library development in Ghana includes the history of the service, its present situation (facilities, stocks of books and other materials, acquisition and processing of books, finances, library staff, relationship with public library), and suggestions for improvement. (EJS)

The report summarizes statistical data on the total number of disabled people in the world; national estimates of the number of disabled in 14 countries; the status of children, disabled women, and families of disabled people; and the mentally disabled. Also summarized are trends in various countries (both developed and developing). (Author/MC)

Examination of the situation of archives in four Latin American countries--Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Costa Rica--highlights national systems, buildings, staff, processing of documents, accessibility and services to the public and publications and extension services. (EJS)

When planning for development in third world countries, the highest priority should be given to (1) the degree to which traditional patterns of land occupation meet inhabitants' needs, and (2) the possibilities of alternative settlement patterns guaranteeing better living conditions and more efficiency in the population's interrelated activities.…

There are concrete ways to bring international concerns into classrooms. The answer to whether we want to do so can only emerge out of civic and professional debate. Lists of organizations and resource materials about hunger and related problems are provided. (MLF)

Adult education has drawn relatively small amounts of money and skill away from the Latin American government's obsessive concern with primary schooling. But its share of educational resources is increasing rapidly, particularly in literacy and agricultural extension. (SSH)

Describes collaboration between the Jamaican Movement for the Advancement of Literacy (JAMAL) and the Jamaica Library Service in providing nonformal continuing education for newly literate individuals. The JAMAL Foundation, the Jamaica Library Service, links between JAMAL and the library service, and stimulation of writing for new literates are…

Examines the dimensions of an emerging awareness of a world society. A sociological framework for describing worldwide societal systems and how they interact is presented. Major traits of the image of a world society, as derived from the framework, are described. (AM)

Discusses the definition and dynamics of global problems from a Marxist perspective. Social factors involved in peace-keeping, the arms race, and socioeconomic development in the Third World are considered. The authors suggest that the socialist approach provides a basis for cooperative, international problem solving. (AM)

Argues that formative research (research intended to provide practical answers) is an important tool in the production of effective programs for use in instructional television, particularly in developing nations. (JJD)

Examines the role of the mass media in the issues debated in the Brandt report, a document prepared in England which advocates economic interdependence between developing and developed nations. In addition to informing the public, the media should play a supporting role in development education in schools and colleges. (JJD)

Makes reference to efforts to improve Third World agriculture; briefly explores problems of United States land grant institutions in responding to global needs. (RH)

Data from use of Rutter's Children's Behavior Questionnaire in a developing country suggest that the scale's factor structure is stable over sex and racial groups. (MP)

Disadvantages of the post industrial society to developing nations are examined. For example, a dominant feature of this new era is the questioning of material values and a shift towards the quality of life syndrome. As a result, the validity of the growth and profit motif is being questioned. (RM)

The computer can be used in schools to assist instruction and as the object of computer literacy education. Strategies for introducing computers into the schools of developing countries are presented. (AM)