A statistical survey revealed that education in three Iranian universities is primarily based on memorizing and recalling theoretical knowledge rather than on applying knowledge and skills in solving geological problems, and also that the curricula ignore the fact that the study of the earth is an interdisciplinary science. (MLH)

This review of the evidence regarding the motivational, pedagogical, and social factors which influence the effectiveness of new communications technology for distance education discusses the importance of new communications technology and the current directions of research in that area; motivational factors that are important in distance…

Unesco's proposal to license journalists would entail setting certain criteria for all reporters to follow in their foreign and domestic stories, in return for which, licensed journalists would be protected from government harassment or harm. The proposal, which greatly disturbs journalists from Western nations, is an effort by Third World…

A study was conducted to contrast the news coverage of developed and developing nations, and of the United States specifically, as transmitted to Asia by the Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI). A total of 556 AP reports and 453 UPI reports drawn from a 6-week period were coded for more than 100 variables and 47 topics. The…

In an effort to improve understanding and to provide better solutions to the world's political problems, this paper examines national territory or states in terms of their functional processes and their spatial structures. Examples from Third World states are provided. The author first presents a model of political territory. It has a boundary…

The flow of international news was traced from the Associated Press (AP) interbureau and United Press International (UPI) state wires into 11 Indiana newspapers to determine (1) the comparative frequency of wire service news about nations of the more developed northern hemisphere and those of the less developed southern hemisphere, and (2) whether…

Following an exposition of the differences between comparative librarianship and international librarianship, this paper advocates comparative studies for use by developing nations. The discussion emphasizes the necessity for adequately defining the historical and environmental context of library concerns as a prelude to an explanation of two…

This presentation of the Dutch experience with the international exchange of publications focuses on the acquisition of publications from China and Indonesia to illustrate problems of availability. Lack of depository systems, restrictive export policies, inadequate national bibliographies, exorbitant commercial prices, and time consuming delivery…

The developing nations of the Americas have historically patterned, and are currently patterning, their educational administration enterprises on the models of their colonizers or on the industrial nations with whom they identify or depend. Yet the imposition of education that is not representative of a country's culture exemplifies cultural…

This overview of scientific and technical information cooperative services between the USSR and more than 40 developing nations includes gross statistical presentations of circulation; collection size; book, pamphlet, and periodical acquisitions and exchanges; readership and visitation data; interlibrary loan; and other indicators of service. (RAA)