In Wales, bilingual education in Welsh and English has an increasingly high profile and Wales shares international leadership of bilingual education policies and practices alongside other countries where bilingual education flourishes. Ever since the first designated Welsh-medium primary school was opened in 1939, Welsh-medium and bilingual…

In terms of their unique views of education, and adult education in particular, the question is what East and West can learn from each other. It can be answered by qualifying and clarifying three assumptions: (1) there are certain modernist and postmodernist perspectives that differ from each other and have different impacts upon education; (2)…

The Oswego City School District is committed to creating--through the implementation of its technology plan--an environment that supports effective teaching and learning and prepares all students to succeed in a technologically sophisticated world. This report summarizes the efforts to build a community-wide consensus for a meaningful technology…

The spring of 1995 brought the onus of assessment to the Department of Communication Arts at Ohio Northern University (ONU). Often seen as a painful process, departmental assessments can become productive endeavors. Although, as a private institution, ONU is not subject to the dictates for assessment from the State Board of Education, assessment…

Many campus networks provide the infrastructure necessary for providing patrons with ubiquitous access to a wide range of information from their desktops with easy-to-use interfaces, in a cost-effective manner. The components of such a system could include: electronic awareness products which would allow faculty to stay abreast of new work in…

Board members' role in technology implementation ranges from prompting development of technology plans to gathering community support for funding technology initiatives; they need substantial knowledge to enable them to ask the right questions, absorb new information, make good decisions, set appropriate policies, and lead confidently as…

This paper presents a portrait of the higher education system in Japan. After providing demographic information about Japan, the document outlines the overall educational structure through brief statements about kindergarten education, compulsory education, the elementary school, the lower secondary school, upper secondary education, curriculum,…

In the 1950s and 1960s education came to be seen as a key element in the developmental process of countries. Many parties came to accept a direct correlation between education and the economic growth of nations. It was in this vein that many developing countries drastically increased their expenditures on education. This paper asks whether the…

Problems exist in the use and application of information from scientific research in decision-making processes in education. On a macrosocial level, a theme is present in the use of information in decision making that is applicable to relationships between science and politics. This theme is strongly influenced by the prevailing national culture…

Teacher research has emerged in the last decade as a potential source for improving education. Teachers, who work with students daily, have a unique perspective on educational problems. Practitioner, or action, research is defined as trying out ideas in practice to increase knowledge about curriculum, teaching, and learning. Unlike traditional…

This report on the Educational Research, Development, and Dissemination Excellence Act (H.R. 4014), an act to amend the General Education Provisions Act and reauthorize the Office of Educational Research and Improvement through 1996, presents background on the legislation, including a summary of 15 hearings held between 1987 and 1992 and a…

This report discusses distance education at Penn State and in a national context as well as considers its potential use and application in the university's future. Distance education is a most important resource that must be brought forcefully into the mainstream of activity in higher education. Increased learning benefits to students are the…

This document was prepared to facilitate and guide the discussions of the Regional Consultation Meeting on "Cooperation for the Renewal and Development of Education in Europe (CORDEE)," convened at UNESCO Headquarters from February 12-15, 1991. It is based on the draft proposal for a new European program in the field of education that…

For the past decade there has been a surge of international interest in Japanese education in the wake of its economic and technological successes. This paper discusses eight distinctive features of Japanese education, identifying their advantages and disadvantages and how they have been brought about. These eight features of Japanese schooling…

Education systems in third world countries are facing severe pressures. The need for qualitative and quantitative advances has forced governments to seek innovative ways to achieve their goals. "School Clusters" is one such innovation. A cluster is a grouping of schools for administrative and educational purposes. Some common objectives of…