Changes in instructional methods and ideologies depend on simultaneous changes in the physical environment for the practice of those methods. School architecture results from the type of activity dictated by educational theories. One of the principal ideologies of education is socialization, which perceives education as a process of preparing…

Despite the widely accepted belief that educational planning can contribute to an orderly development of education in Third World countries, very little has been done to identify the constraints and dilemmas that the planners in these countries face. This paper seeks to identify some of these dilemmas and solicit some debate on how some of these…

Realizing the educational potential of computer technology largely depends on developing appropriate policies related to the technology. A Policy Delphi method was used to identify changes in education that are both probable and possible on account of the introduction of computers, and to explore potential patterns for arriving at a desired…

As educational demands change, it is important to continually adjust the operation of educational organizations, and this must not be a haphazard adjustment. The effectiveness and fairness of the adjustment changes according to who is viewing it. It is a complex process with great potential for conflict from the vantage point of students, parents,…

This paper questions whether public concerns about educational quality and slow economic development in Appalachia are being addressed adequately and suggests that the problem of lagging educational performance is rooted in the social and economic environment within which schools operate. Recent high unemployment in south central Kentucky and its…

The development of videodiscs for science instruction in public schools requires a recognition of the unique characteristics of the public school environment and sensitivity to the persistent problems associated with science content instruction. This report discusses the conceptualization, development, and formative evaluation of a series of…

The first journal publication of the Midwest History of Education Society contains papers presented at its 1972 annual meeting and three papers on Canadian education. "University Extension in the United States, 1885-1915" (G. M. Woytanowitz) defines the U.S. origins of the university extension as an adult education agency. "She…

Presenting a broad view of education in Thailand, the booklet is arranged into 10 parts. General background information is provided in the first part. Part 2 gives a brief history of Thai education, touching upon the influences of Thai kings and the Buddhist temples. Part 3 briefly describes the legislative structures underlying Thailand's…

The study of the changing content of education forms part of the general thinking on the future of education. This book contains an analysis of case studies of the projected evolution of educational content for the 20-year period (1980-2000) in China, Hungary, the Netherlands, the Philippines, and the United States. relating those changes to…

The twelfth in a series of annual reports on the program review activities of the California State Postsecondary Education Commission staff and the three public segments of higher education is presented, covering proposals for 50 new degree/certificate programs submitted to the Commission between July 1986 and June 1987. Four recommendations are…

The world's most serious problems involve people's inability to peacefully coexist with other people. The only antidote to prejudice, injustice, murder, and terrorism is to develop an understanding of the many different patterns of human life. However, western civilization and its educational systems have developed into fragmented forms, resulting…

The Seventh Regional Consultation Meeting on the Asian Programme of Educational Innovation for Development (APEID) was devoted to a tripartite review of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) component of APEID. APEID had undertaken four development themes in its second cycle: universalization of education at early school levels and…

Faced with declining enrollments and decreasing resources, institutions of higher education need to consider new ways to conceptualize their purposes and the administrative processes relevant to those purposes. Asserting that the organizational structure of the institution and the learners, educators, and instructional methods interacting in that…

This report includes three papers addressing the issue of technology and education written from the perspectives of business and corporate concerns, educator's concerns, and "collaborative" concerns (labor, business, education, and government). The report includes a commentary by the editor providing an overview of the papers' themes and…

This article offers responses from Lori Moreau, a principal, Roberta Weaver, associate dean, Shauna M. Adams, associate professor, Mary F. Landers of University of Dayton, and Mary Jane Owen, a founding director, to the article "The State of Special Education in Catholic Schools," by L. DeFiore (2006). Jesus, the master teacher, reached out to the…