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Ditz, Gerhard W. – Journal of Educational Thought, 1974
Author sketched the heterogeneity of multiuniversities in dichotomous concepts, analytically assumed that these dichotomies are institutionally interrelated, and hypothetically proposed that the liberal/vocational polarity constituted the independent variable in the multiuniversities. This discussion focused on that polarity. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Policy, Educational Trends, General Education
Menon, I. C. – New Frontiers in Education, 1974
The National Service Scheme in India provides work experience based on social services as an integral part of education. The author presents ideas for national service based on agricultural improvement. (Author/PG)
Descriptors: Field Experience Programs, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, National Programs
Marudanayagam, P. – New Frontiers in Education, 1974
Author believes that the teacher of literature should encourage the study of modern novels and drama that will lead to realistic discussions of low life, life in the slums, and other social problems. (Author/PG)
Descriptors: Drama, Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Shaver, James P. – Social Studies Review, 1975
A discussion of the current position of social studies in relation to teaching technique and method leads to advocating a social studies curriculum that provides for relevance to students' lives, examination of social issues, and strategies to help students deal with values and value conflicts. (Author/ND)
Descriptors: Citizenship, Curriculum Enrichment, Elementary Secondary Education, Relevance (Education)
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Hill, D. – Educational Review, 1974
The aim of this study was to ascertain the differences, if any, between English, West Indian, Indian and Pakistani adolescents in Britain, in their attitudes towards personal, social and cultural materials, and whether such differences were a reflection of personality rather than cultural diversity. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Educational Research, Ethnic Groups
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Coles, Robert – Daedalus, 1974
The ambiguity of arrogant idealism and narrow practicality continue to plague any analysis of the American university scene. (Author/KM)
Descriptors: Activism, Conflict, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy
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Wilson, David – Educational Planning, 1974
Examines the effects of educational planning on developing nations. Particular reference is made to the association that educational planning and educational planners have had with formal educational institutions and to the role that planning and its practitioners have played as purveyors of the "new magic" in traditional societies.…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Administration, Educational Anthropology, Educational Change
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Creager, Joan G., Ed. – American Biology Teacher, 1975
Reiterates the need for freedom in science teaching to responsibly interpret the findings of science to students and the lay public without fear of reprisal. (BR)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Conflict, Freedom of Speech, General Science
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Mangin, Jean-Philippe – Impact of Science on Society, 1974
Advocates that scientists set their imaginations to work and assume a leading role in finding standby solutions to impending problems such as drinking water supply, foodstuffs, and energy. (GS)
Descriptors: Energy, Environmental Education, Instructional Materials, Natural Resources
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Wade, Nicholas – Science, 1974
Discusses the social and economic impact of the Green Revolution and the resulting problems such as benefiting rich farmers more than poor farmers, displacing labor and increasing rural unemployment. (BR)
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, College Science, Developing Nations, Field Crops
Compact, 1975
Summarizes findings of a 1974 poll of high school students' attitudes towards significant social and political issues. (JG)
Descriptors: High School Students, National Surveys, Political Attitudes, School Surveys
Sobsey, Dick – 1989
The paper describes a federally funded project of the University of Alberta (Canada) addressing sexual assault and sexual abuse of people with disabilities. Written in outline style, the paper briefly describes project activities and general conclusions. Phase I of the project documented the nature and extent of the problem. It was concluded that…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Smollar, Jacqueline; Ooms, Theodora – 1987
The Unwed Fathers Project was designed to draw upon the small but rapidly growing body of knowledge about young fathers up to 25 years of age. The specific project components were 10 working papers commissioned from researchers and program professionals; a 1986 invitational symposium which included policy officials, employees of governments,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Early Parenthood, Fathers, Parent Child Relationship
Friedman, Batya – 1990
This study examines the relationship between societal forces and school computer use in the context of two issues surrounding computer technology: computer property and computer privacy. Four types of data were collected from district administrators, principals, computer teachers, and students over a 9-month period in a high school with a broad,…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Copyrights, Ethnography, Intellectual Property
Siegel, Seymour N. – 1983
Rabbi Seymour N. Siegel presents four theses in the main address entitled "American Jews and Political Life": (1) Jewish voters as a group are more liberal than the general voting public. (2) Jewish organizations generally represent the views of their constituencies. (3) The liberal orientation in the Jewish community is true neither to Jewish…
Descriptors: Anti Semitism, Jews, Judaism, Minority Groups
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