Using the Directed Reading Thinking Activity (DRTA) as a model, an instructional program for learning through the viewing of media has been developed. Activities have been designed for before, during, and after viewing. (Author/STS)

This article provides a review of two new national networks in the area of faculty development, the "Faculty Development and Evaluation in Higher Education Newspaper" and the "Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education." (JD)

Provides a brief account of educational programs recently completed or currently being undertaken by Lothian Region in southwest Scotland. (Author/RK)

A collection of activities is presented for teachers to help students explore the schooling process, from the overall organization of the school district to the daily aspects of learning in the classroom. (CB)

Discusses the need to include teachers in the development of educational reform. (MD)

Discusses Ethiopia's expanding educational system. Reports on such factors as the influence of socialism on education, the emergence of female education, language barriers in the classroom, adult literacy initiatives, community participation, and improved teacher preparation. (BSR)

Examines how the First World War prompted British museums to change their educational functions. Discusses museums in pre-war Britain, wartime exhibitions and educational activities, the outcome of the war experience, and First World War's implications for education in museums. (GEA)

Presents a four-stage model of the development of the community college, focusing on broad social, economic, and political changes. Calls these stages the Mutation (circa 1800-1920), the Empty Niche (1920-1950), Niche Expansion (1950-1975), and the Saturated Niche (1975-today). (DMM)

Highlights the underlying themes of Mao Zedong's views on national development and reviews his major arguments on the synthesis of foreign and Chinese ideas, methods of development, and key issues of the modernization process. The guiding principles that Mao advocated for education are discussed in the larger context of societal development. (GEA)

The Holmes Group, a consortium of education deans formed in 1986 to promote teacher education reform, in its first year has had 94 universities join the organization and has been much more successful than expected. But the next few years are crucial to its mission. Discusses the controversies and confusion the organization has engendered. (MD)

Discusses a common educational problem in developing nations: how to balance public investment of the national education administration with the private investments of parents who send their children to school. Analyzes the development of national education in Papua New Guinea in terms of policy and relates them to experiences of three villages…

Evaluating a superintendent's job performance is an important function of the school board. This proposed evaluation process includes short narratives as well as numerical ratings for use by board members. Includes a copy of the form. (MD)

Reviews three books on education in China: "Educational and Social Change in China: The Beginnings of the Modern Era" (Borthwick, 1983), "Education and Popular Literacy in Ch'ing China" (Rawski, 1979), and "Education under Mao: Class and Competition in Canton Schools, 1960-1980" (Unger, 1982). (JDH)

Reviews Mary Brown Bullock's 1980 book,"An American Transplant: The Rockefeller Foundation and Peking Union Medical College." Far more than a narrow, scholarly history, this book is a case study of the far-reaching cultural impact of international educational exchange efforts. (JDH)