Nationally oriented institutions of the developmentalist era are being replaced by globally oriented institutions under the legitimizing cloak of efficiency and financial credibility. Meanwhile, producing communities either seek niches in the global economy or resist global pressures, thereby newly emphasizing the local. Explores the conjunction…

In this article, we study third-year university students' reasoning about three controversial socio-scientific issues from the viewpoint of education for sustainable development: local issues (the reintroduction of bears in the Pyrenees in France, wolves in the Mercantour) and a global one (global warming). We used the theoretical frameworks of…

This book is a teacher resource based on holistic education for those educators who want to go beyond "traditional approaches" but do not know how. The author places emphasis on the whole person (intellectual, physical, social, emotional, spiritual, and environmental) rather than the intellectual way of knowing. Written in an easy-to-read format,…

What the author has learned, wandering around in the mists and fogs of the lowlands along the Potomac, is that nothing happens in Congress until there is a will, a consensus, and not just in the leadership, but in the rank and file of both parties that an issue needs to be addressed in a particular way. The problem needs to be explicated until it…

High school journalists are beginning to look beyond the restrictions of reporting the news of the campus to the larger responsibility of reporting the news of the community. Such a functional approach to news gathering can help school journalists to see the relationship between their school and the community and to discover that learning how to…

The concept of education has been changing; "human development" is a more accurate description of what we do. Turbulences in society which have the greatest bearing on the future of continuing education include the failure of the United States in distributing social goods; changes in the nature of administration; modern communications which extend…

This analysis of the impact of the student vote in the June 1974 primary election is one in a series of reports, and represents the University of California Student Lobby's continuing effort to provide information on the voting behavior of students. Student voting patterns in contested statewide and local races were examined, along with voter…

Discusses issues relative to the 1977 court order--based on a decision of the National Citizens Committee for Broadcasting (NCCB)--that required the Federal Communications Commission to begin proceedings leading to the eventual dissolution of all newspaper/broadcast combinations in the same market. (GW)

A comparison of regional newspapers in the United States and the United Kingdom indicates that American newspapers tend to report more local and regional news, and to be more aggressive toward their governments, than do their British counterparts. (GW)

Discusses issues raised in a content analysis of local television news, including (1) media definitions of community, (2) community in the narrative, and (3) the question of "boosterism." Claims that possible directions for research into local television news stem from a consideration of content. (JD)

Reveals that while the accessibility to information of influential members of a community was high and generally similar for all sources, certain types of information were more accessible through some sources than were others. (FL)

Because public television is not geared to the demands of a mass audience, its stations have been able to experiment with extended coverage of governmental activities at the local, regional and national levels. One recent, elaborate venture of that kind is described - the efforts of Florida stations in bringing their viewers lengthy coverage, each…

Describes how the testing of hypotheses about retail distribution can form the basis of local field work. A case study is presented involving the characteristics of a declining shopping area in Deptford, England. Tables, charts, and maps are included. (Author/DB)

Reports results of a study in which city magazines were examined in terms of their potential as alternatives to newspapers in covering and commenting on public issues, their perceived roles, and their content and perceived influence on public issues. (GT)

Asserts that the debate over the appropriate federal role in education began with the founding of America. Argues that successive waves of educational reform are the products of the compromise between localism and national progressive goals. Consequently, a type of schizophrenia rather than a coherent and stable public policy characterizes…