Conscientisation'', the development of critical consciousness through a process of reflection and action is the central concept of Paulo Freire's educational theory of radical social change expressed in a literacy training program. (Editor/PG)

Summary of job openings in the States distributed to U.S. bases in the Far East, Europe, and the U.S. (Editor)

An article by the Secretariat of the Economic Commission for Latin America, United Nations, which discusses regional factors affecting rural and community development in the Caribbean, existing community development programs, and emerging trends in the region. (Author/DR)

Purpose of this paper is to report the feasibility of a national educational experiment and to present the summative findings regarding Project Physics, a physics course for high school students. (Authors)

A coordinated and articulated evaluation system at all levels in occupational education is vitally important to the success of programs. (Author)

It is proposed that corporations seriously consider increasing their support of the National Merit Scholarship Program to help educate America's best and brightest students, an effort that would emphasize the corporate community's support of education and also be in industry's best interests. (MSE)

Presents the generalized conclusions from analytical case studies undertaken by UNESCO and the United Nations Interim Fund for Science and Technology for Development (IFSTD) on the needs and options for access to scientific and technical information in eight developing countries. (Author/JL)

Describes the various ways in which publishers and libraries work together in the Soviet Union to ensure the Universal Availability of Publications (UAP). The general library and publishing situation in the USSR, the distribution of materials to libraries, library acquisitions, cataloging and standardization, and specialized publishing are…

Reviews the efforts made over the last 30 years to stimulate improvements in the education of librarians in Greece, emphasizing the causes for the shortcomings in the present situation as they relate to the Greek educational system and the current pattern of staffing libraries. A 19-item reference list is included. (Author/JL)

Describes the creation and objectives of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), and reviews the findings of an evaluation of the NAEP, published in "Measuring the Quality of Education," by Wirtz and Lapointe. Focuses on the role that the NAEP can play in establishing uniform, national educational standards. (GC)

The aim of the ITMA Project is to establish research and development activities in parallel with the in-service and information services within the regional and national framework of the Microelectronics Education Programme. The major focus of the project is on the potential roles of the microcomputer in educational settings. (Author/JN)

This report describes the first two stages of the National Assessment project: gathering data on cooperative education objectives and developing tests for assessing learning outcomes of work experience programs. Problems in the measurement of experiential learning are also discussed. (SK)