Reports a study of administrator and teacher educator attitudes toward four-stage accreditation procedures currently being applied. (JES)

Examines problems associated with inclusion of series authority records within national online authority system including: selection of titles for inclusion in series or title authority file; information in addition to title to be included in records; construction of series headings; handling minor variations in series titles. Eleven references…

A member of the National Evaluation Policy Group discusses the dynamics of the national evaluation of extension education, and the national expectations, issues, and impact of the process. (SK)

Notes the importance of equal access to information for all citizens through library networks and defines the role of government in the establishment of a national network system. (CWM)

In this document, the task force addresses itself to a description of mental health administration and a suggested curriculum for educating future mental health administrators. Mental health administration is in its formative stages as a profession, and the purpose of the task force is to contribute to that development. (Author)

Offers a short review of the major characteristics and limitations of international educational research institutions. One of its major concerns is to contrast the role of international vis a vis national institutions in educational research. (Editor/RK)

Availability of and participation in continuing vocational training (CVT) are crucial for individual development, business competitiveness, and economic development in Europe as a whole. The extreme complexity and diversity of CVT throughout the European Union reflect its roots in national traditions and practices. (SK)

This essay, written by the U.S. Secretary of Education, contends that in order for the United States to accomplish the goals set out in "Goals 2000," society must make investments of technology in public schools to ensure access of students to the emerging national information infrastructure, the information superhighway. (MKR)

A national research project based at La Trobe University is discussed that focuses on how adults in diverse social groups "do" literacy in talking, reading, and writing. (31 references) (LB)

Workers' education can facilitate labor relations, raise workers' living standards, and contribute to national development. Nigerian worker education institutions, such as the University of Ibadan, Industrial Training Fund, Administrative Staff College, and National Institute for Labour Studies must work together to improve the country's economic…

In the late seventies, Guy Brousseau set himself the goal of verifying experimentally a theory he had been building up for a number of years. The theory, consistent with what was later named (non-radical) constructivism, was that children, in suitable carefully arranged circumstances, can build their own knowledge of mathematics. The experiment,…

Addressing increasing levels of disruptive behavior and improving discipline is a national matter. The challenge is intensified by teachers' concerns about the growing inclusion of students with emotional and behavioral problems in general education classrooms and the general levels of diversity common in America's schools. Removing children with…

Asserts that the study of history involves more than the passive absorption facts, dates, names, and places. Maintains that real historical understanding requires students to engage in historical thinking, to raise questions, and to marshal evidence. Describes skills for five types of historical thinking. (CFR)

Recent human resource development (HRD) literature focuses attention on national HRD (NHRD) research and represents problems in both HRD identity and research methodology. Based on a review of development economics and international development literature, this study analyzes the existing NHRD literature with respect to the theory development…

During Phase 1 of the Intercultural Language Teaching and Learning in Practice (ILTLP) Project Nhu Trinh, a teacher of (Mandarin) Chinese, was one of a number of teachers who worked with project team members in a feedback process to develop intercultural units of work and longterm programs for their classes. The changes to Nhu's programming that…