From a safety point of view, there is a need to ensure that science teachers are appropriately qualified to teach their subject. Opportunities for accidents in school laboratories are legion and acquisition of skills and competence to obviate them is essential. (Author/RE)

Examines integration in the framework of a status attainment model, using a national longitudinal sample of Black and White male youths. Research focused on the question of how the educational attainment process differs for Blacks in segregated and integrated schools. Findings related to a class split within the Black population are highlighted.…

Compares and contrasts contemporary philosophies of education in Africa with two philosophical doctrines (naturalism and idealism). Topics discussed include value selectors, westernization, the role of missionaries in African education, critical consciousness, relevance, and African education today. (DB)

Reviews development in rural areas of South Korea since the late nineteenth century, with particular emphasis on rural to urban migration, governmental investment in agriculture, transportation and mass communications, development projects, social leveling processes, upgraded living standards, and cooperative village improvement projects. Journal…

Recommends that teachers use a curriculum development project (the World Studies Project) to help students increase their understanding of global affairs such as human rights, economic order, disarmament, the world environment, and the law of the sea. Activities and objectives of the project are presented and ordering information for additional…

Review of discrimination and inequalities between sexes with regard to educational opportunities in developing and developed nations indicates that although organizational barriers to discrimination have often been removed, attitudinal barriers remain. Concludes that discriminatory practices due to teacher attitudes are the most difficult to…

A schools council study concludes that: secondary students are not being taught to read thoughtfully, texts and worksheets are too difficult, insufficient time is allotted to silent reading, and reading comprehension should not be taught as a discrete skill. The SRA Reading Laboratories are suggested as one tactic for improvement. (SJL)

Includes a summary of the December 1977 decree by the Communist Party of the USSR regarding policies and priorities for Soviet education, in addition to discussions by four educators of the role of the school in a socialist society, educational improvement, and the role of higher education in changing the structure of Soviet society. (DB)

Contrasts the characteristics of the 16- to 19-year-old population in England and Wales with some foreseeable requirements of industry and the economy in the 1980s. Major skill development programs are evaluated and various policy options are explored. (DB)

Recalls problems experienced in teaching social sciences in a new university in New Guinea after it gained independence from colonial rule. Emphasizes the relevance of political studies, social influences, student interests and attitudes, and the need to introduce basic disciplinary skills. (DB)

Describes a study which compared academic achievement of White and Black students who participated in a busing experiment in Peoria (Illinois) public schools. Findings indicated that busing increased not only racial integration but also achievement for both Black and White students. (Author/DB)

Proposes three objectives: assure every child the right to attend school, insure that children learn once they are enrolled, and provide ways for children to learn when school is not the most appropriate place for them to learn. (Author/AM)

Notes that attention and action should focus on three institutions: the family, the school, and the big city. (Author/AM)

Summarizes the major actions taken by the Federal government regarding individual privacy and freedom of information, comments on their nature and impart, and highlights current and pending developments. (Author)

The European Commission on Human Rights is now investigating the case of a seven-year-old boy in Lanarkshire, whose parents have failed to obtain a guarantee that he will not receive corporal punishment at school. Author finds that, contrary to the teachers' agreed code of practice, the "tawse" (leather belt) is still widely used in…