This report takes stock of key changes in the world today and their implications for education (Chapter 1), reiterates the vision for education in the new millennium (Chapter 2), takes stock of progress so far and the gaps that remain (Chapter 3), describes the rich group of partners in the educational endeavor (Chapter 4) and how the Bank's role…

This article is a proposal to reduce the rapidly increasing unemployment problems throughout the world and, simultaneously, to strive to facilitate economic balance between developing and developed countries. (Author)

The innovative vocational education program of the elementary grades in the developing country of Nepal focuses on "self-help" within the "practical arts" (agriculture, trade and industrial, and home science fields) and emphasizes application of subject matter to students' daily lives, integration of skills into the curriculum,…

Discusses educational problems facing both the developed and developing countries and side effects of present technological developments to illustrate the importance of regarding man's learning as lifelong activities for the whole society. Suggests that the educational technology be widely used and developed through international cooperation and…

The qualitative changes in elementary school curriculum, outlined in this article are oriented toward "learning to learn" rather than "learning facts" and are presented in terms of guidelines for change and programmes of work. (JH)

Objectives for non-formal education and training in Africa are discussed in this article. Specific forms for out-of-school education are suggested: National youth service training; Correspondence education; and Extension, adult and continuing education programs. The problems of resource allocation for such national programs are considered. (SM)

In this paper the author discusses concepts of education and educational change in developing countries and in developed nations. Recommendations related to the role of education in the future are made. (SM)

An activity designed to stimulate thought on the United States government economic and military assistance to developing countries is described. Using comprehensive information about a country in West Africa students simulate decisions concerning priority programs for this developing country. Guidelines for examination of the decision-making…

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)

Presents the exchange of ideas at Paulo Freire's seminar in Bombay, India concerning educational problems. (PG)

Issues discussed are (1) American Involvement with Southern Africa, (2) White Minority Rule, (3) Liberation Movements, (4) Role of International and Nongovernmental Organizations, and (5) the Future. (JB)

A brief description of curriculum reform at school levels in Israel gives an idea of the problems which may also be typical for other developing countries. The curricula of mathematics, biology and chemistry were considerably revised. The teacher education programs had to be adjusted. (PS)

In teaching, the policies of the great powers must be considered if one is to understand developments affecting two-thirds of the world's population. Ways are listed to guide students to awareness of how policies of the developed world affect, and are affected by, conditions in the underdeveloped world. (Author)

Author stresses that social changes are coming to developing countries in Asia, that this will lead to economic changes, and it is the job of adult educators to give direction to these changes. (Author/RK)