The need for a reorientation of priorities in the field of education is discussed. (CK)

The old discrete functions of college, hospital, and clinic have evaporated, thus the thought-action problem for educators today revolves about the issue of what students mean by relevance. (Author/MF)

A report on the principles and practices of the British Primary Schools. (DR)

Regional educational laboratories have developed as autonomous organizations which display a wide variety in their management styles and practices. (CK)

Reviews the objectives, curriculum, teaching,and evaluation methods of elementary science in Lebanon. Also discusses some of the problems of science teaching, which include the excessive reliance on authoritarian textbooks, the emphasis on rote-learning, the pressure exerted by official examinations on teachers and students, and the resistance of…

The current methods of student evaluation are of doubtful value. An adequate substitute needs to be found. (CK)

According to the data the association between specific socialization practices and students' educational plans is very small in comparison to the independent, positive association between mothers' educational plans for their children and students' own plans. Perhaps specific socialization practices are not as important as has been thought in…

In order for meaningful change to take place in education, the organizations which can effect this change must orient themselves to accept new ways of doing things. (CK)