Considers the negative, second-rate image of community colleges, contributed to by three inconsistent practices. Suggests ways of improving this image through expanded efforts to disseminate information at national and state levels. Identifies several challenges facing the community college with respect to student recruitment and development. (AYC)

EDSIM is a computer assisted learning (CAL) facility which provides practice in feedback-controlled instructional planning, and also may be used for research on instructional design. EDSIM can compress considerable teaching experience into a short period so that users can acquire the requisite flexibility in lesson planning. (Author)

Discussed is an exhaustive inquiry into the curriculum of British secondary schools. It concentrates on the four curriculum aspects of language, mathematics, science, and pupil personal and social development. (RE)

Proposes family choice in education in Great Britain. The plan is to issue scholarships or vouchers to all families to be used to pay for their preferred school. The impact on educational practice and implications for political parties are discussed. (KC)

This statement, the product of a cooperative effort of professional associations of teachers in many disciplines, argues against a narrow approach to the problem of fostering basic skills that would ignore the complexity of modern life and the interdependency of disciplines. (JB)

Discusses relationship between process and product in curriculum development, particularly in the area of social studies. Examples are presented from a project to evaluate the impact of technology on Canadian society. (DB)

Examines normative and methodological foundations of teaching international political economy. Stresses the need for a critical value perspective, an historical approach, and a holistic and historically grounded theoretical framework. (Author/DB)

A review of literature about girls' schools in Germany from 1870-1914 indicates that efforts to improve girls' education were varied. By World War I, young women could attend German universities, although women were not permitted to teach in most boys' schools. The conclusion is that women were still treated as subordinates by the eve of World War…

Six articles focus on comparative pedagogy in the Soviet Union (which is defined as the study of the organization of education and upbringing of youth in various countries). Topics discussed include content and objectives of comparative pedagogy, school policy, and political education in capitalist and communist nations. (DB)

Appraises the success of Washington State University from l944-65 in the matter of training Black sociologists. Concludes that the university was able to produce so many Black sociologists because of the efforts of Tolbert H. Kennedy--administrator and professor. (DB)

Describes and evaluates a social science syllabus designed in 1979 to teach social studies to high school students in Papua, New Guinea within the framework of their own society. Advantages of the curriculum for students and teachers are outlined. (DB)

Intelligence tests are likely to move toward measuring multiple aspects of ability. Tasks will be less abstract and closer to life experiences of the individual. The metric will change from the present formula to a separate score for each measured ability, normed in relation to cultural and linguistic background. (Author/RD)

Explores relationships between philosophical reflection upon morals and practical moral thought, and evaluates how social institutions influence moral and political concepts. Journal availability: see SO 507 421. (DB)

Explains how the study of educational philosophy is relevant to prospective teachers, in spite of the fact that courses in educational history, philosophy, and the foundations of education have been diminishing in importance in recent years in the teacher education curriculum. Journal availability: see SO 507 421. (DB)

Investigates which types of reflective activities should be considered as philosophy and reviews how education, experience, and philosophy are interrelated. Journal availability: see SO 507 421. (DB)