College level political science teaching in developing nations will be more relevant to students if it is developed within an interdisciplinary framework and is related to theories of organization, conflict, and social ecology. Journal available from UNIPUB, Box 433, Murray Hill Station, New York, New York 10016. (Author/DB)

Traces the increase in political participation levels of classroom teachers, examines teachers demands for more voice in the governance of the education profession, and describes the activities of the Pennsylvania Professional Standards and Practices Commission. For journal availability, see SO 506 393. (Author/DB)

Examines changes in the educational system of Japan from 1868-1912 as a result of changes in attitudes toward science, technology, and professional and vocational training. Widespread fervor for utilitarian education during this period played a large part in Japan's commercial and industrial modernization. (Author/DB)

Discusses observational and experimental research on four urban and rural community schools in Poland. Topics discussed include school organization, standards, educational problems, school-home relationship, and educational objectives. Concludes that community school students perform better in many cognitive and affective areas than do students…

Field trips can increase student interest in science and social studies topics. Presents a report of a sixth grade's week-long field trip to Nantacket to study the technology of whaling. (Author/DB)

Suggests ways in which collection and analysis of genealogical data in history and social studies classes can develop research skills, increase student interest, and improve self-actualization. Instructions on drawing up blood line charts and family trees are presented. (Author/DB)

Describes and evaluates a graduate history program at the University of California, Santa Barbara, which prepares students for careers in local and state government. Feedback from students, government agencies, and corporations participating in the program has been generally positive. (Author/DB)

Provides teachers at the high school and elementary levels with some description of actual experiences--both good and bad--that helped to create the students' attitudes about reading. (Author/RK)

In this interview with Lawrence Cremin, president of Teachers College, topics discussed include: major issues in education, how to teach students to live in an international world, the impact of Jenck's book, Inequality, teaching as a profession, the ideal teacher training, work experience credit, teachers' centers, the role of Teachers College,…

This paper interprets certain educational trends revealed by statistical data contained in Social Indicators, 1976. (Author/AM)

Describes different systems of art education for different student populations, professional art training, historical changes in art education, art education research, aesthetic education, and art education as it is currently practiced in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (RK)

Focuses on the characteristics of schools with differing internal grouping policies, particularly regarding comprehensive schools. The intent was to learn whether mainstreamed or non-mainstreamed schools tend to have significantly different intakes of children, in terms of their social background. (Author/RK)

A social studies course for high school seniors combines a problems of democracy content with options emphasizing long-term accountability. Each student has a faculty adviser who encourages the student to pursue a specialized social studies topic. (Author/DB)

The popularity of semestered timetable organization is founded on the belief that this organizational change makes a positive contribution to the social, emotional, and cognitive growth of students. This research attempted to test the validity of that belief by identifying the claims made for timetable reorganization, formulating these claims as…

Discusses changes in geography curriculum and research as a result of the recent trend toward involvement with social problems such as pollution, ecology, and poverty. Available from: Faculty of Modern Studies, Oxford Polytechnic, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP, England. (Author/AV)