This essay proposes an historical overview of educational experience in the United States. (Author/RK)

Article emphasizes the need for educators to turn their attention to the future needs of students and the educational system as it may be in the future. (RK)

Traces the post-war evolution of the German school system and the political influences that marked that development. (Author/RK)

Proposes that schools offer alternatives in curriculum, methodology, environment, and administrative practices. (Author)

Presented at the twelfth assembly of the World Organization for Early Childhood Education, Washington, D. C. (MS)

Discusses the development and use of a workbook for teaching spatial data analysis at Canberra College of Advanced Education in Australia. The article addresses itself to the pedagogic questions of what statistical methods to teach, how these methods should be taught, and why data analysis should be taught. (AM)

The view that poverty and riches are caused by two distinct personality traits is perpetuated through educational materials. Examples drawn from secondary social studies texts and adult education programs in India illustrate how an educational system is a medium of cultural dissemination and political control. (AM)

The Pakistani Adult Functional Literacy Project (AFL) produced educational television programs which were shown at community viewing centers. Evaluation results are encouraging. (AM)

The Russian preschool educational system is described and general problems of preschool pedagogy are examined. Early childhood development and the psychological foundations of communist preschool education are discussed. (RM)

Outlines the kinds of "basic knowledge" that might inform and improve educational practice and discusses various barriers to the generation and dissemination of such knowledge. Argues for a multidisciplinary approach to educational research. (GC)

An emphasis on cultural history, through the integration of novels, poetry, drama, and other literary genres with traditional history, may form the best introduction to history for many secondary and college-level students. Specific examples of how literature can be incorporated into history courses are provided. (RM)

The history, problems, and goals of the Finnish media education program are examined. (IS)

A dialogue, in which one curriculum theorist tries to understand how another curriculum theorist teaches curriculum theory, is presented. The dialogue shares worthwhile approaches to teaching curriculum theory and explores assumptions that lie behind the problems of teaching curriculum theory. Implications evolving from the dialogue are discussed.…