Reconceptualization of curriculum theory should focus on an understanding of educational experience and on the analysis and writing of theories that move away from the linear and compartmentalized perspectives that characterize the traditional curriculum field. Issues of gender, including feminist and homosexual perspectives, should also be…

Summarizes the responses of more than 10,000 teachers on the issues of testing and licensing, unionism, professional image, classroom practices, discipline, teacher education, and the federal government's role in education. Notes findings on respondents' demographic characteristics, salaries, and working hours. (SJL)

Discusses education in contemporary China, with emphasis on educating working class intellectuals, instituting basic compulsory schooling, centralizing educational policy, and raising academic standards. Journal availability: Comparative and International Education Society of Canada, Althouse College, University of Western Ontario, London, On, N6G…

Discusses organizational problems in Italian state-run nursery schools. The causes of extreme variations in pupil-teacher ratios and problems concerning teacher scheduling, lunchroom management, and student transportation are examined. (AM)

Discusses education of Nisei (first American-born children of Japanese immigrants) in the local Hawaiian public schools, focusing on American public schooling in Hawaii and Hawaiian schooling and (1) economic control; (2) class perpetuation; (3) occupational training; and (4) Americanization. (Author/JN)

Examines factors affecting the organization and expansion of higher education systems in advanced Third World countries. University accountability and autonomy, educational planning, the choice and implementation of curricular specialities, and the adaptation of new institutional models to meet the needs of developing nations are discussed. (AM)

Describes the findings of a Florida State University evaluation of Colombia's Accion Cultural Popular (ACPO) program for nonformal adult education. ACPO promotes rural development and literacy through educational radio broadcasts which are linked to local monitors, textbooks, a weekly newspaper, and other support services. (AM)

Describes a study which examined teacher self-evaluation programs in British school districts. Questionnaires were sent to local education authorities (LEAs) to determine the extent to which the authorities were becoming involved in program development and to investigate the processes by which LEAs created their guidelines for teachers. (AM)

Presents results of a national survey of economics teachers in grades 6 through 12 on enrollment trends, course topics, teacher background characteristics, attitudes toward available teaching materials, and perceived training needs. Condensed from "National Survey of Economic Education 1981; Grade Six Through Twelve," Section II, p21-28.…

Presents scenarios describing how various junior high school students became involved in energy education and relates the scenarios to energy education for all students. Describes how teaching methods such as cartoons can be used to implement an energy curriculum within the social studies. (DB)

This is a brief summary of the responses to this magazine's August 1979 opinion poll, covering a wide range of topics, such as likes and dislikes about teaching, school violence, use of audiovisuals, teacher unionization, national educational and political issues, and respondents' personal characteristics, interests, and income. (SJL)

In Spring 1980, 150 social studies supervisors responded to a survey concerning multicultural/multiethnic programs in their public and private schools: grade levels at which programs are offered; total courses and/or units offered; ethnic/racial groups covered; objectives; and the program's effectiveness in reducing prejudice. (SJL)

Determined how deeply the human-potential movement has penetrated university training programs in school administration. Indicates that a majority of the departments of educational administration in the nation take a dim view of the role of human relations training in preparing school administrators. (Author)

Provides a rationale for multicultural education and describes two major approaches to teaching multicultural education. The rationale centers on helping students understand and appreciate the world as a multiracial, multicultural, multilingual, and multinational phenomenon. Approaches stress a cross cultural and an interdisciplinary approach. (DB)

The author visited 12 teacher-education programs in six southern and midwestern states. He reports on current practices in pre-student teaching laboratory training, student teaching, and extended campus programs. (SJL)