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Download full textGross, Richard E., Ed.; Dufty, David, Ed. – 1980
Social studies education in 22 countries is described. The purpose of the publication is to stimulate international communication and cross-cultural study among practitioners in different countries. The introduction to the report discusses issues related to social studies education and to international communication. Common concerns, curriculum…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Curriculum
CARTER, LAUNOR F. – 1967
THE UTILIZATION OF KNOWLEDGE IS ONE OF THE IMPORTANT INGREDIENTS IN COPING WITH CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS. THIS PAPER DISCUSSES THE QUESTION OF PRIORITIES IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AND ITS PLACE IN THE NATIONAL SCENE, DESCRIBES THREE STUDIES DEALING WITH THE PROBLEM OF COORDINATING RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND USE (PROJECT HINDSIGHT, THE TACOMA…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Development, Diffusion, Educational Innovation
Higgins, Patricia J.; Maknoon, Sorayya – 1979
The paper explores types of secondary education offered to students of various social backgrounds in Teheran, Iran, and examines processes by which students are guided into educational tracks. The hypothesis is that assignment to an academic versus a vocational program and tracking within these programs plays a major role in the type of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Practices
Culbertson, Jack – 1980
This paper surveys the status and condition of educational administration today from an international perspective. It begins with a retrospective look at educational administration from its beginning in 1905 when the first doctorates were awarded up through the "Theory Movement." It then looks at the current situation in the areas of…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Cooperative Programs, Educational Administration, Educational Cooperation
Toler, Donna J. – 1978
A study was undertaken to determine which types of verbal humor are preferred by children and to discover how well adults can predict what children will perceive as humorous. Fifteen adults (education students, parents, and teachers) were asked to rate 25 jokes on a four point scale ranging from not funny at all and not very funny to kind of funny…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Childhood Interests, Curriculum Development
Lavisky, Saul – 1973
A review and bibliography of the history of curriculum development in the United States is presented. The document is comprised of two parts. Part I traces the history of curriculum thought and practice up to 1955. Periods covered include: Herbartianism (1895-1905), which represented the first major formulation of curriculum methodology based on…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Schindler-Rainman, Eva; And Others – 1976
The results of a two-day skill laboratory on creating community support for educational change is reported in eight chapters. Participants focused on creative solutions to problems of school-community relations. Four concerns identified included the need to 1) recognize the pressures for accountability procedures and reports; 2) collaborate with…
Descriptors: Accountability, Advisory Committees, Books, Change Strategies
Ontario Inst. for Studies in Education, Toronto.
THIS PAPER ATTEMPTS TO BLEND EDUCATIONAL CHANGE THEORY WITH EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE. TWO CASE STUDIES WHICH ARE COMPOSITES OF MANY FIELD STUDIES ARE USED AS EXAMPLES. ONE CASE STUDY INVOLVES THE INITIATION OF A CONTINUOUS PROGRESS PLAN IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, AND THE OTHER INVOLVES THE INITIATION OF TEAM TEACHING OF MATHEMATICS AND HISTORY AT THE…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Case Studies, Change Agents, Continuous Progress Plan
Kraft, Richard H.P., Ed. – 1969
Eight papers focus on strategies for educational planning. In "Policy Formulation and Policy Implementation Relationships in an Educational System," Donald Miller asserts that performance relationships can be explained in terms of an educational system and its environment. Arnold Reisman and Martin Taft present "A Systems Approach…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Economic Development, Educational Demand, Educational Economics
Johnson, William H.E. – 1969
A study conducted in Poland, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, and the U.S.S.R. reports how these countries functioned in bridging the traditional gap between the development of theoretical research in education and the achievement of the desired reforms in school policies and practices. The choice of communist dictatorships as study subjects was based…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Communism, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education
Eidell, Terry L., Ed.; Kitchel, Joanne M., Ed. – 1968
The seven papers contained in this monograph were presented at the Seventeenth UCEA Career Development Seminar held in Portland, Oregon, October 1967. Some papers view the problems of applying new knowledge to practice quite generally in the context of the broader society while others focus more sharply on strategies for implementing the…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Agents, Diffusion, Educational Administration
Ministry of Education, Amman (Jordan). – 1977
The educational system of Jordan follows principles set down by law in 1964. Education is compulsory for nine years, free to all students, and available equally to both sexes and all religious groups. Central administrative functions are carried out by the Ministry of Education which administers examinations, recruits teachers, and sets general…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Comparative Education, Developing Nations, Educational Administration
Ministry of Education (Bahrain). – 1977
Educational policy in Bahrain during the period 1974-76 stressed expansion to include all school age children, curriculum development to keep abreast of social change, increased efficiency of educational administration, construction of new school buildings, and eradication of illiteracy. The three levels of the educational system are primary (ages…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Administration
Thompson, John A.; Chock, Mona K.O. – 1976
Part of a 13-volume series designed to be used as a group inservice or a self-learning system to train school administrators and counselors for their role in career education, this module focuses on the factors which have led to the growth of the career education concepts. The module is one of six for administrators and four for counselors…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Career Education, Concept Formation, Counselor Training
British Council, London (England). English-Teaching Information Centre. – 1977
This is a report in outline form of the status of teaching English literature in Austria. The schools syllabus prescribes that English literature should be taught after students have studied English for four years, that is, in the 5th form. The short story is the usual prose form selected. In the 5th and 6th forms, one literary work is studied in…
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Curriculum, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
