Discusses various elements of industrial relations research: general directions for research; outcomes and effects of bargaining; determination of wages and economic benefits; nonmonetary bargaining; improving labor-management relations; grievance procedures and arbitration; public sector labor-management relations; policy formation and…

The editor of "Convergence" sets the stage for this special issue on women and adult education by discussing the Women's Programme of the International Council for Adult Education. ICAE's agenda includes research on women's participation in adult education and on a new kind of learning which reflects women's situations and viewpoints.…

Discusses the need for systematic exploration of claims about the advantages of language experience dictations; recommends that teachers guide the rereading and editing of early dictations to facilitate comprehending behaviors, and that they help children explore writing conventions as their dictations indicate a readiness to learn them. (ET)

Traces the history of the reading assessments conducted by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), discusses the objectives and importance of the 1979-80 reading assessment, and notes the need for professional organizations such as the International Reading Association to develop proposals dealing with research questions raised by…

Notes the need for researchers in schools who conduct studies to provide data for decision making, cull research literature for information needed for problem solving, and generate new ideas for practice based on current research. Outlines components of programs for educating school-based researchers. (ET)

Evaluates issues of major educational purpose in American society at various times throughout history with emphasis on the recent shift from "equality of educational opportunity" to "equity in education." Explains how educational research can more effectively deal with these issues. (DB)

The author presents ways in which media, especially television, effects social processes in early adolescence (ages 10 to 15). Research is reported which substantiates social characteristics which may emerge as a direct result of media influence. (Editor/KC)

Cites instances of community colleges turning away students due to lack of adequate enrollment space, and thus fulfilling their own prophecies of declining enrollments. Calls for a study of the number of, type of, and reasons for students being turned away from community colleges. (CAM)

Explanations are offered for observed discrepant and null findings in the area of predictive information about teacher effectiveness. It is argued that if tautologies are to be avoided, only product variables are appropriate criteria of success. Some recommendations regarding future research are offered. (Author/GSK)

The author describes the functions of the two hemispheres of the brain and suggests that educators must learn more about the human brain and set up learning environments where its traits in all individuals may be identified, nurtured, and refined. (KC)

The author suggests a conference sponsored jointly by the Comparative Education Society and the British Educational Research Association to discuss the potential and problems of case study based on fieldwork because he believes this form of study is the best approach to understanding the educational process and educational institutions. (KC)

Traces interdisciplinary collaboration on American Indian history from the establishment of the United States Indian Claims Commission by the Congress in 1946. Information is presented on concerns of ethnohistorians at various periods, objectives of social science research, subject matter of various conferences on American Indians, and political…

With more rigorous and systematic integration of gerontological data with social and social psychological theory, more comprehensive explanations of life course phenomena would result. Moreover, the age variable would be considered by other sociologists as less of a control and more of a relevant variable in its own right. (Author)

Presents an overview of political science education in colleges and universities throughout the United States. Criticizes the narrow focus of much current research and the emphasis on textbooks in classroom teaching. Praises the revival of interest in fundamental philosophical questions and in public policy. Journal available from Department of…

Collection use study is a must if research collections are to meet scholarly needs while competing for scarce financial resources. Such studies will be in harmony with the realities under which academic libraries must operate in the future. (RAA)