The National Association of Independent Schools defines high standards and ethical behavior for independent school operations. Professional admission procedures include maintaining confidentiality. Business officers' responsibilities can range from being accountable to the school head to participating in professional assistance associations. Fund…

This guide introduces reference works available in the McGill University libraries that are relevant to the study of Canadian politics and government. Although some important sources with an historical approach are mentioned, the emphasis here is on material for contemporary politics. The materials are listed in eight categories: (1) Encyclopedias…

Part of Round Table IV, this document consists of two articles presented at an international congress in Mexico. Each deals with planning and management of education in small countries. The purpose of the congress was to review the evolution of educational planning and management since a previous conference held in 1968. The participants hoped to…

A framework for thinking about teacher empowerment is presented. Two important dimensions are used as a basis for highlighting some important similarities and differences emerging in the literature on empowerment. The first dimension relates to the context in which the process occurs. Some educators highlight the importance of the personal context…

Having served a three-year term on an urban school board, the author, who is also a counselor, discusses what counselors can and cannot expect from politicians. (HMV)

An exploration of the structure of sociology in Unesco's educational activities during 1970-1971 reveals that Unesco has dual political and cultural bureaucratic structures that are complementary for contributions in sociology. Journal is available from Mouton & Co., 5 Herder Street, The Hague, Netherlands. (ND)

The theoretical changes required to encompass organizational democracy cannot be contained within liberal democratic theory itself. Thus, the logic of some of the central arguments of the theory leads to its transformation into a theory of participatory or self-managing democracy. (Author)

This article is a report of a campaign game that was formulated in order to introduce the student to the realities of political campaigning. Post-game tests indicated that the game generally increased political interest and had little effect on measured political attitudes such as efficacy, saliency and alienation. (Author)

There is an identifiable "democratic theory of school finance" that can be seen in the works of classical authors, in the current professional educational literature, and in some recent court opinions. (Author/WM)

This paper presents a pedagogical approach to leadership education that takes experiential learning to the next level of faculty-student interaction and experience. Dramaturgical teaching involves the instructor displaying the leadership style(s) in and out of the classroom so that students experience the leadership style while learning about it.…

Traces the general development of Malaysian education in relation to British political control and education. (DW)

The digest is based on a full length report on academics and athletics in higher education. The full report provides a definitive review of the literature and institutional practice on the topic. Three sections consider: (1) business and politics of college sports (e.g. most budgets for athletics programs show signs of precarious fiscal fitness,…

The current demands for values education, like recent basic educational reforms generally, reflect a superficial consensus. The push for values education by educators and politicians is a response to two developments: (1) the public's perception that schools are too disorderly; and (2) a desire to inculcate a common belief system. However, the…

The critical examination of society's circumstances, institutions, and cultural predispositions and values can help detect problems and injustices and can suggest opportunities for improvement. Neo-Marxist critical theorists of the Frankfurt school are committed to work of this kind, but their perspective is informed by Marxian precepts, and their…

Nigeria's Western Region established a very early, ambitious, original education policy when self-government began in 1952, adopting the African nationalist wisdom that education could spearhead a development strategy for genuine independence. Much of this paper analyzes the philosophy and recounts the implementation of this comprehensive,…