This essay examines problems of the system of higher education in India, focuses on its need to adapt to changing conditions, and discusses various teaching methods, emphasizing the importance of the student rather than the teacher. Among the methods discussed are the creative dialogue, project, workshop and seminar methods. (JMD)

Traces physics curriculum innovation in Southeast Asia since the 1950s. The unique features of such innovation in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand are highlighted. Forecasts for the future of physics education in part of the world are also discussed. (Author/HM)

Discusses the utilization of marine subjects to teach creativity at the secondary and elementary level. (SL)

The actualization of schooling rights depends largely on teachers with a sensitivity to race relations and to ethnic cultures. (MJB)

The evaluation by Abt Associates, Inc., of the Follow Through program, an extension of Head Start designed to improve primary education for disadvantaged children, created a controversy about the program and its assessment, which is discussed in this article. The authors see serious flaws in the evaluation design and interpretation. (MF)

Argues for the use of peer teaching in Africa, in which students add to each other's knowledge by exchanging their skills and points of view. This would help alleviate the shortage of teachers and would promote educational independence for the developing world. An information campaign should be mobilized in support of this approach. (Author/BC)

Mathematics can be thought of as a language and should be taught using the principles governing the methods of teaching a second language. So that teachers do not stress "answers," they should be trained to involve children in carefully structured activities, investigations, and observations which will ensure understanding. (Author/BC)

The adult learner is the new majority in higher education, yet teaching him is still a cottage industry. Little student aid is available, innovative approaches are challenged by states, and federal policy is laggard. A list of priorities that need attention is offered. (Author/LBH)

Field trips can increase student interest in science and social studies topics. Presents a report of a sixth grade's week-long field trip to Nantacket to study the technology of whaling. (Author/DB)

An in-service program was needed in Rhode Island to open lines of communication among eighteen adult education programs functioning within the State. Swapshop sessions were held in which the participants were asked to share their classroom techniques and materials. Discusses some positive outcomes of these sessions. (EM)

An analysis of this study data and a review of other relevant studies indicate that the assumptions underlying the prevailing change strategies of state and federal authorities are often poorly in tune with the social and political realities of depressed rural communities. (Author/IRT)

Reviews programs of introducing Landsat satellite imagery for use in the classroom. (SL)

A social studies course for high school seniors combines a problems of democracy content with options emphasizing long-term accountability. Each student has a faculty adviser who encourages the student to pursue a specialized social studies topic. (Author/DB)

The popularity of semestered timetable organization is founded on the belief that this organizational change makes a positive contribution to the social, emotional, and cognitive growth of students. This research attempted to test the validity of that belief by identifying the claims made for timetable reorganization, formulating these claims as…

Presented is an annotated bibliography of thirty-five documents, contained in the ERIC "Resources in Education" and "Current Index to Journals in Education" data banks and dealing with broad issues in the field of teacher education. (MJB)