Describes a range of alternative organizational patterns which are possible in mixed ability situations and attempts to make explicit their underlying values and assumptions. (Author/RK)

Discusses the policies governing the teaching of Chinese to foreign students in Peking and the methods used. (KM)

The development and outcomes of recent state efforts in California to limit adult education growth in the community colleges are examined. Although the resulting legislation curtailed further expansion of adult education, institutional pressure and continued public support prevented substantial reductions. (Author/LBH)

Discusses the aims and subject content of film/media studies in relation to ideologies about education, pedagogic traditions, and the debate on child cognition; suggests that a critical pedagogy can best be advanced through a materialist perspective based on theoretical and political considerations. Also describes two film study projects used with…

The retreat from social and racial progress is examined as an outgrowth of Vietnam, the changing temper of intellectuals, and the slowing of economic growth. Some effects of the country's mood on education are discussed, including tuition increases, faculty salaries, and accountability. (LBH)

Reviews educational development in Russia during the period of Socialist construction, 1918-1939. Development included establishment of universal elementary education, Soviet schools in various nationality districts, research on teaching methods, social education work in youth organizations, revision of pedagogical theories, and reform of labor…

Financial and morale problems at the Rhode Island School of Design under the presidency of Lee Hall are discussed. Considered are professional obligations and consulting, endowment fund administration, museum management, and political influences. (LBH)

The staggering growth of higher education in Brazil has affected academic performance, income levels, the labor market, and student aspirations as well as the political perspective of the authoritarian regime. Implications of broader access to education and of student activism are discussed. (LBH)

Focuses on the revisionist approach to teaching United States history at the secondary level and college level. Ten themes are offered as examples around which a meaningful survey course can be constructed. These include economic opportunity, political participation, population mobility, belief in reform, status for women, educational opportunity,…

Traditional patterns of interaction between blacks and whites, particularly in the labor market, have been altered. Racial barriers have crumbled under the weight of the political, social, and economic changes of the civil rights era. A new set of obstacles has emerged from basic structural shifts in the economy. (Author/GC)

Technical capability, a resource needed by citizen groups, can usually be found. The uncertain political authority for decision-making given to citizen groups is a more serious problem. Local groups must learn where their project fits into the local political scheme. (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)

Examines a series of hypotheses related to the "gap" between what a community desires of its schools and the school board's response to those desires. (Author/IRT)

Focuses on the rapid worldwide increase in educational enrollments from 1950-70. Analysis of models constructed to investigate this increase indicates that post World War II educational expansion is a function of the available population to be educated and of the level of education existing in 1950. It is not a function of socioeconomic or…

Discusses the hidden curriculum of values and assumptions which equals the academic curriculum in importance because it forms attitudes which define the relationship between adults and children. Recommends a return to democratic traditions and values as the basis for educational improvement. (Author/DB)