This comprehensive study examines foreign languages in the elementary school (FLES) in the history of education in America, described as a continual struggle between quality and mediocrity. The main chapters treat: (1) a view of current practices, (2) a rationale for foreign language teaching and FLES, (3) the history of FLES teaching: 1840-1967,…

The document reported an investigation into the Guadalupe Union School District in the spring 1972 by the California State Advisory Committee (U.S. Commission on Civil Rights). Complaints prompting the investigation dealt with (1) poor quality education not geared to meet the needs of Mexican American child, (2) failure to hire bilingual…

This publication is a compilation of data on a variety of subjects in the field of education in the twelve states of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The structure of the educational system is described. Statistics cover all government, local and native authority, and aided voluntary agency schools depending on or registered by the Ministries of…

The purpose of this collection of 52 primary source documents is to sustain the continuity and interdependence of ideas, movements, and events in the development of educational theories and practices in Western culture. Among the concerns of these documents, written by statesmen, clergymen, business men, foreign observers. educators and others,…

As an introduction to social science and its methods, this book is useful to the student, teacher, professional social scientist, and general reader. Part 1 introduces the system of scientific inquiry and shows how social science fits into that system. The structure of scientific beliefs, the disciplines of social science, and the relationships of…

English translations of annotations of 97 Serbo-Croatian documents are presented in this issue. Annotations are grouped under the following topics: history of education, educational research, development of education, school reform, teacher training and teaching staff, schools and institutions, curricula and syllabi, audio-visual aids, motivation,…

Hebrew and Arabic books and articles selected during the period of December 1970 to March 1971 are part of a collection of volumes comprising annotated bibliographies that include author and publishers indices for each abstract written in English. The volume is divided into two parts: 1) includes items on Foundations of Education, The Educational…

One of a series, this publication contains forty articles on educational change taking place in Kentucky elementary schools in the areas of school organization, educational practices, experimental projects and programs, and philosophies. A brief description of this series is given in SO 002 584. The publication, covering a wide range of…

The Occasional Paper is intended as a resource document and is designed to provide teachers of Asian studies with an authoritative study of education in the People's Republic of China from 1949 to 1969 where educational effort focuses upon the needs of society rather than the individual. The first twenty years of the history of the People's…

Analyzes extent to which Marxist theories of social class influence can explain structure of schooling in the United States. Argues that theoretical and empirical flaws exist in Marxist studies and concludes that effects of class processes have been minimal compared to Europe because of a political system that has limited social class influences…

This exploration of the teaching profession, the institutionalization of teacher education, and the relationship between knowledge and practice in teaching argues that a set of latent contradictions (including quantity versus quality and excellence versus equity) and defensive reactions to these contradictions darkens the prospects of teaching…

This report is intended as an introductory guide for those new to the environmental education field and the larger educational benefits it has to offer. The first part of the report includes ten accounts of programs and schools that have met with success by incorporating environmental education into their educational programming. For readers whose…

Literacy is a term that has been defined many ways, with definitions ranging from those that are very narrow to those that are very broad. Among the more wide sweeping was that of the 1991 National Literacy Act, which defined literacy as a wide range of language tasks associated with everyday life, including those "necessary to function on…

This book provides non-Native teachers with information about Native American cultures and offers a pedagogical model that blends Native and non-Native worldviews and methodologies. The book aims to describe the process of becoming bicultural as it relates to success in teaching Native students; provide a short history of American Indian nations,…

The effectiveness of World Wide Web-based flexible learning practices in Australia was examined. Online vocational education and training (VET) offerings were reviewed, and two Web-based VET modules were examined in case studies that involved observations and semi-structured interviews with teachers and students. According to the survey,…