Much of the debate surrounding strategies of what is now regarded as "compensatory" language education is focused on whether is advisable, or possible, to attempt to alter the student's idiolect--the language he brings to school. Examines the effect of policies designed to superimpose the patterns of the standard dialect on non-standard speaking…

Discusses critically some current policies and practices designed to promote equality of educational opportunity in India, the problems arising in connection with the relationship between education and society, the meaning of equality of educational opportunity, expansion of secondary and higher educational opportunities, and the implementation of…

Attempts to evaluate the state of reform at the Free University of Berlin. Proceeds by first reconstructing the background against which the FU developed and reforms were instituted. Analyzes the nature and scope of the reforms of the student revolt of the late 1960s, the growing movement for counter-reform in 1973, and the prospects for future…

Examines the effect of Nigerianization, the appointment of qualified Nigerians to higher and responsible posts both in government and educational sectors, on Nigerian Universities. (Author/RK)

Reviews two reports, the Russell Report that investigated the provision on non-vocational adult education in England and Wales and the Alexander Report that considered the aims appropriate to voluntary leisure time courses for adults in Scotland. Considers how far they reflect the differences of the educational systems within which each operates.…

Within the International Baccalaureate syllabus framework candidates for the diploma must have instruction in some form of art or craft, so-called "creative or aesthetic activity". Examines the implications of this syllabus in terms of student's interests and creative development. (Author/RK)

Article investigated briefly both the historical developments, particularly in Britain, and the current trends towards using the latest technology in the rest of Europe. (Author/RK)

This article was designed to assess the view that Soviet education differs little in essentials from that of the Tsarist era, in that the theoretical and practical foundations of the present system stemmed from pre-Revolutionary Russia. (Author)

Although sport is supposedly non-political in the Soviet Union, it is used to achieve non-sport objectives such as political socialization, political indoctrination and political integration. Article considered sport in the Soviet Union as it is interrelated with other aspects of society. (Author/RK)

This paper sought the answer to the question: What is the origin of the sociolinguistic differences described by Basil Bernstein and others in relation to social class, patterns of family organization and socialization, and modes of speech? (Author/RK)

Article outlined the relationship between the States and the Federal Government in West Germany concerning the development of vocational education. (RK)

Article discussed the multitude of organized interest groups which seek to influence decisions about American education. (Author/RK)

Author tried to suggest some of the ways long-standing values appear to be thwarting desired educational objectives in Kenya. The curriculum design model being followed was evaluated. (Author/RK)

This paper has attempted to identify some of the obstacles and deterrents on the one hand and incentives and positive pressures on the other which determine the ability and willingness of the universities in East Africa to confront the issue of development. (Author)

This paper considered different conceptions of compulsory education as embodied in the education laws of different countries. An analytical tool was developed for the comparison of these laws in order to learn the implications of the obligation they impose and the measures required for the discharge of the legal obligation. (Author/RK)