At Linkoping University in Sweden, research is organized with both interdisciplinary and problem-oriented approaches, organized in broad problem areas or themes instead of by discipline. The four themes are Public Health and Medical Care in the Community, Human Communication, Technology and Social Change, and Water in Nature and Society.…

A new population of nontraditional students including foreign nationals and immigrants, refugees, and other aliens has emerged in American higher education. Some of these students' needs are identified and steps institutions should take in order to help meet those needs are described. (Author/MLW)

Commanding English is a University of Minnesota program of communications skills courses packaged into an integrated whole that enables students whose native language is not English to develop the skills to function as competently as native speakers. Upon completing the program, students transfer into mainstream programs throughout the university.…

The large-scale influx of Indochinese refugees into the United States generated complex educational problems at the University of Minnesota. The Asian Commanding English program, a program to help remove the language barriers of disadvantaged Southeast Asians and provide students with a support mechanism is described. (MLW)

Integrating instruction in reading and vocabulary can aid language learning for nonnative speakers of English. Theories behind some of the difficulties in learning English are discussed and some practical methods for lessening those difficulties are suggested. (Author/MLW)

Two composition course were modified to meet the needs of students who were beyond English as a second language composition but not yet ready for mainstream study. Adaptations in approach and content, it is suggested, are required in order to fulfill the needs of these special students. (Author/MLW)

With an increased need for managerial professional development, seminars and workshops for improving supervisory, managerial, and executive performance have been developed. Some experiences from the Center for Executive Development at Southern Colorado's School of Business are described. (Author/MLW)

Contains the 1981 presidential address to the American Educational Studies Association discussing the philosophical traditions of Western education within the context of modern social change. Itzkoff stresses the need to protect diversity in human intelligence from dogmatic ideologies and to encourage reorganization of educational structures to…

Examines two theories of collective action, individualist and socialist, to see how well each explains the apparent inability of Americans to pursue social ideals through education. Bull concludes that neither theory adequately explains collective behavior within educational institutions. (AM)

Examines Aristotle's conception of childhood in relation to the creation of the ideal community. According to Aristotle, children are incompletely developed, so the goal of education should be to help children outgrow their original, animal-like natures so that they will find happiness as adults in rational behavior. (AM)

Uses the conversion of McGill University to a coeducational institution in 1884 as a case study of the role of women in universities. Gillett discusses the educational implications of traditional and feminist views of women in terms of female stereotypes, perceptions of female educability, and the role of women in society. (AM)

The field of biotechnology, and specifically recombinant DNA technology, is transforming the way that many feel about the nature and purposes of biology. This newsletter annual supplement contains several articles addressing the topic of biotechnology and the importance that the topic should be given in science classes. James D. Watson's article,…

Ten speaking and listening activities designed to improve the intercultural communication skills of intermediate and advanced learners of English are presented. The activities are based on seven goals of cultural instruction: (1) sense of culturally controlled behavior; (2) interaction of language and social variables such as gender, age, and…

This yearbook provides an overview of scholarship in the area of gender in education. A feminist point of view characterizes the approach, recognizing the pluralism of the feminist movement. A recurrent theme is that considerations of gender are not complete without recognition of other factors. Chapters include: (1) "Sex, Gender, Feminism, and…

Research during the 1960s and early 1970s suggested that the different outcomes of schooling for different students were due to factors outside the school. There was no consensus among the researchers over which factors outside the school had the greatest effect on student achievement. Swedish educational research has made many important…