In response to the concern of most European countries on the education of very young children, a group of educational researchers put forward a proposal and four studies on the remedial role of pre-school education. The researchers worked under the Council for Cultural Co-operation set up by the Committee for General and Technical Education.…

Examines the importance of the transition from pre-school to primary school and the conditions for the establishment of genuine and effective cooperation between the two. (RK)

Autonomous or individual study has indisputably become an objective of great importance for European education. Attempts to explain the reasons for this widespread interest. (Author/RK)

Examines the reasons for the introduction of interdisciplinary courses in secondary school curriculum. Discusses the method necessary for effective utilization of such curriculum development and how it affects student learning. (RK)

The Committee for General and Technical Education, acting on recommendation from the Council of Europe's Council for Cultural Cooperation, began research on "experiments undertaken in Europe on unit/credit systems, modular courses and any other system likely to promote mobility and harmonize at European level the conditions for obtaining a…

Recalls the development of the International Textbook Institute whose main aim was to overcome prejudice and the outmoded values of the national state as contained in textbooks. Discusses the contributions of the Council of Europe and UNESCO in revising textbooks and suggests methods of textbook research. (Author/RK)

Between 1971 and 1975, fourteen towns, under the auspices of the Council of Europe, engaged in a systematic study of their cultural and recreational policies. Article provided some fresh thought about strategies in this important area of public policy. (Author/RK)

This article provided an account of the organization of cultural activities in the city of Bologna, Italy. It stressed the activities' significance in terms of the city's cultural policy by attempting to show obstacles encountered and efforts made to overcome them. (Author/RK)

Article described the efforts of Apeldoorn to assist in the evolution of a new methodology of local administration, viz, that of democratic integrated planning, i.e., "...to provide local authorities with certain means to help them to rationalize their cultural policy". (Author/RK)

One of the new initiatives in socio-cultural life in Apeldoorn was the foundation of a second youth centre, the "Tobbe" (tub). This center fulfilled a function of its own rather than a local function, by being accessible to everybody and not having any special denominational basis. This article outlined the reasons for its failure. (Author/RK)

Associations are media of both social participation and cultural life, playing an important part in community development. The scientific team of La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, therefore focused its study on the characteristics of associations' memberships, their activities and their operational problems. (Author/RK)

Libraries in five Swedish communities obtained money for their activities during the year 1970, which those working in the libraries were permitted to use at their discretion. Article took into account the local conditions and traditions and the knowledge of the librarians in increasing cultural facilities and services for the community.…

The purpose of these remarks on financial procedure and cultural policies has been to plead for a more stringent approach in the dialogue between those whose role it is to give and create and those who are not content to be inactive beneficiaries. (Author)

In order to promote the growth of mutual understanding and cooperation among the peoples of Europe as well as developing greater communicative skills for adults the Council for Cultural Cooperation has been working to help create on a European scale the conditions for effective language learning by adults. (Author/RK)

Author examined language needs and the conditions in which adults are currently able to learn a foreign language, posed some problem-questions concerning language needs, finally suggesting three alternatives presented to define the position and role of the learner. (RK)