The development of cable television networks in Great Britain which will carry 25 or more television channels is creating new educational opportunities. These include more time for educational television, more scope for local programing and experimentation, more educational stations, interfaces with other information services, and potential for…

Suggests that many of the allegations made by futurists are too casually affirmed and should be subjected to additional research. Alludes to numerous historical and research studies to reinforce this contention. Focuses particularly on futurists' concern with schools, the economy, society, and capitalism. (DB)

Based on the premise that ambivalence and footdragging are hallmarks of educational attempts to end discriminatory practices, the article reviews civil rights and educational development highlights since 1964, focuses on federally supported educational programs, and suggests steps which would produce women's educational equity. (DB)

Analyzes the way in which schooling has traditionally been used in the United States to inculcate national identity and culture. The analysis is based on research about political socialization at different time periods and on widely used textbooks. Also discusses questions of indoctrination. (DB)

Teachers in England and Wales were asked about their use of teachers' centers and leaders of teachers' centers were asked about materials produced by the Schools Council. Hopes originally voiced for coordination between teachers' centers and the Schools Council in the dissemination of new materials have not been met. (IS)

Concern about low performance levels on the 0 level science examinations because of difficulty performing mathematical expressions of the form axb/c led to an investigation to assess the mean level of performance for secondary level science students in Britain. Average levels of performance did not meet 0 level standards. (Author/IS)

Part-time first degree courses have grown rapidly in Britain in the last decade, but little research has been done on this growth and on the part-time students themselves. Reasons for this growth, difficulties for continued growth, and characteristics of a sample of part-time business students are examined. (IS)

The use of in-service teacher training in one local school district in Britain is examined. The district kept poor records and utilized such training less than the national average, with 2? days per year spent on in-service for each teacher compared with 3? nationally. (IS)

New standard unit syllabuses in mathematics and science issued by the Technician Education Council in Great Britain are criticized for lowering educational standards in clarity of presentation, syllabus content, structure, organization and expected learning outcome. The previous courses are cited as superior in all or almost all respects. (IS)

This preliminary research examined employers' assessment of the general attributes of their new college graduate recruits. While some wanted more people with specific technical training, others preferred to train the employees themselves, especially for managerial positions. Still others felt college graduates were overrated as employees. (IS)

The attitudes of disadvantaged students in Great Britain toward education in general and public examinations and their views about the most important educational objectives and how well their schools were achieving them were assessed as part of a longitudinal study. These students were not achieving as well as controls. (Author/IS)

Two multi-disciplinary case studies of the patterning of incidents of disruptive behavior in English comprehensive schools are discussed. The global school approach, using data gathered by non-observational monitoring, provided information not usually found on timing and the nature of disruptions and offers an alternative to piecemeal intervention…

Textbooks play a major role in influencing children's beliefs and attitudes about subjects. Textbook coverage of evolution is analyzed to demonstrate that textbooks could be responsible for implanting in children the distorted perception that science is infallible. (Author/IS)

The authors predicted that individualized feedback in spelling instruction would lead to improved achievement, especially for low achievers. While results suggested that individualized feedback may be useful for low achievers, individualized instruction must be considered a more effective educational method for both high and low achievers.…

Among a cross-sectional sample of pupils of both sexes in Britain evidence showed accelerations in intellectual development at 7 and 16 years of age. Acceleration at the younger age is a new finding. Age, verbal IQ, teacher's estimate, and social class were all significant predictors of intellectual development. (Author/IS)