A selected international bibliography of bibliographies on bilingualism/biculturalism in education. (SJL)

Because technological explosion has led to an intellectualization of vocational education, the author develops criteria for integrating the necessary concepts of advanced science and mathematics into general technical coursework. Examples are presented from current reforms in technical training programs in the USSR. (Author/SJL)

In 1976 African Ministers of Education proposed "basic education," defined as minimum learning needs, as the best method for mass education. Participation and integration are key elements in this strategy. A learning-needs approach to curriculum planning should concentrate on practical skills; implementation requires nontraditional methods.…

Statistically, postsecondary education is swinging from academics to vocationalism, partly because schools are ignoring their educative function to concentrate on credentialling youth for adult careers. Also, the custodialism of the schools, and the violence and delinquency there, encourage students to participate in society through work…

This paper reviews some of the acts, reports, and study council actions which have impacted on further (post-compulsory) education since 1944, especially the trend to integrate academic and vocational studies, coordinate core courses, and design innovative instructional packages. (SJL)

In 1971, the specialized schools serving 16-to-19-year-olds were consolidated into integrated upper secondary schools. This report describes the rationale and course structure of the new type of school and its impact on vocational education. Conclusions about comprehensive vs specialized schools are drawn. (SJL)

Defines and describes the counseling and information function related to systematic learning by adults in formal and nonformal part-time or short-term educational programs in developing and developed countries. (Author/R K)

Discusses the part that student advisory services play in helping students to use the university regarding its educational opportunities, levels of Open University study including its structure and system, and the opportunities for self-assessment. Also considers the development of counseling policy and its part in assisting the adult student in…

Gives an overview of the university (especially its admission system) in both the Federal Republic of Germany and the United States and analyzes how their legislative constitutions are applied to key problems of access to higher education. Discusses some starting points for promising investigations into comparative (constitutional) law. (Editor/RK)

Concentrates on the attitudes, values and motives which would be needed by learners to make learning throughout life and in settings other than schools more effective and efficient. This is done by discussing the characteristics of "the lifelong learner". (Author)

Discusses the role which universities have played in the promotion of secondary education through the conduct of examinations and the design of schools' curricula, and through the provision of academic leadership in Nigeria up to 1955 when the West African Examinations Council began to assume leadership in academic work and to take some initiative…

Little systematic research has been conducted concerning the effectiveness of off-campus educational programs. The project described here compared students in three categories: those studying abroad, those studying off-campus in the United States, and those who remained on their home campus. Suggests that a rethinking of existing programs is…

The socialization of girls in the secondary schools of England, West Germany, and East Germany provides an opportunity to compare the functionality of different curricular and structural arrangements in educational systems of technologically advanced nations. (Author)

Three sociological models or theoretical "templates" for the analysis of social order are outlined: (a) the order-consensus model, (b) the conflict model and (c) "interactionist" models. Discusses how each model can be applied to what is here called "educational redress." (Editor/RK)

This study, based on a survey of rural families in several provinces in Indonesia, is an attempt to search for variables, and combinations of variables, that predict the actual utilization of schooling by individual families. Suggests these useful predictors: family characteristics, family economic status, family orientation toward education.…