Considers the distribution of powers of decision-making and responsibility resulting from different patterns of educational administration, with particular reference to the United Kingdom but with some international comparisons. (Author/RK)

Reports on a large number of research studies into the "organizational climate" ("personality" or "ethos") of schools in several countries. (Editor)

Emphasizes the role of the teachers union in the move from decentralization to centralization of educational administration in Japan. (Editor/RK)

Describes the Brazilian system of education and indicates some of the problems being encountered in the administration of the system. Observes the school system at the federal, state, county and local levels. (Author/RK)

The University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) is a private, non-profit corporation whose membership consists of major universities in the United States and Canada. Its goal is to improve the professional preparation of administrative personnel in education. (Author/RK)

Describes a grass-roots organization open to all educational administrators, however junior, in the member countries of the Commonwealth of Nations. (Editor/RK)

One cannot gauge or understand the performance of an educational system by examining the output of that system alone. Presents and discusses four constructs--effectiveness, efficiency, responsiveness, and fidelity--which relate the output of an educational system to the important educational, economic, political and social factors which influence…

This research is an effort to analyze the process of organizational change as it takes place within one segment of the public administration mechanism in Venezuela--The Ministry of Education. (Editor/RK)

In Wales, the issues of language, land, and community are inextricably intertwined in a resurgence of Welsh identity. Nowhere are these issues more the focus of attention than in the newly formed Welsh-medium schools. Concentrates on the school's task in identity building and on the interplay between the schools and rising elites. (Editor/RK)

Reviews the similarities and differences relating to access to higher education in Germany and the United States and current problems and policies relating to access in both countries. (Author/RK)

A short survey of the admissions procedures in the Federal Republic of Germany and the United States is made, gives a few points of reference for comparing both systems of education, and poses the question of the possibility of transporting elements of the American admission procedure to the German university system. (Author/RK)

This paper is a brief background introduction to the topics of history and education. It indicates some of the main lines of contemporary thinking about the history of education. Also, the history of recent elementary/popular education is reviewed. (ND)

The 19th-century mutual education for boys and girls was introduced in Britain from France. It is discussed in the context of economic development, social divisions, and historical traditions. (ND)

British educational writings from the period 1770-1850 are examined for theoretical treatment of the mind, nature of thought, and relationship between knowledge and thinking. Special concern is taken with how the theories devise and justify educational programs. (Author/ND)

An historical investigation into how and why a literate culture came into being in England during 1500-1850. Examined are industrialization, economic necessity, schooling, writing diaries and family histories, access to books, property inventories, political protest, ballads, communication network, universal language, and cultural hegemony. (ND)