Article examined the objectives and methods used in continuing education and paid special attention to the need for developing programs for adults rather than including them in the general educational format. (RK)

This paper attempted to give a survey based largely on unpublished American material (research and conference reports, working papers, etc.), of efforts made in the US to throw light on the demand for higher education and to find criteria for university planning. (Author/RK)

This study was an attempt to document and analyze the national effort of Columbia, South America to resolve its educational problems by the process of organizational and administrative reform. (Author/RK)

This paper focused on the school organizational structure as a network of contrived social roles held together by psychological bonds evolving in some instances from adherence to the formal structure, in other instances from resistance to that very same structure, and essentially from the interplay between these factors (Katz & Kahn 1966).…

This special number of the International Review of Education examines the social dimension of handicap, in a variety of national settings, developed and underdeveloped, highly industrialised and emerging. (Author)

This report focused on special education activity at three different levels in the educational establishment: teacher-handicapped child interaction, educator-handicapped child level, and policy maker-handicapped child interaction. (Author/RK)

Author discussed the concept "Defectology" and put forward for each type of handicap the appropriate educational provision based on practices which appeared to have had most success in European socialist countries and described the psychological and social assumptions lying behind them. (Editor/RK)

Authors concentrated on the social roots of handicap, particularly the extent to which the handicap reflects the formal barriers imposed by societies themselves. (Editor/RK)

Author considered the problem of education for the handicapped living in developing countries and made suggestions based on the projects under development in some African countries. (Editor/RK)

This article is concerned with the interaction between children with an obvious handicap and their families and its result on them both, with a discussion of some parent oriented assistance programs. (Author)

Concentrates on trends within the field of education during the 1960s and 1970s, with particular emphasis on historical circumstances, demographic trends, changes in public attitudes, financing for education, school dropouts, enrollment trends, testing and measurement emphases, and educational legislation. (DB)

Contrasts the characteristics of the 16- to 19-year-old population in England and Wales with some foreseeable requirements of industry and the economy in the 1980s. Major skill development programs are evaluated and various policy options are explored. (DB)

Explores how the English educational system functions in response to participation by and relationships between the central government, local authorities, politicians, officials, teachers, school inspectors, school personnel, and parents. Surveys advantages and problems caused by the dependence of the educational system on a culturally pluralistic…

This paper describes recent advances in split-brain research and summarizes the qualities characterizing the two cerebral hemispheres. Traditional patterns of education, it is argued, are inadequate since they concentrate almost exclusively on the left hemisphere. Teaching strategies and school experiences are suggested to accelerate right…

After explaining the anti-science impact of the "Gang of Four," the author reports on the National Science Policy Conference held in Peking in March, 1978. In summarizing major speeches and the proposed eight-year development plan, he emphasizes the renewed feelings of liberalism and confidence among Chinese scientists. (SJL)