This compilation of 112 abstracts of materials--papers, studies, reports, reviews--is the first of two parts. This part contains abstracts in one category: social and educational developments (policy, analysis, research). Abstracts are arranged in clusters according to prime subject matter. Topics covered, listed at the front of the booklet, are as follows: aborigenes, apprenticeship, bibliography, disabled, education, employment/labor markets, evaluation, family, girls/women, migrants, programs, rural, schools/schooling, school students, school leavers, social change, social welfare, TAFE, technological change, unemployment, youth, and youth workers. Each citation provides some or all of the following: author(s); classification number; place, institution, and date; pagination; and abstract. (YLB)