Education about intercultural communication can greatly increase understanding between cultures, whether they be minority groups within the United States or peoples of separate nations. This document is intended as a reference guide for designing and teaching a basic intercultural communication course. In four parts, this document presents…

Coordination of higher education within national sets is discussed in this working paper. The structural bases of national coordination, the tasks of higher education and the prevailing structure of embedded power, are described. The national general patterns of coordinative organization that appear frequently among national systems of higher…

The recommendations and conclusions of a conference on globalizing American higher education are summarized. In the area of international studies, the recommendations focus on curriculum development, faculty incentives, administrative structure, interinstitutional linkages, and evaluation. In the area of foreign languages, it is recommended that…

Various possibilities are discussed for hypothesis-generating and data analysis as they arise from the curriculum analysis component of the Second International Mathematics Study. The discussion covers three levels of investigation: (1) the curriculum as intended focuses on county- or system-level hypotheses; (2) the curriculum as implemented…

This document reports on a planning conference of the International Mathematics Committee, responsible for the second study of school mathematics to be conducted by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA). The study will address issues of interest to mathematics educators, with emphasis on the areas of…

This working paper presents specifications for the test items to be used in the second mathematics study to be conducted by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA). A content-by-behaviors grid is presented for two population levels, with specifics for each dimension outlines and examples of test items…

The International Education Association plans for the Second Mathematics Study are deemed inadequate for the identification of the effects of instruction on mathematics education. Suggested modifications are based on the results of two studies. The first is a discussion of major methodological limitations of the Six Subjects Survey. The second is…

This publication focuses on the role and training of front-line development workers (paraprofessionals). It describes the non-formal education approach to their training and to the learning which they facilitate among their neighbors. Several pages are devoted to brief project descriptions illustrating some of the ways in which development…

The international system exhibits very sharp phase boundaries, the most striking of which is the boundary between war and peace. A phase boundary for water would be the difference between water and ice, influenced by pressure and temperature. Similarly the phase boundary between war and peace is influenced by national strength and stress. Although…

Defines "global education" and urges foreign language teachers to establish dialogue with global educators to determine whether they want to or can be a contributing part of global education. Components and goals of global education are also discussed. (EJS)

Discusses the importance of the transfer of techniques and technology from the developed to the developing countries. The article covers different ways of transferring technology from the Soviet Union to developing countries. (HM)

Discusses six aspects of the energy crisis that are related to the agricultural sector. This article recommends that energy policy should take account of each of these problem areas in agriculture.

Suggests that "global citizenship" become prime order of business in American education, using three assumptions: primacy of species survival; impact of distant events upon proximate reality; and enrichment from sense of extended community. Author recommends curriculum in international interdependence. Author addressed Shell-Faculty Forum in…

A framework and method of a three-country comparative study on the process of participative decision-making are described. Research methods, models, and instruments are developed in the context of a longitudinal design. The major hypotheses relate to the situationally determined relation between power decentralization, skill utilization, and…

From the literature on economic, scientific, technological, social, and political futurism an appropriate selection has been made for an undergraduate college course on the future of politics, which has twice been offered at the University of Delaware. Justification and features of the course are described. (LBH)