This monograph contains a study conducted by the Population Division of the United Nations Economic and Social Committee for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). The document is designed to aid policy-makers, administrators and evaluation personnel in family planning programs in the ESCAP region, primarily; and researchers working in the field of family…

Regional population networks identified and discussed include APLIC, POPINFORM, and POPLINE (North America and Europe), DOCPAL (Latin America), ESCAP (Asia), and PIDSA (Africa). Brief discussion of the POPINS proposal which appears to be emerging as a model program is also included. (JPF)

Notes that the National Assessment of Educational Progress's (NAEP) recent assessment found fundamental changes taking place in education and in society which render the apolitical, uniform, "one size fits all" approach to education dysfunctional. Calls for reconceptualizing reading instruction to benefit all readers rather than just the…

Describes instructional use of a microcomputer version of the WORLD2 global population-ecology simulation. Reactions of students and instructors are discussed and a WORLD2 simulation assignment is appended. The BASIC version used by the author runs on Apple II, DOS 3.3, with 80 column board. (MBR)

Contends that unless population education programs have a clear conceptual framework built upon a consistent set of population theories, they will remain merely as appendices to established school projects. Several population theories and their implications for population education are described. These include Malthusian demographic transition,…

Explores the process recently employed in China (post-1966) to transfer skills and information related to family planning via a network of alternative educational institutions lodged in the health care delivery system. (Author/RK)

Results of a national survey of population education activities by 647 secondary school social studies teachers are reported that detail differences in teacher characteristics and course characteristics. Data tables are provided. (ND)

Presents eight readers' letters and one editor's reply in which discussions are related to effects of zero-population growth on scientific creativity, employment crisis of industrial physicists, efficiency of ionic pumps, and the naming system of laws and effects in physics. (CC)

Four specialists analyze the multiple functions of the United Nations in the field of human population. (Editor/JR)

Describes a rationing system designed to control environmental impact and degradation while maximizing personal choice. By assigning to every resource use and activity that causes environmental impact, a price in money-independent units (Natural Resource Units), a new system of environmental trade-offs can be established. (JR)

If we are to avoid a purely pathological approach to the study of population, it is important to define the problem of population" in a perspective which takes account of the whole field of population studies. Readings for the teacher are discussed. (Author/VW)

Presents a hands-on model that can be used to illustrate basic concepts such as carrying capacity, annual turnover, compensation, and diminishing returns. (MA)

Discusses the need for a national population policy. Includes some basic actions to be taken by the government and by environmentalists. Provides some background U.S. population information. (MA)

This 12-page insert contains materials from the Population Reference Bureau. Included are charts, statistics and readings to help secondary teachers and students explore such areas as food balance, energy, mortality, age structure, status of women, and school enrollments in the United States. (Author/RM)