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This booklet contains 11 tables with budgetary information on various aspects of governmental and educational financing in Guatemala from 1966 to 1971. The first three tables provide details concerning the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the government. The remaining tables concern finances, funding, and disbursements of the Ministry of Education. (VM)

This information bulletin is published by the Documentation and Educational Information Center in the Argentine province of Santa Fe. The bulletin reports on educational developments in the province and abroad, educational problems, statistics, legislation, documentation and information techniques, and information from international organizations. This issue contains a proposal for an approach to considering educational problems and reform, a report on the creation of a mechanism for educational study and improvement, a report on the Santa Fe educational system directed toward the 1967 International Conference on Public Instruction, the outline of a Latin American course on Documentation and Educational Information, and brief reports on the use of educational television in several foreign countries. (VM)

This information bulletin is published by the Documentation and Educational Information Center in the Argentine province of Santa Fe. The bulletin reports on educational developments in the province and abroad, educational problems, statistics, legislation, documentation and information techniques, and information from international organizations. This issue contains a report on the 1965 Santa Fe meeting of the Latin American Assembly on Education, a copy of the recommendations on educational planning presented to the Ministers of Public Education after the 1962 meeting of the International Conference on Public Instruction, a report on provincial activities related to educational planning, a study of current methods in Santa Fe schools, statistics on 1965 Santa Fe schools and enrollment, a discussion and a listing of publications on audiovisual aids, and a listing of bibliographical material recently sent to the information center from UNESCO. (VM)

This information bulletin is published by the Documentation and Educational Information Center in the Argentine province of Santa Fe. The bulletin reports on educational developments in the province and abroad, educational problems, statistics, legislation, documentation and information techniques, and information from international organizations. This issue contains a discussion of the considerations and principles involved in educational planning, details on recent action governing a teachers' college in Santa Fe, a report on a meeting of the directors of the Documentation and Information Centers, educational statistics on 1962 and 1963 enrollment in provincial schools--private and public--and the provincial literacy rate, brief remarks on the functions of the United Nations and UNESCO, and bibliographical information on educational publications. (VM)

This information bulletin is published by the Documentation and Educational Information Center in the Argentine province of Santa Fe. The bulletin reports on educational developments in the province and abroad, educational problems, statistics, legislation, documentation and information techniques, and information from international organizations. This issue includes a speech by the Santa Fe Minister of Education and Culture inaugurating the 1965 school year, a statistical study and discussion of the dropout phenomenon in professional night schools in Santa Fe, a study of the school dropout phenomenon in Argentina in general, statistical details on the 1964 Santa Fe school enrollment, a statement on the incorporation of the Argentine Documentation and Educational Information Center into the International Federation of Documentation, and a listing of documents on educational planning. (VM)

This specialized international bibliography on basic education lists almost 50 documents written between 1969 and 1971 in Spanish, French, and Italian on the topic of elementary education. Annotations are provided for nine of the articles. Specific topics range from elementary reading and math education to curriculum planning. (VM)

This annotated bibliography lists 20 recently published articles concerning various topics in education and international education. The fields represented extend from audiovisual aids to educational systems for subnormal pupils in special schools. Reports on the Canadian system of education, educational reform in Guatemala, and teacher education in the United States are also listed. Several of the documents appear in publications issued by various educational organizations in Latin America and abroad. (VM)

The first part of this document lists various current meetings on educational topics in Latin America. The second part lists and annotates 12 new educational books and articles from Latin America as well as from Europe on a variety of pedagogical subjects from primary education and university legislation to the teaching of handicapped children and educational development in Romania. (VM)

This article discusses the education provisions established in the Argentine Plan for Development and Security (1971-1975). The statements on educational development call for a diagnostic study of the current cultural and educational situation, the establishment of objectives and strategies, goals for each level of education, steps for the development of the national culture, and for the expansion, integration, and decentralization of the educational system. This article contains the essential details on each point. (VM)

This monograph contains papers that study and assess the societal and political influences that could affect the work of the educational administrator during the next decade. Authored by conference speakers, panel members, and reactors, the papers cover such subjects as (1) the implications of social change for the administrator, (2) the politics of educational change in the seventies, (3) education policy development, (4) educational resource allocation, (5) curriculum development, (6) decentralization of program decisionmaking, and (7) the emerging role of the principal. (JF)

To discuss the ways in which a planner can specify future education needs in a changing political climate, the author focuses on Ontario, and uses tables and enrollment projections as illustrations. The author notes that the issue of how much to spend on education is political, and observes that, in Ontario, the growing demand will be for enrollment in institutions of higher education. The report discusses ways in which planners might meet the demands of this increased enrollment. (JF)

This publication contains 200 bibliographic annotated entries representative of the available literature most relevant to the future of American education. The content scope covers futures methodology, general societal trends and futures descriptions, general educational trends and futures descriptions, educational policy proposals, and publications for social and educational planners. A related document is ED 047 406. (RA)

This document is a compilation of 20 English-language abstracts concerning various aspects of education in Switzerland, New Zealand, Chile, Poland, Argentina, Pakistan, Malaysia, Thailand, and France. The abstracts are informative in nature, each being approximately 1,500 words in length. They are based on documents submitted by each of the nations to the International Bureau of Education as representative of their best and most substantial work in the field of education. The titles and institutions appear in both translation and transliteration for documents not written in English. (For related documents, see ED 060 227 and ED 062 583.)

"Outlook" publications focus on areas of science and technology in which research can be valuable to industry, government, and society as a whole. Their purpose is to point up significant current problems in those areas and to suggest effective research approaches to their solution. This issue, dealing with changes taking place in our schools and total educational system, presents six major essays. The first, "New Schools for New Times," explores designing schools that are responsive to changing demands and focuses on improving student performance. The need for clearly defining what schools want to accomplish is discussed in "Bringing Management by Objectives to Schools.""The Curriculum: Make It Relevant!, Make It Work!" demands the formalizing of precise objectives and instructional goals as a basis for better curricula. The prototype of a practical system for teacher appraisal is spelled out in "Appraising Teacher Performance," while the adoption of a planning--programming--budgeting system is called for in "PPBS: Planning for Schools of the Future." The final article, "A Better School/Community Dialogue," looks closely at the communication programs of educators who are confronted by the public's growing disenchantment and concern with school practices and expenditures. Miscellaneous notes and research briefs complete the publication. (BL)

This bibliography of educational materials lists approximately 100 publications recently acquired by the Colombian National Center for Documentation and Educational Information. The entries are listed according to subject matter; topics range from general educational theory to more specific subject topics. (VM)

This booklet defines and considers basic education and reports on the concept as it is implemented and developed in Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Spain, and Peru. Basic education, as defined here, generally refers to the education of children between the ages of 7 and 16 years. Initial remarks define the issue and discuss general principles. The later chapters deal with the individual countries mentioned above and consider the individual definitions, objectives, and principles followed in each country. (VM)

This publication reports conference discussions covering some specific problems that confront education, several general and specific problems within research and evaluation, and several organizational and functional characteristics of the research community and the National Institute of Education that may be expected to affect the quality of their interaction. Specific educational problems discussed include those concerning disadvantaged students and maintenance of the quality of education for all students. Some more specific educational issues such as what evaluation should measure are also discussed. A related document is EA 004 935. (Author/DN)

The National Center for Educational Communication (NCEC) has shifted its emphasis from dissemination of information toward the broad objective of improvement in educational practice. With this change, the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) system will no longer serve as the focal point of the operation. In its discussions of NCEC's new role, the Advisory Board recommended: (1) establishment of multiple-stop Practice Centers in preference to one-stop centers, (2) enhancement of existing centers toward eventual incorporation within a network of such centers, (3) development of evaluation schemes to assess the work of these centers, (4) consideration of the user's viewpoint as a basic element in communication system development, (5) establishment of use incentives, (6) improved communication practices utilizing media technology and (7) greater involvement with existing related organizations and agencies. Other policy matters to be considered by NCEC include changes in the school as an institution, higher productivity in the field of education, improvements inside and outside the profession, the active and passive roles of information centers, advancement of educational technology, electronic networks, packaged information outputs, improved reporting, cooperative action, response to increased demands for service, and systematic development of a national communication system. (AB)

The document analyzes economic factors that might cause the output of educational services to diverge from the theoretical optimum because of a divergence between marginal social valuation and marginal social cost. Education contains both investment and consumption aspects. The analysis shows that the only distortion resulting from uncertainty arises because information is a public good whose supply should be increased: there need be no distortion attributable to "capital market imperfections"; all else being equal, current tax laws encourage relatively too much educational investment in human capital. Additionally, the educational services market is in disequilibrium because the education boom of the 1960s left it with a large fixed investment in buildings and many tenured teachers; a mother's education importantly affects her children's future success, the father's less so, but the present value of this future intergenerational transfer is small. Tentative conclusions indicate an increase in social subsidy of education is justified and should be directed to grade schools. An 18-item bibliography is included. (Author)

The geography of education is a field which is generally neglected by geographers, despite the large number involved in education. This paper offers a conceptual framework for such studies emphasizing educational planning. Within the area of human geography are at least three possibilities for the geography of education: the geographical examination of factors underlying education, the examination of the spatial patterns of educational phenomena, and the role of education as a factor influencing the geographical patterns of other social and cultural phenomena. Though some work has been done in the first area by non-geographers, more could be done to relate the physical and human environment to educational phenomena. Analysis of spatial patterns of educational phenomena has just begun. Patterning of education values, attitudes, and opportunities could produce valuable planning data. In the third area, research indicates that education effects human perception of the environment, which ultimately shapes that environment. There are vast implications here for economic considerations in educational planning. This conceptual outline should help to stimulate interest in the geography of education and educational planning. (References are appended.) (JH)

The study reported in this document attempted to determine the effect of population growth on education costs in developing countries, given various assumptions as to the future trend of fertility and mortality. The population factor was examined along with other factors influencing educational costs, such as the improvement of enrollment ratios, the need for a qualitative improvement in the educational system, and the long term trends of the unit costs of education systems. Comparison of these factors, it was hoped, would provide data helpful to educational planners in deciding on an educational development policy to be followed. In order to ascertain more precisely the possible effects of these factors on educational costs, four national case studies were made in Ceylon, Colombia, Tanzania, and Tunisia. These case studies, limited to first-level education and teacher training, were conducted on a standard pattern to allow for a comparative analysis. Each case study is reported in a separate chapter, and two other sections of the document contain a synthesis report of the case studies and a model that shows the effect of demographic growth on the development and cost of first-level education and teacher training. (Author/DN)

This paper, one of several on the theme of economy and culture in the politics of nation building, was written for the Ninth World Congress of the International Political Science Association. The author's aim is to indicate the role of modern education policy in the world's socio-economic development, especially in developing countries. Access to education is observed to be an important political problem as it is the subject of contradictory interests of social groups and classes. Lack of personnel is another obstacle analyzed in detail for particular continents, with a focus on educational costs. The future aims of educational development are characterized and the financial needs of education are indicated in relation to shortages of funds in developing nations. The necessity to carry out radical changes in present education systems is emphasized. In conclusion it is noted that achievement of these goals in educational planning and development will rely on joint action between developing nations and international agencies such as Unesco. A related document is SO 007 169. (Author/KSM)

The bulk of the Pakistani educational materials listed in this annotated bibliography was published between October and December, 1969. The 128 entries are arranged under 31 categories covering many aspects of education. (DO)

This classic report on the relationship of literature and American education is an exposition of the importance of literature to the common man in a democratic society. No artificial distinction, the authors stress, is made between literature in the vernacular and literature in foreign languages. A defense of letters leads to a discussion of literature as the servant of the individual and of society. Other topics include how literature increases experience in human understanding in the quality of personal experiences, and in understanding the past. References to Hemingway, Sam Johnson, Donne, Jefferson, Arnold, Shakespeare, Montaigne, Milton, and Conant are often accompanied by selected commentary. The report attempts to liberate American education from the confines of pragmatism by illuminating intrinsic and eternal values of literary study. (RL)

Included in this third issue of a series of bibliographies with abstracts are 115 items dealing with significant materials published in Ceylon on various aspects of education between January 1, 1963 and December 31, 1965. Titles in Tamil and Singhalese are translated into English. Special attention is given to the subject of educational problems, planning, and policy, with listings covering: (1) education and the state, (2) equalization of educational opportunity, (3) language issues in education, and (4) university education. Along with entries pertaining to teacher education, the bibliography places considerable emphasis on items concerning the content of education and methods of teaching. Other subjects treated are: (1) educational commissions, committees, and theory; (2) child and youth psychology (guidance and counseling); (3) special, vocational, technical, and adult education; and (4) examinations and history of education. Also provided are a list of the periodicals and newspapers abstracted and an author index. For a companion document see ED 029 534. (AF)

This report is a response to the request of President Johnson in Febraury of 1968 to "shape a long-term strategy of Federal aid to higher education, a comprehensive set of goals and a precise plan of action." Part I describes developments in the 60's which created the need for federal strengthening of postsecondary education. Part II delineates objectives for any program of federal aid to higher education: 1) to increase the number of level of educated people, 2) to equalize opportunities, and 3) to strengthen, encourage, and expand existing resources. Part III describes the present economic factors which influence the student population and explains factors in institutional finances. Part IV deals with special problems of graduate education. Part V discusses the relative merits and drawbacks of alternative forms of student and institutional aid. Part VI justifies priorities of programs and presents ten recommendations to achieve objectives. Over one half of this report contains appended data with primary emphasis on statistical tables relating to institutional finances, federal funding for higher education, and enrollments and graduations by ability and socio-economic status. (NF)

This 185-item bibliography with English abstracts of books and articles of recent years on various aspects of Indian education includes a special section on women's education. Emphasis is placed on educational psychology, examination and evaluation (teacher and student), policy and planning, teaching methods, and special education. Less extensive sections deal with: (1) student related issues, (2) the "brain drain", (3) various levels of education in India, (4) vocational and technical schools, and (5) educational management. A list of the periodicals abstracted is included. For related documents see ED 016 168, ED 025 973, and FL 001 502. (RL)

This two volume, 399-item bibliography with English abstracts of books and articles largely from 1967 and 1968 on various aspects of Indian education includes sections on the Indian "brain drain" and on examination and evaluation. Emphasis is placed on sections dealing with educational psychology, policy and planning, teacher education, tests and measurements, vocational and technical education, course study, general education, and programed instruction. Less extensive sections deal with: (1) educational administration, organization, curriculum, research, sociology, finance, materials and aids, statistics, waste and stagnation; (2) adult, general, elementary, moral, physical, preschool, science, women's and workers' education; and (3) academic achievement, correspondence courses, guidance and counseling, health care, history, literacy, types of schools, student discipline, student selection, student welfare, teachers, and teacher organization. A list of abstracted periodicals and newspapers is included. For a companion document see ED 025 973. (RL)

A 122-item bibliography with English abstracts of books and articles in Hebrew provides information on various aspects of education in Israel from December 1968-March 1969. A special section on Israeli higher education 1913-69 comprises half of this volume and spans a half-century of debate, establishment, relationships, and problems of higher education. The section on current items devotes special attention to educational frameworks, including Arab education, adult education, institutional education, kibbutzim, school-home relations, and vocational education. Less extensive portions cover problems and achievements, the teaching learning process, instructional program divisions (kindergarten through higher education), and the teaching of various subjects. Educational administration, historical foundations, statistics, and data also contribute a few listings. Lists of publications and publishers, an author index, and a master index to volumes 1-3 (1966-1969) are provided. (AF)

A two volume, 200-item bibliography with English abstracts of books and articles in English and French dating from 1957 offers information on various aspects of education in Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia. Emphasis is placed on sections dealing with educational organization in primary, secondary, vocational, and higher education; and educational administration in North Africa. Less extensive sections deal with: (1) educational philosophy, theory, statistics, and cooperation; (2) adult, teacher, religious, artistic, and special education; and (3) teaching aids and special problems. English translations of foreign titles are provided and the country under consideration is noted. For companion documents see ED 026 892, ED 026 920, ED 029 527, and ED 031 123. (RL)

Two volumes comprise a 241-item bibliography with English abstracts of books and articles in English and Indic languages that provides information on various aspects of education in Pakistan. Featured in a special section of one volume are the developments in education from 1958 to 1968; in a special section of the other, libraries. Significant emphasis is one bibliography is placed on sections treating examinations, general topics, sociology, and student problems; in the other, on higher education and textbooks. Less extensive portions include listings dealing with (1) educational development, goals, planning, reforms, history, philosophy, administration, and finance and (2) childhood, comparative, health, elementary, secondary, higher, medical, physical, professional, science, technical, and women's education. Such assorted topics as curriculum, extra-curricular activities, language teaching, literacy, children's literature, psychology, teachers, teaching methods, and instructional media are also discussed briefly. English translations of foreign titles and an author index are provided. For a companion document see ED 027 813. (AF)

This chapter reports the positions taken by two U.S. Congressmen during their debate over the most effective method available for distributing Federal funds to the nation's schools. U.S. Representative John Brademas defends Federal categorical grant programs as the most realistic means for allocating scarce Federal resources to those areas faced with the nation's most pressing educational problems. Congressman Albert H. Quie contends that the distribution of Federal funds through block grants to each of the States would enable each State educational agency to plan for the most effective use of resources in satisfying the educational needs within its jurisdiction. Both Congressmen advocate a larger total investment in education to match the nation's commitment to educational improvement. (JH)

Included in this second issue of a 3-volume series of bibliographies with abstracts are 115 items dealing with significant materials published in Ceylon on various aspects of education. Titles in Tamil and Singhalese are translated into English. Special attention is given to the subject of educational problems, planning, and policy, with listings covering (1) education and the state, (2) equalization of educational opportunity, (3) language issues in education, and (4) university education. Along with entries pertaining to educational history, the bibliography places considerable emphasis on items concerning the content of education and methods of teaching. Other subjects treated are--(1) educational commissions, committees, theory, and legislation, (2) child and youth psychology (guidance and counseling), (3) special, vocational, technical, teacher, and adult education, and (4) examinations. Also provided are a list of the periodicals and newspapers abstracted and an author index. (AF)

Describes several aspects of facility technology and its impact on learning. Contents include--(1) facility technology catalyst for learning, (2) technology and hardware systems, (3) technology and individual building hardware systems, (4) technology and district-wide hardware systems, (5) technology and higher educational facility hardware systems, (6) technology as it affects educational planning, (7) technology and individual building facility planning, (8) technology and district-wide facility planning, (9) technology and community college facility planning, (10) technology and its potential for educational facilities design, and (11) the impact of technology on education. (RH)

This study defines the role of the education-industry planning consultant. The planning consultant is envisioned as an independent agent who will be concerned with improving the interaction among school districts and the education industry through facilitating the use of comprehensive, long-range planning. He is seen as functioning to provide a common ground among the parties involved in educational planning. Following an introductory chapter, two chapters discuss the background to the problem. Chapter 2 develops the present status of education-industry relationships, and Chapter 3 presents a theory of educational planning. Chapter 4 presents a description of the education-industry planning consultant's role. This chapter includes the reactions of a selected jury of respondents who were asked to predict the value of the role. Chapter 5 summarizes the study and presents recommendations based upon it. (Author/RT)

This document contains 111 abstracts of articles, books, and government publications relating to various areas of education in Burma and published during the period January through April 1970. Abstracts are arranged under the following headings: Education--General, Primary Education, Secondary Education, Higher Education, and Miscellaneous. In addition, a Special Section, which considers materials published over a broader period of time than that covered in the other sections, contains abstracts dealing with educational planning in Burma. With a few exceptions, all materials here abstracted are from Burmese sources. [A 23-page appendix containing articles dealing with teacher training and technical and vocational training has been omitted because of the poor quality of the print; an inspection copy is, however, available at the ERIC Clearinghouse for Linguistics, 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, D.C. 20036.] (FWB)

Many developing countries face severe problems in their education systems, and their search for solutions to these problems is conducted with great urgency. An important area where possible solutions are being examined is educational technology. This paper examines five questions which are important to its use in developing countries: (a) what are the main problems of education in the developing nations; (b) what is educational technology; (c) to what problems has it been applied and with what results; (d) what new approaches, developments and innovations are being prepared which are relevant to the developing nations; and, (e) what things must be done in educational technology, if it is to be truly responsive to their needs? In summary, it is concluded that developing countries must be shown the cost-benefit of educational technology. A bibliography is appended. (Author/MF)