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Peer reviewedSchumer, Gundel – Zeitschrift fur Padagogik, 1991
Provides an outline of the general educational practice in German elementary school classrooms and its institutional frame factors. Gives the teachers' use of worksheets as an example. Presents results derived from a larger study seeking insights into the effectiveness of state regulations and restrictions concerning instructional media and…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Educational Media, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedStassen, Manfred – Social Education, 1993
Describes the German health insurance system which is mandatory for nearly all German citizens. Explains that, along with pension, accident, and unemployment insurance, health insurance is one of four pillars of the German national social security system. Asserts that controlling costs while maintaining high health care standards is a national…
Descriptors: Cultural Traits, Current Events, Foreign Countries, Government Role
Peer reviewedEnders, Jurgen; Kehm, Barbara M. – Higher Education Management, 1994
Discussion of the direction and governance of German higher education since the 1960s looks at the relationship of faculty to disciplines, the role of the state in higher education, and failed efforts at reform. New reform debates are examined. It is noted that change at the system level continues to be difficult. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Accountability, Change Strategies, College Administration, College Faculty
Peer reviewedSocial Education, 1993
Reports on an interview with a former East German English teacher. Describes her view that the ideologically determined curriculum, particularly in social studies education, was a major barrier to effective education. Discusses her contention that a loss of moral and ethical values among youth was a result of reunification and the demise of the…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Communism, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Nisbet, John, Ed.; And Others – 1985
Nineteen articles on the status of the relationship among educational research, policy, and practice around the world are collected in the 1985 edition of the "World Yearbook of Education." Contributors address the development of national policies on educational research in countries in North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and…
Descriptors: Action Research, Agency Role, Annotated Bibliographies, Educational Policy
Peer reviewedMilton, Sybil – Social Education, 1991
Documents the systematic extermination of Jews, Gypsies, Blacks, and the handicapped by the Nazis between 1933 and 1945. Notes eugenic and racial measures such as forced sterilization of mulatto and handicapped children were used. Discusses Nazi policies of deportations and mass murder. Identifies need for research to explain the racial context of…
Descriptors: Blacks, Context Effect, Disability Discrimination, Discriminatory Legislation
