Suggests that educators must share the responsibility for training people for living in the twenty-first century. Notes implication to education of the development of the microcomputer. (KC)

Discusses 20 questions commonly asked when educators express a need for a global approach in education. Questions focus on defining the term, relating it to the schools, its place in the curriculum, and implementation procedures. (KC)

Reviews educational responses to accelerating world change. Educators must be concerned not only with students' knowledge about major world events but also with their ability to see from a global perspective and to cope with the uncertainties and frustrations of the future. (KC)

Summarizes social changes of the last 20 years which have influenced educational change. Suggests that educators should see new needs as interrelated. Attention should be given to the development of skills for coping with change and understanding increasing interdependence. (Author/KC)

Presents excerpts from articles and interviews concerning cross-cultural contact, environmental issues, political power, the quality of life, aging, and the American economy. (KC)