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Williamson, Alan – International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue Internationale de Pedagogie, 1992
Analyzes the role of education in incorporating Australia's Melanesian minority, the Torres Strait Islanders, into the Australian nation. Reviews education on the Strait Islands from 1892 to 1985, focusing on issues related to educational standards, the inclusion of islanders within legislative provisions for Aborigines, immigration, and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Citizenship, Comparative Education, Educational History
Neumann, Henry – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1918
The best expression of a people's ideals is to be found in their literature, and there is no better or more effective means of disseminating these ideals among the masses of the people than through the right use of the best of the literature in the schools and elsewhere. The great struggle in which the United States is now engaged for the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Democracy, Educational History, Political Socialization
Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1957
The basic theme of this yearbook, "The Role of the Schools in the Improvement of Community Life," is open to a variety of interpretations. Many factors determine what role the schools will play in a particular country or area, and consequently, what part they may have in community improvement programs. Among the factors are the history…
Descriptors: Community Education, Instructional Materials, Foreign Countries, Educational Change
United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1900
The Volume 1 Commissioner of Education's introduction discusses school and college enrollment and presents state common-school statistics on enrollment, average daily attendance, teachers and salaries, revenues and expenditures, and expenditures in Southern states by race. Report chapters address education in Great Britain and Ireland,…
Descriptors: Enrollment, Statistical Data, Public Schools, Attendance