This book contains a compilation of papers presented at the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2024, organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (WIARS), held in International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2024, held in Porto, Portugal, from 20 to 22 of April…

Understanding the precursors and early indicators of dyslexia is key to early identification and effective intervention. Now there's a single research volume that brings together the very latest knowledge on the earliest stages of dyslexia and the diverse genetic, neurobiological, and cognitive factors that may contribute to it. Based on findings…

This book contains a compilation of papers presented at the International Conference on Education and New Developments (END 2017), organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (W.I.A.R.S.). Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the…

What constitutes quality in early childhood settings, and how can it best be measured with today's widely used tools and promising new approaches? Find authoritative answers in this book, a must-have for high-level administrators and policymakers as more and more states adopt early childhood Quality Rating and Improvement Systems. The most…

The main aim of this paper is to analyze Tanzania's educational policy. Its starting point is an examination of the strong interrelationship between the country's educational policy and its social and economic objectives. How the educational policy has been implemented, how the various levels and types of education have developed, and what the…

The purpose of this book is to serve as a tool for individuals helping to make Alaskan communities places where youth can grow up to be strong, capable, and caring. The book is built around the Search Institute's Youth Developmental Assets Framework, which is comprised of the key building blocks in youth development. The book notes 40 assets that…

This paper examines future time perspective in relation to its influence on the present and on learning. Images of the future are culturally and socially created from past experience and knowledge, present circumstances, and views of future events which are believed to be possible. These future images are an integral part of our network of values…

The purpose of this study is to estimate the financial resources required by the educational system during the 1970s. Part 1 analyzes the past development of education costs and budgets and explains crucial aspects of the economy. Part 2 concentrates on the future. It makes alternative enrollment projections through to 1980 and examines five…

This study examines the major forces that have affected the costs of Peru's educational development in the last decade and the forces that are likely to affect its educational finance until 1980. Chapter 1 is an introduction to the study and to the geographic setting. Chapter 2 provides a descriptive and historical analysis of the past decade's…

The anthology addresses itself to some of the major issues concerning the evolving nature of work within advanced technical and affluent societies. Part 1 presents an essay which briefly reviews the evolutionary history of work. Part 2 seeks to define human needs as the goals of work and evaluative changing need priorities under conditions of…

Presented is a discussion of the role of explanation and prediction in determining science curriculum content. It is the author's contention that many of the concepts currently presented in high school and college science courses are based on assumptions long rejected as false by scientists because curriculum designers have failed to examine…

This book is a collection of ten essays about the future of education, both as the authors think it will be and as they think it ought to be. Implicit in each essay is a vision of what is right and wrong with education today, as well as a vision of the possibilities and pitfalls of the future. The essays include "What the Future of Education Might…

This book presents a collection of previously published journal articles dealing with the theory, practice, and research of planning. The various readings were selected to stimulate thought and action in educational planning, rather than to present solutions to specific problems. The articles include "Knowledge and Action: A Guide to Planning…

Grades, persistence, and academic learning have traditionally been criteria for college success. However, as a result of the increased interest during the last decade in exploring the use of nonintellective variables for academic prediction, nonintellective instruments for this purpose have been developed that are more refined than those…

With comments from a variety of sources, this book presents fictional scenarios intended to get librarians thinking about possibilities. The book offers eight new future scenarios that explore such developments as virtual reality, robots, time travel, biotechnology, computer viruses, security, and more--all within the context of the public…