Teachers have strong subject loyalties and thus strong subject identities which are reinforced by social interaction within their department and by isolation between departments. Needlecraft teachers in contrasting organizational frameworks are used to illustrate subject identity (f=fiche number). (Author/CP)

This photo-essay describes a Waldorf School. Developed by Austrian Rudolf Steiner, the Waldorf plan is dedicated to allowing the child a childlike environment. It emphasizes storytelling, creative dramatics, flexibility, improvisation, crafts, and movement. (SJL)

The 88 conference papers are on six topics: Post Compulsory Structures: New Organisational Patterns in Comparative and Historical Perspective; Priorities for the 1980s; Education and the Working Life; Student Learning: Aims, Processes and Outcomes; Staff Development: Perspectives for the 1980s; and The Role of the Media in Post-Compulsory…

The problems of the British educational system are viewed from an American perspective. The author compares present educational problems and prospects in Britain and the U.S., and describes Britain's policies on enrollment decline, nursery schools, disadvantaged children, secondary school organization, curriculum, examinations, teacher education,…

A survey of science and English teachers in 10 Scottish secondary schools indicated a complex relationship between a teacher's identity as a subject expert, subject department boundaries, and authority relationships. Teachers felt they had little influence on general school policies. (f=fiche numbers). (CP)