This article provides some concluding reflections on religious education and peace-making in different countries in East and West (Indonesia, Korea, Japan, Israel, Spain, Germany, USA), as discussed in the previous papers of this volume. I mention the changed nature of modern forms of violence and war, so that peace is no longer just an option in…

The author of this article describes her week observing a Montessori class in the Adam Vesviva School at Kibbutz Ga'ash, located on the outskirts of Tel Aviv. The headmaster of the school, Yariv Ya'ari, had previously been associated with Democratic Schools, an alternate to the public educational system, whose philosophy was established at Adam…

The Israeli Planning and Grants Committee (PGC) was established in 1974 on the model of the British University Grants Committee, becoming the most powerful and dominant organization in higher education governance. Both government and universities will have to provide the framework of cooperation with the PGC to maintain its present position. (MSE)

While there is general support for international and intercultural education, a number of obstacles inhibit student participation in study abroad programs, especially those in Israel. These disincentives include the following: (1) U.S. colleges are reluctant to accept credits from institutions over which there is no American academic supervision;…

Work with first-year teachers in the greater Haifa area is reported. The four teachers continue to meet with their former university teacher education instructor, who helps them in their transition from student to teacher. (LB)

Through review of the research the paper contends that the policy in Israel with respect to special education for educable mentally handicapped students has been based on the prevailing cultural "zeitgeist" rather than on research and evaluation of current and past programs; that the modest amount of research that has been done in Israel…

Discussion of the Israel university library networking model highlights steps toward contemporary networking and components of proposals by three separate specialists: IBM/Israel, Hebrew University, and the University of Haifa Library. Reactions to proposals and thoughts on a general networking model for a small country are also discussed.…

The status of the minimally functioning elementary and secondary schools and universities of the Gaza Strip and West Bank in the midst of political and social turmoil is discussed; the daily life of a university teacher is described; and the potential role of American academics is examined briefly. (MSE)

Architects need to understand sociology, psychology, philosophy, education, and many other fields in order to plan professional buildings. To illustrate this point, a distinction is drawn between teaching (imparting factual knowledge) and educating (imparting general understanding or basic appreciation of the subjects studied and applying this…