In commenting on the preceding article by Dobbert et al, maintains that Dobbert's systems approach model for the collection and study of cultural transmission data provides a concrete operational plan for making that data useful in teacher-training and in the classroom, particularly in developing countries. (RDN)

African university research is rarely used by policy-makers in the development planning process because there is mutual suspicion between the university and government, there is a dichotomy between university-based researchers and the rural populations intended as the beneficiaries of development, and research is seriously underfunded. (Author/MSE)